Tourism Flashcards
Tourism is worth
500 billion dollars
Tourism industry
Worlds biggest
How much has tourism grown
1.6 billion by 2050
How many visitors does the UK get every ear
24 million
What percentage of people work in tourism
8 %
How much of the worlds economy does tourism account for
10%
Why has tourism increased so much since 1985 (7 reasons)
- Disposable income
- Smaller families
- More laid holidays
- Plane travel cheaper
- Worldwide infrastructure improved
- Better advertisement
- Easier to organise and research- Internet
5 main tourist destinations
Europe
Asia+Pacific
America
Middle East
Africa
Classifications of tourism
- Duration of trip (up to 1 year)
- Distance traveled (regional, national, international)
- Location preference (coastal, rural, urban, historical)
- Nature of activity (business/leisure)
Butlers model
- Exploration (1700)
- Involvement (1840)
- Development (1900)
- Consolidation (1960)
- Stagnation (1989)
- Decline/Rejuvenation
How many national parks are there?
In England and Wales- 12
National park
Area of protected land which has been designated as an area of natural beauty
When were national parks created
1951- England
First national park
Peak District
Aim of national parks
Protect, promote and foster social and economic wellbeing of communities living here
Who owns national parks
- Private
- Forestry commission
- National trust
- Ministry of defence
- Water companies
- Other
- National parks
Advantages of tourism (6)
- employment boosted
- jobs created
- help protecting environment
- local infrastructure improved
- traditions and customs preserve
- profit brought in for health+education
Disadvantages of tourism (9)
- profit can go to commercial brands/chains
- companies bring in employees for construction
- locals get shit jobs
- house prices increase
- charitable projects sidelined
- seasonal employment
- pollution
- cultural destruction
- landscape ruined by constructions
How many people constitute mass tourism?
Tens of thousands
What’s the most popular form of tourism?
Mass tourism
How is mass tourism sold and advertised?
Often sold as package deals because it’s the cheapest way to holiday and advertised majorly online
Example of mass tourism
Chamonix- 10,000 normally —> 60,000 in skiing season
Advantages of mass tourism (6)
- provides local employment
- subsistence farmers have an increased income
- infrastructure developed
- better healthcare- hospitals, doctors
- jobs created in construction
- leisure facilities created
Disadvantages of mass tourism (7)
- seasonal employment
- infrastructure focused on tourism
- advertised to lower/middle class so less money spent locally
- MDCs often gain profit from LDCs
- farming land used to build on so area relies on imported goods
- local customs/traditions can be lost from reluctance of tourists to try new things
- tourist facilities too expensive for locals
