Tourist Flows and the Level of Socio-Economic Development of Mauritius

Authors

  • Bożena Elżbieta Wójtowicz Pedagogical University of Krakow

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.333.7

Keywords:

disurbanisation/desurbanisation, factors of tourism development, Human Development Index (HDI), social and economic development, tourism/tourist flows, Wealth Index (GDP)

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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Author Biography

Bożena Elżbieta Wójtowicz, Pedagogical University of Krakow

Bożena Elżbieta Wójtowicz, PhD, an assistant professor, Pedagogical University of Krakow. Geographer, geography teacher, traveller who has visited most of the European countries, Cuba, Mauritius, Mexico, India, Nepal, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Dominican Republic. She is the head of the Department of Didactics of Geography, Institute of Geography at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. She has published over 210 academic papers in the country and abroad. She is the author of the monograph “Geography Sustainable Development Environmental Education” and a co-author and editor of a monographic works, such as Nature of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship; Functions of tourism and sightseeing in the strategy of regional development in Poland; Tourism and ecology – fostering the cognitive needs and public awareness; Educational fieldwork in Świętokrzyski National Park. She is also a co-author of textbooks: Geography. Polish Landscapes 4th grade; Geography. Earth – our planet 6th grade; Natural Science 4th and 5th grade. She is a specialist in the field of geography, tourism and recreation, teaching geography, and protection of the environment.

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Published

2019-09-30

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Wójtowicz, B. E. (2019). Tourist Flows and the Level of Socio-Economic Development of Mauritius. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 33(3), 100–111. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.333.7

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Vol. 33 No. 3 (2019): Transformations in the sector of transport and tourism services

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