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improvement Desired pattern Any form of industrial development brings impacts upon the physical environment in which it takes place. In view of the fact that tourists have to visit the place of production in order to consume the output, it is inevitable that tourism activity is associated with environmental impacts (Cooper et al., 2014). For that reason, traditionally some authors have pointed out that tourism can lead to environmental negative consequences. The highly polarized nature of development also generates intense environmental problems. This reduces the quality of life for locals as well as for tourists and, ultimately, may threaten th