EIA stands for Environmental Impact Assessment

1. Tourism Planning and policy- 6th sem
Tourism Carrying Capacity and EIA
By- Saloni Bansal

2. Carrying Capacity
Analysis Is a radical approach gaining currency over
the last two decades or so in tourism and
recreation planning with a view to methodically work out the
upper limits of development and visitor use and optimum
utilization of tourism resources.
What is Tourism
Carrying Capacity?

3. Mathieson and wall (1982) define carrying capacity as “ the maximum
number of people who can use a site without an unacceptable alteration in
the physical environment and without an unacceptable decline in the quality
of experience gained by visitors.”
Tourism Carrying Capacity is defined by the WTO as
“the maximum number of people that may visit a tourist
destination at the same time, without causing destruction
of the physical, economic, socio-cultural environment
and an unacceptable decrease in the quality of visitor’s
satisfaction.”

4. According to the WTO
The carrying Capacity is fundamental for
environmental protection and sustainability.

5. Types of Carrying Capacity
NUMBER OF FACILITIES AVAILABLE.
PHYSICAL01
LIMITS OF USE IN THE ECOSYSTEM.
BIOLOGICAL02
LEVEL AT WHICH TOURISTS THRIVE –THAT
ADDITIONAL TOURISTS MIGHT SPOIL THEIR
EXPERIENCE.
PSYCHOLOGICAL03
LIMIT OR TOLERANCE LEVEL OF HOSTS TO
ACCEPT TOURISM OR TOURISTS.
SOCIAL04
NUMBER OF PEOPLE CALLED FOR- ON A SITE IN
ORDER TO EFFECTUATE BREAK EVEN POINT
FINANCIALLY FOR A GIVEN LEVEL OF
INVESTMENT.
FINANCIAL05

6. The determinants and influence of carrying capacity
LOCAL FACTORS ALIEN FACTORS
PLANNING PROCESS
MANAGEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT
TECHNOLOGY
I M P A C T S O N
ECONOMYSOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TOURISTSCULTURE
PARAMETERS STANDARDS
CURRENT CARRYING CAPACITY

7. Environmental Impact Assessment
It is a process to identify the factors affecting the
environment and to find out measures for
mitigating those impacts through suitable tools and
techniques.
Environmental Impact Assessment
.
Why is it important?
Promotes sustainability
EIA is intended to prevent or minimize potentially
adverse environmental impacts and enhance the
overall quality of a project.

8. Environmental Impact Assessment Process
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PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
Site selection
Environmental screening and preliminary assessment
Pre feasibility report
Detailed environmental impact assessment
Feasibility study

9. CONTINUATION OF THE PROCESS
Modifications to proposal to minimize environmental effects.
Project physical planning & design.
Implementation of environmental protection measures.
Project implementation
Environmental monitoring
Project monitoring and evaluation.

10. Forecasts of Accommodation needs and
land Area Requirements.
Significance of
Carrying
capacity & EIA
in Tourism
Policy and
Planning.
Since planning and making
policies is a complex
process, it takes certain
factors into consideration.
Identification of Markets and Market Trends
Identification of opportunities and
limitations
Innovations and Long-range
Perspective.

11. Thank You for
your attention.