What have been the advantages and disadvantages of tourism in normandy?
Advantages: Increased inward economy leading to increased investment in the area (regional advantage). This may result in other improvements including environmental and socio-economic factors i.e. the environment would be improved to attract further tourists and tourist facilities would be built which can also be used by local people. This means that conflict between tourists and locals has decreased because of the large scale tourism in the area. Other advantages are that it increases understanding of WW2. Normandy is the base for many cemetaries and also the D-Day landing site which are visited by many people, especially students, to gain an understanding of world history. (This would be an advantage on even an international scale). Another advantage is that tourism creates jobs for local people and helps to decrease the unemployment rate and increase local income. This can raise the overall prestige of an area. In France as a whole many people visit the country in its entirety whils
