Costs of tourism Tourism forces up the prices of local food and land making it more expensive for the local community. Tourist facilities use water, and electricity. During times of drought and shortage this worsens the pressure for these services from local communities. Economic Costs of Tourism Souvenirs made from wildlife e.g. wildlife skin or flora e.g. hardwoods can have an environmental impact such as deforestation. The income earned by hotels and tourist facilities owned by foreign firms will flow out of the country as property income paid abroad.
Tourism attracts labour from the rural areas hastening rural depopulation.
Job opportunities are often low wage, seasonal, unskilled and insecure. Tourism creates pollution such as rubbish, and the noise from helicopters rides around Victoria Falls. The fragile ecosystems of some animals such as the cheetah are disturbed by an influx of tourism.