tourism

Question 1

reasons for growth in tourism

Answer 1

-construction booms
-reduction in transport costs
-packaged holidays
-websites, booking.com
-social media
-salary risen
-paid holidays
-changing mindsets, desire to experience different cultures

Question 2

benefits for growth in tourism

Answer 2

-job creation
-diversification of income, coming from multiple sources
-increase population, increased tax
-support for local businesses
-local farmers, hotels food
-more amenties for locals to use
-diverse culture

Question 3

negative impacts of mass tourism

Answer 3

-low pay for jobs
-culture clash
-conflict with the locals
-loss of tradition and culture
-increase crime
-urban sprawl
-beaches are too busy
-increase pollution, increased plans and cars and noise pollution
-threat to ntaural environent
-threat to species, alteration in ecoysystems and habitats

Question 4

ecotourism/ sustainbale tourism

Answer 4

tourism organised in a way that its level can be sustained without creating irreplacable damage to the environment

Question 5

sustainable tourism strategies

Answer 5

-‘fly less and stay longer’
-carbon-offset their flights
-consider ‘slow travel’
-protected areas