Management And Development of Tourist Destinations Flashcards
State 3 conditions that influence tourist destinations
- Social
- Cultural
- Environmental
- Economic
- Politic
What is sustainable tourism?
- Tourism attempting to make a low impact on the environment and local culture, while hoping to generate future employment for local people.
What is the aim of sustainable tourism?
- To ensure that development brings positive experience for local people, tourism companies and tourist themselves.
What does MEDC stands for?
- More Economically Developed Country
What does LEDC stands for?
- Less Economically Developing Country
The impacts of tourism are categorized into ____ types. The impacts can be ____ and ____. What are the impacts?
- 3
- Positive and negative
- Economic
- Environmental
- Socio-cultural
What does VICE stands for?
Visitor Industry Community Environment
What are direct and indirect employment?
- Direct employment is employment through accommodations, attractions and transportation.
- Indirect employment is employment through supply of goods and services needed by tourism-related business such as coffee bean at Brunei International Airport.
State 3 positive economic impacts of tourism
- Jobs creation
- More foreign exchange earnings
- Increased GDP
- Increased income
- Multiplier-effect
- Improves infrastructure
List down 3 of the negative economic impacts of tourism
- Increased living costs
- Leakage
- Increased taxes
- Decline of traditional employment opportunities
- Seasonality of employment
- All-inclusive resorts
Explain leakage
- The large scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the host country. Money lost from a destination.
There are ___ way in which leakage occurs. How?
- 2
1. Import leakage- occurs when tourists demand standards of equipment, food and other products that are not readily available in the host country.
2. Export leakage- occurs when foreign multi-national companies operates in LEDC. They take profits but to their country of origin.
What are the positive environmental impacts of tourism development?
- Conservation and preservation of natural habitats.
- Establishment of wildlife reserves and environmental laws.
- Traffic management schemes
- Regeneration and development of derelict.
List down 4 environmental impacts of tourism development.
- Land pollution
- Noise pollution
- Visual pollution
- Air pollution
- Water pollution
- Destruction of natural wildlife system and breeding patterns.
- Erosion of natural resources
- Traffic congestion
- “Honeypot” sites
One of the negative environmental impact is ‘honeypot’ sites, define what is meant by “honeypot” site.
- Honeypot sites are the popular visitors attractions which attract tourists in large numbers.
How to minimize the negative impacts of tourism? State 2.
- Eco-tourism
- Green tourism
- Diversification of product range
- Reduce the tourist numbers in some area
- Implementation of strict law
- The need for management and stewardship
What is meant by socio-cultural?
- People’s lifestyle, value and tradition.
State 5 positive socio-cultural impacts.
- Preservation of customs and crafts
- Preservation of traditional skills
- Provision of community facilities and public services
- Aiding of international understanding
- Encourages travel, mobility and social integration
- Revival of festivals and ceremonies
- Improving quality of life of the local population
- Craftsmen become a cultural assets
- Supports responsible tourism
- Local develop a sense of pride in own identity
State 4 negative socio-cultural impacts.
- Conflicts with the host community
- Crime/Prostitution
- Loss of cultural identify through commodification
- Loss of authenticity
- Adaptation to tourism demands
- Changes to family structure
- Social problems such as begging and prostitution
- Sex tourism
- Demonstration effect
Define demonstration effect.
- Behavior that members of the host population copy from tourists.
