Tourism Flashcards
Factors affecting tourism growth
Higher income and disposable income , cheap accommodation and holiday package, fewer children, motorways and airports are expanded
Mass tourism
Organized tourism where a large number of tourists visits one destination
External factors affecting tourism
Acts of terrorism (WTC attack and London Underground bombing)
Increase of currency exchange and banking crisis
Benefits of tourism in poorer countries
Jobs are created indirectly for the locals and they are implied as eg waiters so that they earn money to buy food for themselves or for a family
Foreign exchange is good for poorer countries so that they could buy goods from abroad
Butler life cycle model
Edinburgh Is Deploying Combat droids to Stop stagnation and Decline and Rejuvenate
Exploration, Involvement, Development, Consolidation, Stagnation, Decline, Rejuvenation
National parks
Area designated by the law where development and planning is controlled because the landscape is regarded valuable and unusual
Honeypot sites
Location attracting mass numbers of tourists that puts pressure on the environment and animals and possibly people
Target market for extreme tourism
Tourists look for challenging and high risking activities, 39 years old and unmarried with no children and good incomes
Extreme tourism
Tourism involving extreme environment conditions and activities
Stewardship
Personal responsibility for looking after the environment with no one damaging the present or future environment
Conservation
Carefully planned use of resources to manage and maintain natural environment for future generations
Ecotourism
Environmentally friendly tourism
Aims of ecotourism
To promote tourism with minimal impact on the environment
