SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF TOURISM ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN GILGIT-BALTISTAN

Abstract

Natural attraction are important assets for any nation to grab tourists on other hand unchecked tourism activities can present negative impact on natural environment. Hunza mountainous areas in the north of Pakistan are experiencing vast socio-economic impacts of tourism evolution. Thus, the current research contributes to the knowledge concerning how residents in Karimabad Hunza perceive Socio economic impact of tourism. This study used a quantitative method to collect data from 105 respondents who were inhabitant of Karimabad Hunza using a simple random sampling method. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS and analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation) and t-test. The study reveals there is a important quality between perceptions of local communities in some sites regarding tourism development. It is found that tourism development is more noticeable in Hunza valley . This study provides effective content that could be used to organization the development of tourism, attractive into relationship aspects of the environmental assessment of the region.