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LESSON 2 MIDTERM Flashcards

1
Q

It is a tool guide the development of tourism in a protected area by
creating and representing the vision of all the stakeholders wile fulfilling
the conservation objectives of the site

A

ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT
PLAN

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2
Q

It should result in a document expressing the stakeholders’
recommendations for how ecotourism is to be carried out in a particular
area.

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ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT
PLAN

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3
Q

should be open and transparent. Once it is
completed, it must be publicized and distributed to stakeholders.

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The PLANNING PROCESS

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4
Q

The plan could be written as a separate document or included in the
general management plan for the protected area. T or F?

A

TRUE

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5
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Who
participates in
the planning
process?

A

*Protected Area Staff
*Community Participants
*Specialist / Scientist
*Nonprofit Org / NGOs
*Government Agencies
*Tour Operators

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  1. Ecotourism identified as a
    potential opportunity
  2. Preliminary Site Evaluation
  3. Full Site Diagnostic
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PHASE
1

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7
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  1. Ecotourism Management Planning
    - Tourism Management Capacity
    Zoning, Visitor Site Plan, Sustainable
    Design, Income Generation, Impact
    Monitoring, Guide Certification.
A

PHASE
2

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8
Q

Ecotourism Management Plan
Implementation
Ecotourism Business
Development

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PHASE
3

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  1. Measure Success
    * Biodiversity health
    * Threat abatement (Success
    Mitigation strategy)
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PHASE
4

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10
Q

Any planning process cost money, and an EMP is exception.
Money will be needed to pay for. T or F?

A

FALSE

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11
Q

There are basically four different sources of
funding for an EMP.

A

International Assistance
National Sources
Local Communities/Governments
Tourism Industry

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12
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is about inclusion and involvement of all concerned.

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Ecotourism

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13
Q

Providing enough tourism supply to meet the anticipated
demand is a challenge for the tourism planner or
manager

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MATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND

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14
Q

can be function of the persons propensity to
travel and the reciprocal of the resistance of the link between
origin and destination areas

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DEMAND TO A DESTINATION

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15
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determined
largely by his or her psychographic profile and travel motivation

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PROPENSITY

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16
Q

Relates to relative attractiveness of various
destinations. Such as Economic Distance, Cultural Distance, Cost
of Service, Quality of Service and Seasonality.

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RESISTANCE

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17
Q

Relates to the time and cost involved in
traveling from the origin to the destination area and back

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ECONOMIC DISTANCE

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18
Q

Refers to the extent to which the culture of the
area from which the tourist originates differs from the culture of the host
region

A

CULTURAL DISTANCE

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19
Q

This variable captures the familiar inverse
relationship between the price of a good or service and demand for it

A

COST OF SERVICE

20
Q

The higher quality of service, the lower the
resistance

A

QUALITY OF SERVICE

21
Q

The higher quality of service, the higher the
resistance. T or F

A

FALSE

22
Q

The destination will depend on the time of the year for
which a vacation is demand.

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SEASONALITY

23
Q

SEVERAL MEASURES OF ACTUAL DEMAND

A
  1. Visitors Arrival
  2. Visitors days or Visitors nights
  3. Amount Spent
24
Q

is a statement about the future value of a variable of interest some
examples of the uses of forecast in business organizations

A

FORECAST

25
Q

consist mainly of subjective inputs,
which often defy precise numerical description

A

Qualitative methods

26
Q

involve either the projection of
historical data or the development of associative models
that attempt to utilize casual variables to make forecast.

A

Quantitative methods

27
Q

Rely on analysis of subjective
inputs obtained from various sources, such as consumer
surveys, the sales staff, managers and executives, and panels
of experts

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UDMENTAL FORECAST

28
Q

Simply attempt to project past
experiences into the future.

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TIME SERIES FORECAST

29
Q

Use equations that consist of one or
more explanatory variables that can be used to predict demand.

A

ASSOCIATIVE MODELS

30
Q

Forecasters rely
on judgment and opinion to make forecast, if they have to make forecast
quickly, where there not enough time to gather and analyze quantitative
data.

A

FORECASTS BASED ON JUDMENT AND OPINION

31
Q

This approach is often to used as a part of
long range planning and new product development

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EXECUTIVE OPINIONS

32
Q

Members of the sales staff are often good
sources of information because of their direct contact with consumers.

A

SALESFORCE OPINIONS

33
Q

Consumers ultimately determine the demand
therefore it is only natural to solicit input from them

A

CONSUMER SURVEYS

34
Q

This method involves circulating a series of
questionnaire among individuals who posses the knowledge and ability
to contribute meaningfully.

A

DELPHI METHOD

35
Q

refers to a long term upward or downward movement in the
data.

A

Trend

36
Q

refers to short term, fairly regular variations
generally related to factors such as the calendar or time of day

A

Seasonality

37
Q

This
can often be accomplished by merely plotting the data and visually
examining the plot.

A

FORECAST BASED ON TIME SERIES DATA

38
Q

are wavelike variations of more that one years duration

A

Cycles

39
Q

are due to unusual circumstances such as
severe weather conditions, strikes or major change in a product or
service

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Irregular Variations

40
Q

are residual variations that remain after all
other behaviors have been accounted for.

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Random Variations

41
Q

The natural resources that
any area has and available for the use and enjoyment of visitors

A

Natural Resources and Environment

42
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  • These include the Infrastructure and
    Superstructure develop within or upon the natural environment.
A

Built in Environment

43
Q

This sector of tourism industry represents what
many of the general public perceived as tourism.

A

Operating Sectors –

44
Q

Its culture, which
consists of the language, customs, and religions of the residents of the
region.

A

Spirit of Hospitality and Cultural Resources

45
Q
A

ECOTOURISM (8 decks)

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