Mass Tourism

When large amounts of people visit a special destination on a frequent basis. Mallorca, Pattaya, and Cancun are commonly regarded as destinations with a high influx of tourists. Mass tourism may also refer to the leisure tourism boom in the 1960s and 1970s in southern Europe and North America. The study of mass tourism focuses on the effects that tourists have on a particular place and their interactions with local conditions. When it comes to developing countries, there is more emphasis on the impact of tourists in relation to the site’s carrying capacity, i.e. how large- scale tourism affects consumption of social, ecological, and economic resources.