Tourism

Question 1

What is a domestic tourist?

Answer 1

People who go on holiday in their own country

Question 2

What is an international tourist?

Answer 2

People who go to another country for their holiday

Question 3

What is a tourist?

Answer 3

A person who stays for more than a day in a place that is not his or her usual environment for any purpose

Question 4

What is tourism?

Answer 4

Tourism means that all activities that tourists take part in, and the services that support them

Question 5

Name types of tourism?9

Answer 5

• holiday (annual leave, short break) - sporting events - pilgrimage - festival - business meeting - staying with friends or family - conference - educational trip - medical treatment

Question 6

List five environmental tourist attractions?5

Answer 6

• climate - beaches - national parks/reserves - scenery -wildlife

Question 7

List five human tourist attractions?5

Answer 7

• low crime rate - recreational facilities -cultural heritage - local cuisine - conference centres - access

Question 8

What is leisure?

Answer 8

Time free for enjoyment

Question 9

List the six stages of butler’s model?6

Answer 9

• exploration - involvement - development - consolidation - stagnation - decline or rejuvenation

Question 10

What is ecotourism?

Answer 10

Tourism that focuses on protecting the environment and the local way of life also known as green tourism

Question 11

How could does tourism affect jobs in poorer countries?

Answer 11

extra jobs are created indirectly as hotels buy produce from local suppliers go feed visitors

Question 12

How could tourism affect small businesses?2

Answer 12

Many small businesses have been started up to serve the tourists themselves and supply the services they demand Including ; taxi, bar, restaurant, builders

Question 13

How could holiday money affect tourism in poorer countries?2

Answer 13

Tourists spend their holiday money in pounds, U.S. Dollars or euros This can be used to buy goods and services from abroad

Question 14

Explain the exploration stage of butlers model?

Answer 14

• a small number of visitors are attracted by : good beaches, attractive landscape, historical or cultural features

Question 15

Explain the involvement stage of butlers model?2

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Explain the development stage of butlers model?3

Answer 16

• large companies build hotels and leisure and complexes and advertise package holidays - number of tourists rises dramatically - job opportunity for local people grow rapidly, but this brings both advantages and disadvantages

Question 17

Explain the consolidation stage of butlers model?6

Answer 17

• tourism now a major part of local economy - at the expense at other types of development - numbers of visitors are steady making employment more secure - but some hotels and other facilities are becoming older and unattractive - the type of customers attracted goes downmarket - rowdiness becomes a problem

Question 18

Explain the stagnation stage of butlers model?2

Answer 18

• the resort becomes unfashionable and number of visitors starts to decline - businesses change hands and often fail

Question 19

Explain decline of rejuvenation?4

Answer 19

-DECLINE : visitors prefer other resorts, day trippers and weekenders become the main source of income - day trippers and weekenders become the main source of income REJUVENATION : attempts are made to modernise the resort - attract different people to enjoy new activities

Question 20

What is a honey pot site?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Define the term extreme environments?2

Answer 21

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

Question 22

Define stewardship?2

Answer 22

-The personal responsibility for looking after things, in this case the environment - no one should damage the present or future environment

Question 23

Define conservation?2

Answer 23

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

Question 24

What factors might make a tourist not want to go to an area?

Answer 24

Growth elsewhere Natural disasters Bad exchange rate Acts of terrorism Bad media coverage

Question 25

Why is there a rapid increase in tourism?

Answer 25

Economic growth (eg in England) Peiple then have more disposable income To use to go on holiday further away

Question 26

What is mass tourism?

Answer 26

Organised tourism with large numbers of people all going to the same place