The effect of tourism to the local city in Hong Kong and

Barcelona

Reason：
Hong Kong is the most popular city by tourists globally in 2018
Barcelona is a hot travel destinaion in Europe since it hold the olympics in 1992

I will explain it on the upside and the downside

First of all

-Tourism is capable of boosting the local economy

Hong Kong's economy mostly comes from four main industries： financial services, tourism,
trade and logistics, and professional and business support services.

Tourism contributes almost HK$328.2 billion to the local economy

*accounting for 4.5% of GDP in 2018

Furthermore

-Tourism is capable of creating job opportunity

If included in tourism-related industries, like catering and retail, tourism employs about
700,000 employees directly and indirectly.
*accounting for 6.6% of total employment in 2018

However

-Tourism brings about the pressure to the public transportation

*In barcelona, 30 million tourists visit to this city in 2018, which over the city’s population 1.6
million greatly

One of the resident of Barcelona said that

A bunch of Tourists flood into the local transportation, increase the loading of public
transportation

Caused the locals like the elder, the people who carry with a lot things unable to use the
public
transportation

And also

Subway
The mass of Tourists stuck on the station to pass the ticket checking, caused the local need
to wait behind until the tourist pass

But also

-Tourism is a menace to the local environment

Barcelona’s beaches are crowded with tourists, who are mainly responsible for the plastic
pollution

The metropolitan area of Barcelona is the second-biggest culprit when it comes to emptying
plastic waste into the Mediterranean, according to a 2019 report from the World Wildlife
Fund.

In conclusion：

1. Local city gains a high profit from tourism

2. Tourism able to make a flood of job opportunities
3. How the tourism affects the resident’s experience of taking public
transportation
4. Tourism is threatening the local natural environment