Tourism impact on the social development in Algeria

Abstract

The social effects in host communities resulted from the direct and indirect relationship with tourists, thus dealing with the tourism industry. For multiple reasons host communities are the weakest in their coping with the guests, and service providing. The negative effects arise when tourism brings changes to the values and behaviours systems, it threatens the national identity, as well as the changes occurrence in social structures, family relations, traditional collective ways of life and morality. Tourism positive social impacts are represented in: the cultural exchange between the citizen and tourists, the increase of economic level and civilization, the revival of local architectural traditions, to raise the psychological health level of the society and to encourage the arts and local industries. The development of responsible tourism may contribute to the eradication of poverty, which is one of the millennium goals for development since "the tourism sector is a source of growth and development. Hence we can ask the following question: What are the impacts of tourism promotion on the social development in Algeria?

Keywords: Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Development, Social Development, Poverty, Algeria.