My presentation for Toastmasters entitle Downfalls of Tourism - Macau Toastmasters Club

1. Downfalls of Tourism
Zack Fong

2. Definition of Tourism
1. Travelers who traveling to a destination across-border, away from
home country, and staying more than 24 hours.
2. Various of reasons: business, education, medical.
UNWTO technical manual: Collection of Tourism Expenditure Statistics" (PDF). World Tourism Organization.
1995. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2009.

3. The Tourism Business
Primary Contributor Secondary Contributor

4. Top
Profitable
Tourism
Countries in
Asia
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/14/malaysia-among-asias-most-visited-countries-says-report/

5. Thailand Annual GDP & Breakdown
Thailand National Economics & Social Development Board
https://insights-ceicdata-com.libezproxy.umac.mo/Untitled-insight/views
http://emerging-markets-research.hktdc.com/business-news/article/Asia/Thailand-Market-Profile/mp/en/1/1X000000/1X003IMW.htm
Source: IMF, World Bank
THB 16,318 bn
USD 528 bn
40% Tourism Sector
≈ USD 120 bn

6. Thailand
Tourism Growth
Challenged
Source: ©2018 Bloomberg L.P.
https://skift.com/2018/11/22/thailand-sees-rare-decline-in-tourism-numbers/

7. Challenges | Tourism Carrying-Capacity Overflow

8. Challenges | Over-exploiting Natural Resources

9. Challenges | Social Problems

10. Solution? Sustainable Tourism
• Government steering tourism direction
• Restriction (limitation) to attractions, natural sites
• Regular restoration
• Balancing tourism diversity
• Public awareness
• Encourage domestic travelling
• Spreading ideology of sustainability