Positive environmental impacts of tourism : conservation through ecotourism, environmental education eg: Camps International Ltd, open spaces and improved street furniture eg: Central Park, regeneration - improving old or rundown buildings for tourism, Negative environmental impacts of tourism: tourists in Zakynthos, Greece push sea turtles off the beaches, increased pollution - air travel is the biggest cause, overcrowding in popular tourist resorts can alienate locals, traffic congestion during times of peak demand, reduced biodiversity, directly through species invasion and indirectly through climate change, environmental degradation when tourism not properly planned for, erosion affecting footpaths, river banks and lake shores eg: Windermere, Grand Canyon,

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