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tourism Flashcards

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Tourism

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the commercial organisation and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest

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Tourist

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people who stay in places outside their usual environment for more than 24hrs but not more than one consecutive year

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Eco-toursim

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Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the wellbeing of the local people and involves interpretation and education

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domestic tourist

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a person who travels within a country of residence or participates in tourism [ 83% of tourists worldwide]

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international tourist

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travel outside a tourists own country

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travel

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movement of tourists from one location to another

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dark tourism

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travelling to sites associated with conflict, tragedy and death. Historic and modern battlefields, fortifications, museums and memorials.

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Back packing

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Travellers carrying nearly all their holiday needs in a backpack. Associated with lowcost, mobile and independent travel

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Travel cruising

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on an ocean going vessel between ports or returning to port of origin

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media tourism

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travelling to see places featured in films, television, experience concerts and performences

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heritage tourism

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travelling to a place to experience different cultures and history, includes visiting heritage listed sites, artefacts and old buildings

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MICE

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Meeting, incentives, conferences and events that create specialised facilities such as conference centres mostly for business people

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environmental sustainability

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responsible interaction with the environment to avoid depletion or degradation of natural resources and allow for long term environmental quality

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economic viability

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a project is economically viable if the economic benefits of the project exceed its economic costs, when analysed for society as a whole

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Socio-cultural value

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the significance of traditions, society and culture to a place or thing

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disposable income

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the amount of money available to a person after taxes and ongoing expenses have been met

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infastructure

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accommodation, event venues, park facilities, dining and entertaining precincts

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tourist leakage

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when revenue generated by tourism is lost to outside economies

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direct employment

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direct employment is generated directly from the consumption or spending or visitors and government. This involves, for example, the travel agent, the taxi driver etc.

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indirect employment

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people employed in industries created as a consequence of the tourism industry and their families require their own goods, services, education, health etc. which further indirectly create employment in shops, schools, hospitals etc.

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world heritage sites

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places of outstanding universal human value to humanity

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cultural tourism

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a type of tourism activity in which the visitors essential motivation is to learn, discover, experience and consume the tangible and intangible attractions/ products in a tourist destination

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food and shopping

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visiting places to shop for bargains or the latest trends or to enjoy food and wine or another culture eg paris, italy

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sport toursim

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travelling to play or watch sport eg skiing in japan, watching olympics etc

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pilgrimage toursim

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visiting a sacred place or shrine that is part of a belief or faith eg mecca, jeruselum

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ais virtual maps

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gathers manages and analyses data
organises layers of information to show accomidation and tourist sites etc

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gps- global positioning system

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satellite bases navigation system used to locate areas and find your way

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augumented reality

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tech that implementes a computer generated view and shows information eg historical info

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GBH facts

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length of 2300km
20 million years old
2900 indv. reefs 300 coral crays
1500 species of fish 600 species of coral
attracts 1.9 mil visitors
generating 6.4 bill

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daintree facts

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one of the oldest rainforests
some species are 120mil years old
13/19 of oldest flowering plants in the daintree
covers 8000+square km

31
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economic impacts on TNQ

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+ in 2019 $3.51 billion was spent by toursits in tnq
+ 51% of business having interactions with tourists
+ 1/5th of cairns pop employed in tourism

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socio cultural impacts on TNQ

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+ clashes between locals and tourists
+ Tourists developments can create congested areas
+ people get to learn about each others culture

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environmental impacts of TNQ

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+ pollution from litter, traffic, sewerage systems, waste from boats
+ habitat clearance and disturbance eg damage to reef from building jetties and pontoons
+ introduction of exotic pests eg from ships to reef which damage coral

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controlling tourist access

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Controlling tourist access = used to regulate and control numbers of tourism to what isn’t damaging, eg Daintree river ferry which carries max 700 cars a day, only 7% of the great barrier reef can be accessed by tourists to prevent degradation and preserve the environment

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environmental education

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Environmental education = educating tourists on the significance of a region to moderate tourist behaviours and prevent them from damaging areas, also multilingual interpretation in many areas to reinforce expected behaviours

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financial contributions

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Financial contributions = any visitor the the GBR of Daintree must pay a fee. On GBR fee is $4 per visitor per day which goes towards environmental management. For Daintree it costs $32 for a return trip across the river to access it which goes towards conservation

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control on tourist developments

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Controls on tourist developments = any proposed developments have strict controls over it, to make sure there will be no harmful impacts on the reef or rainforest. Eg any resort must have and extensive environmental monitoring system and any new development should be sympathetic to the environment.

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built facilities examples

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themeparks, medical health facilities, education facilities, conference centres

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culture and history

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heritage toursim, media tourism, food and shopping, pilgrimidge, sport tourism

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