Historic preservation can contribute to the development of sustainable tourism in numerous ways:
1. Promotes Local Economy: Historic buildings and structures provide business and employment opportunities as well as cultural and artistic programs that attract tourists.
2. Promotes Tourism: Increasing tourism and promoting tourism in historic sites creates income-generating opportunities for tourists and local people.
3. Increases Tourism Revenues: Overall revenues generated from tourism and ancillary local businesses increase, which benefit the local community.
4. Enhances Local Cultural Identity: Historic preservation can help pave the way for a sustainable system of tourism that respects and conserves a destination's original culture and values.
5. Helps to create Employment Opportunities: Within the tourism industry, hotel, resort management, souvenir shops, restaurants, and park services create gainful employment.
6. Provides Environmental Awareness: Preservation of historical structures and complexes also ensures protection of the natural ecosystem.
In summary, historic preservation can contribute to sustainable tourism by preserving and developing tourism resources, creating jobs, and supporting the local economy while encouraging environmental awareness and uniqueness to attract visitors.
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