Carrying capacity

Question 1

Define carrying capacity

Answer 1

The maximum number of people that may visit a tourist destination at the same time, without causing any destruction of the physical, economic, socio-cultural environment and an unacceptable decrease in the quality of visitors’ satisfaction

Question 2

What are the types of carrying capacity?

Answer 2

Physical, economic, social, and biophysical

Question 3

What is physical carrying capacity?

Answer 3

Maximum number of tourists that an area is actually able to support

Question 4

What is economic carrying capacity?

Answer 4

Level of acceptable economic change within the local economy of a resort

Question 5

What is social carrying capacity?

Answer 5

Indication carrying capacity has been………………….

Question 6

What is biophysical carrying capacity?

Answer 6

Extent to which the natural environment is able to tolerate interference from tourists

Question 7

What are the issues with carrying capacity?

Answer 7

• Where is the threshold?
• Ignores management and adaptation
• Focuses too much on numbers rather than tourist behaviour or activities
• Some places are more tolerant of tourists