Ruch turystyczny a poziom rozwoju społeczno-ekonomicznego Mauritiusa
Tourist Flows and the Level of Socio-Economic Development of Mauritius

Summary/Abstract: The development of tourism can cause both positive and negative changes in the development of the local society of Mauritius. The positive aspect refers to the growing number of tourists. On the one hand, it is observed in the number of incoming tourists and principally determines the amount of export revenues caused by touristic products. On the other hand, such a number indicates the increasing trends in the range of Human Development Index (HDI) and Wealth Index – understood as the size of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the residents. Yet, the negative changes caused by the tourist flows in the densely populated Mauritius are associated with overloading of the touristic space, which directly refers not only to the so-called ecological costs (waste or conflict related to drinking water), but it can also cause the unwillingness in the sphere of the direct contact between local people and tourists. This article aims to show the development of tourism of Mauritius and its positive and negative impacts on the local community on the basis of studies of diagnostic and performance, analysis and evaluation of the role of tourism in the socio-economic development of Mauritius.

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