Examine how tourism in mountainous areas can both have positive and negative impacts (2 examples each or more)

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Explanation:

Positive of Tourism in mountainous areas: It allows for locals to star earning money/starting a business. They can provide food and lodging for tourists who come to visit.

Positive of Tourism in mountainous areas: The people who visit can be educated on how to preserve natural beauty spots (like in the mountains). It allows greater understanding to be spread on why we need to protect areas of natural beauty.

Negative of Tourism in mountainous areas: People who live nearby might become frustrated at the amount of noise/air pollution being caused by Tourists. It could also create a loss of cultural identity among the mountain people.

Negative of Tourism in mountainous areas: Tourists can cause air pollution (from vehicles) and damage the surrounding environment (littering etc). This means that there is a big environmental impact and habitats might be severely impacted.

Negative of Tourism in mountainous areas: Tourism might cause erosion. This erosion is damaging for any wildlife, but also could consequently cause less Tourists to visit.

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