Tourism Flashcards
What are the three reasons people travel?
- For leisure, recreation, and holidays.
- To visit friends and relatives.
- For business and proffesional reasons.
Give three economic reasons for the growth of global tourism.
- Steadily rising real incomes
- Widening range of destinations within the middle-income range
- Globalisation has increased business travel considerably
Give three social reasons for the growth of global tourism.
- Increase in the average number of days of paid leave
- Raised expectations of international travel with increasing media coverage of holidays, travel, and nature.
- High levels of international migration over the last decade or so, which means that more people have relatives and friends living abroad.
Give two political reasons for the growth of global tourism.
- Many governments have invested heavily to encourage tourism.
- Government backing for major international events such as the Olympic Games and the World Cup.
Give three economic advantages of tourism.
- Brings in foreign currency to be used to pay for imports.
- Provides jobs for many sectors.
- Provides tax revenues which can pay for education, health, etc.
Give three economic disadvantages of tourism.
- Economic leakage is high and does not benefit the destination country.
- Resources can be used by the tourists and leave locals needy.
- Can become over-dependent on tourism.
Give three social and cultural advantages of tourism.
- Can increase the range of social facilities for local people.
- Greater appreciation of historical legacy of host countries.
- Develop foreign language skills in host countries.
Give three social and cultural disadvantages of tourism.
- Loss of locally owned land.
- Abandonment of traditional values and practices.
- Abuse of human rights.
What is sustainable tourism?
Tourism organized in such a way that its level can be sustained in the future without creating irreparable environmental, social, and economic damage to the receiving area.
What is your destination footprint?
The environmental impact caused by an individual tourist on holiday in a particular destination.
Give three ways someone can reduce their carbon footprint.
- Flying less and staying longer
- Carbon-offsetting your flight
- Considering slow travel
What is ecotourism?
A specialised form of tourism in which people experience relatively untouched natural environments and ensure that their presence does no further damage to these environments.
What is preservation?
Maintaining a location exactly as it is and not allowing development.
What is conservation?
Allowing for developments that do not damage the character of a location.
What are tourist hubs?
The idea to concentrate tourism and its impact in one area so that the rest of the country feels little of the negative impacts.
