How does this apply to tourism? • Big cities can provide and support higher order economic activities • Smaller cities can only provide lower order economic activities • Shows the interdependence of regions by where they are located (distance) • Explains why tourism-related activities often involve a lot of transporting!
What is the impact of tourism transportation on people living in the host community? Tourists compete with locals for access to and use of transportation vehicles and infrastructure. Tourism causes congestion of the entire system. The costs associated with transportation are perishable and continuous whether or not the onslaught of tourism high season or the ghost town of low season. This can cause interruptions of service for locals in off seasons when routes are reduced. Animosity towards ‘those crazy tourists’ can multiple fast when tourists ‘take over’ transportation systems and/or drive too fast, too slow, or with their faces in their navigation systems. This all sounds bad, but there is one shiny light: Tourist dollars (via taxes) may be used to maintain the transportation system that would otherwise be unavailable or would have maintenance and improvements paid for by locals.
What are some other health-related issues related to transportation? Travel-Related Anxiety Travel Sickness Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism Aggression/Violence Rapid Spread of Infectious Disease Travel-Related Accidents & Fatalities Jet Lag: (Desynchronosis) alterations to the traveler’s circadian rhythms that result from rapid long-distance travel (east-west or west-east) on high speed aircra