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Tourism Flashcards

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Why are some areas becoming more popular than they used to?

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Improvements in transport, countries in more unusual tourist destinations have got better at marketing themselves and many countries have invested in infrastructure for tourists.

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Why are people attracted to the city?

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The culture, entertainment and shopping.

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Why are people attracted to coastal areas?

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For swimming, snorkelling, fishing and water skiing.

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Why are people attracted to mountainous areas?

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By the scenery and to activities like walking, climbing, skiing and snowboarding.

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Why is tourism important to the economy?

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Tourism creates jobs.
Increase income for businesses that supply tourists.
This means tourism is important for rich and poor countries.
Poorer countries tend to be more dependent on the income form tourists.

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Factors that affect the number of tourists?

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Weather, world economy, exchange rate, terrorism and conflict and major events.

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What are the stages of a butler model?

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Exploration, Involvement, Development, Consolidation, Stagnation and Rejuvenation or decline.

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What is the exploration stage in the butler model?

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1) Small number of visitors are attracted to the area. Local people have not yet developed many tourist services.

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What is the involvement stage in the butler model?

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2) The local population sees the opportunities and starts to provide accommodation, food, transport, guides and other services for visitors.

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What is the development stage in the butler model?

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Increase in tourist due to ore facilities available.

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What is the consolidation stage in the butler model?

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Tourism is still a big part of the local economy but tourist numbers are starting to level off.

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What is the stagnation stage in the butler model?

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Visitors numbers have peaked. Facilities are no longer as good because of negative impact of tourists on the local environment.

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What is the rejuvenation stage in the butler model?

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Attempts are made to modernise a resort and attract new people.

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What is the decline stage in the butler model?

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Visitors prefer other resorts and day trippers or weekenders become the main source of income.

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What are the x and y axis on the butler mode?

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Time and amount of tourists.

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What is mass tourism?

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Is organised tourism for a large number of people to a certain country or region.

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What is an extreme environment?

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Locations with particularly difficult environments where the development of tourism has only recently occurred due to a niche market demand for somewhere different with physical challenges.

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What are the ways to reduce the negative impact of mass tourism?

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Improving public transport, limiting the number of people visiting sensitive environments and providing lots of bins.

19
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What is stewardship?

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The personal responsibility for looking after things and preserve them for future generations, in this case the environment.

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What is conservation?

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The careful and planned use of resources in order to manage and maintain the natural environment for future generations.

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What is ecotourism?

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Tourism that focuses on protecting the environment.

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Factors affecting the growth of Tourism.

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  • People have more disposable income: incomes are larger, many households have 2 parents that work, families are smaller (cheaper), holiday time is longer
  • Improvements in technology: travel is quicker and easier, flying is cheaper, booking online is quick, better advertising of holidays on tv or in magazines.
  • Expansion of holiday choice: package holidays available all over the world, people want to do exciting things.
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What is tourism growth?

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The increase in the number of people travelling and the amount of money made from people travelling.

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Define tourism

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The movement of people to places outside their normal places of work and community, the activities carried out during their holiday and the facilities created to meet their needs.

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What are the benefits of tourism in poorer countries?

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  • People are employed to serve tourists.
  • Brings in foreign currency.
  • Many governments tax visitors to pay for the services they use (water supply, electricity, roads, etc)
  • jobs are created indirectly
  • Businesses set up to serve the tourists
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What are the advantages of mass tourism?

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  • Tourism brings jobs
  • New infrastructure that is put into place for tourists, benefits locals.
  • Construction jobs are provided
  • New leisure facilities may be open to local people.
  • Income can be reinvested in protecting the environment
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What are the disadvantages of mass tourism?

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  • Activity may be seasonal
  • Industry is dominated by large travel companies
  • Does not appeal to wealthier groups of people
  • Few locals are paid well.
  • Imported food
  • Profits benefit investing companies so not the host country.
  • Local people may not be able to afford the new facilities put in place for tourists
  • Transporting lots of people releases lots of greenhouse gases
  • Increase in litter
  • Destruction of natural habitats
28
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What are top six tourist destinations?

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France, Spain, USA, China, Italy and the UK.

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What is a national park?

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An area usually designated by law where development is limited and planning is controlled. The landscape is regarded as unusual and valuable and therefore worth preserving.

30
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What is a honeypot site?

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A location attracting a large amount of tourists, who due to their numbers, place pressure on the environment and people.

31
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What are the extreme environment locations?

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  • Mountains
  • Deserts
  • Rainforests
  • Caves
  • Ice covered terrain
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Who are mainly attracted to extreme environments?

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Adventure tourists looking for a physical challenge and risks. Often around 30 years old, unmarried without children and have high powered jobs with good incomes - trips are expensive.

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Who are the type of people attracted to ecotourism?

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Attract people with money who are environmentally aware.

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General ecotourism morals?

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  • want to have little impact on the environment.
  • Energy use should be sustainable and no waste should be generated that cannot be dealt with.
  • Small lodges not hotels
  • Eat local food
  • Have local guides
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Areas that rely heavily on tourism need to make sure the tourists keep coming. What are a few ways they can do this?

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  • Build new facilities or improve old ones
  • Reduce any tourist impacts that make the location less attractive
  • Advertise and market the area
  • Improve transport infrastructure
  • Offer new activities
  • Make it cheaper to visit
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Why is tourism to extreme environments increasing?

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  • Improvements in transport
  • People want to see certain environments while they can e.g Antartica
  • People have more disposable income
  • Adventure holidays are becoming more popular.
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What does ecotourism involve?

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Stewardship and conservation

38
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What are the environmental benefits of ecotourism?

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  • Local people are encouraged to conserve the environment
  • Reduces poaching and hunting
  • Ecotourism projects try to reduce the use of fossil fuels
  • Waste that tourists produce is disposed of carefully
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What are the economic benefits of ecotourism?

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  • Ecotourism creates jobs for locals which helps grow the local economy
  • Local people not directly employed in tourism can also make money by selling local crafts to visitors
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What are the benefits of ecotourism to local people?

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  • People have better more stable incomes in ecotourism than in other jobs
  • Many ecotourism schemes fund community projects.
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How does ecotourism help sustainable development of areas?

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  • Sustainable development means improving the quality of life for people, but doing it in a way that it doesn’t stop people in the future getting what they need (by not damaging the environment or depleting the environment)
  • Ecotourism helps areas to develop by increasing the quality of life for local people
  • The development is sustainable because it’s done without damaging the environment.

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