Antigua Flashcards
1
Q
What is the population?
A
69,000
2
Q
What is its GDP?
A
£32,000
3
Q
How many km’s of coastline?
A
153km
4
Q
How many beaches?
A
365
5
Q
Live Volcano?
A
Manzarat
6
Q
History of Antigua?
A
Slavery and Sugar
7
Q
How to sustain number of tourists? (6)
A
- Build new facilities or improve existing ones
- Reduce unattractive tourist activity
- Improve transport infrastructure
- Offer new activities to attract tourists
- Advertise and market
- Make it cheaper to visit
8
Q
How to make the future more holistic? (5)
A
- Tourists stay with locals
- Cultural experience
- Visit traditional villages
- Ecotourism(artificial reefs)
- Attract RICH tourists so FEWER are needed to MEET its needs
9
Q
Location?
A
Caribbean, part of the volcanic arc
10
Q
What are some positive impacts of tourism in Antigua? (5)
A
- Passenger buy sovereigns
- 6000 jobs
- Improved roads, communications, infrastructure to locals
- Income from tourism reinvested into local projects(protecting the environment)
- All inclusive
11
Q
What natural resources does Antigua have?
A
NONE
12
Q
What are some negative impacts of tourism in Antigua? (11)
A
- Locals don’t get work as its seasonal
- 96c out of $1 goes back to USA
- Tourists are discouraged interactions with locals
- Spend all of money on board
- Echoes of slavery(subservient)
- Low skilled, low paid work
- Pale imitations of culture
- Prettification of entertainment
- Foreign influence of food
- Increased pollution and litter
- Contributes to greenhouse gases
13
Q
What type of tourism is Antigua?
A
MASS tourism
