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These are reviewed again briefly as literature in order to understand their scope,
consideration of social tourism impacts and determine the needs of undertaking further
studies on the social impacts of tourism. These are discussed in the paragraphs below.
As well, as part of understanding research undertaken to date, it is also proposed that the
committee receives a brief presentation from the UWS at its next meeting on 25 October
2011 that reiterates the research undertaken to date on the social impacts of tourism in
Manly from previous years.
Manly Council Tourism Reports
Tourism Cost Benefit Analysis, Report to Manly Council by the Tourism Research for
Health Futures (by Prof Robyn Bushell, Dr Julie Wen, Ms Julianne Christie) was prepared in
2004. This report was prepared to undertake a cost-benefit analysis of tourism to better
understand economic equity, social responsibility and ecological costs in relation to
managing tourism at the local government level. The study provides good statistical
information available from earlier ABS Census (that could be updated), as well as the results
of survey information to show the impact of tourism from estimated numbers and volumes of
people visiting the area. Some of the social problems identified in the report include:
• Visitor demand for high levels of facilities, services, cleanliness and safety, yet often
observed to pay nothing except the price of a bus or ferry ticket or a nominal amount
(such as parking) as day visitors.
• Tourism activities were also observed to cause a range of social impacts. There
were strong perceptions of negative impacts such as noise, crime, litter, congestion,
parking problems, loss of amenity due to visitors and backpacker market in coastal
destinations.
Sustainable Coastal tourism for Manly, Final report, Tourism for Health Futures Research
group, University of Western Sydney, 2005 provided an independent triple bottom line
assessment of the effects of tourism in Manly and the potential for ecotourism in Manly. It
found that the most significant social problems were associated with vehicle use affecting
access, traffic, parking and congestion. This was the result that over 50% of visitors to
Manly arrived by car, and added considerably to congestion, and local residents also
accounted that there was pressure on the town centre as a place for popular recreation and
social activity. This also resulted in issues arising for health and well-being such as
security/safety and the effect of noise on local ambience. Late night drinking was singled out
as a serious cause of impact on safety and noise levels.
Backpackers in Global Sydney, Final report, by Centre for Cultural Research, university of
Western Sydney 2008 was a research project between the university and six Sydney
councils where backpacker tourism was a global phenomenon. The project’s principal aim
was to ‘understand the social and cultural impacts of the backpacker phenomenon, and
investigate the changing tourism dynamics and characteristics of the market’, and support
local councils in the development of policy, planning and the regulatory work associated with
this type of tourism and the challenges for local government. Manly was one of the LGAs
involved in the study, and provided both qualitative and small quantitative data on benefits
and problems with backpackers. Some of the perceived benefits: included adding character
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