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TOURISM Flashcards

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WHAT IS A TOURIST

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A tourist is someone who visits a play either for a day trip or by staying away from home for at least one night

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WHAT IS A DOMESTIC JOURNEY

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A domestic journey is when a tourist travels within their own/home country

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WHAT IS A SHORT-HAUL JOURNEY

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A short-haul journey is when the air flight takes less than 3 hours to reach the destination//for UK citizens it’s usually places within Europe or Mediterranean

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WHAT IS A LONG-HAUL DESTINATION

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A long-haul journey is when places are further away, more than 3 hours on an air flight// for UK citizens, it’s tropical locations such as Jamaica and Kenya

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GIVE 4 REASONS AS TO WHY THERE IS A GROWTH IN LONG HAUL TOURISM

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  • Higher incomes mean able to afford longer flights to further destinations
  • More destinations are becoming accessible
  • Rise in interest of other cultures and traditions
  • Better experience of travel
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WHY ARE PEOPLE KEEN TO PROMOTE TOURISM

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It brings economical and social benefits such a jobs for locals and puts more money into the economy due to local produce being sold and souvenirs

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NAME THE STAGES OF THE BUTLERS MODEL

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1 EXPLORATION
2 INVOLVEMENT 
3 DEVELOPMENT
4 CONSOLIDATION
5 STAGNATION
6A REJUVENATION 
6B DECLINE
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GIVE THE 4 EXTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTING TOURISM

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Media- whether it’s good or bad
Economy- economy booms and unemployment rising
Security- Terrorism
Currency- Foreign exchange and which currency is stronger

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WHAT ARE THE TWO PHYSICAL ATTRACTIONS OF BLACKPOOL

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  • Re shaping socially and economically

* Products that meet marketing requirements and are extraordinary

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GIVE 3 HUMAN ATTRACTIONS OF BLACKPOOL

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  • Entertainment - Amusements, Arcades, Madame Tussauds, Illuminations and Aquarium
  • Understands needs and values of local community and visitors
  • Reshaping “brand blackpool”
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GIVE THE 3 PHYSICAL REAONS FOR DECLINE

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  • Beach erosion during the winter
  • Beach and Sea pollution
  • Unreliable summer weather
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GIVE THE 3 ECONOMIC REASONS FOR DECLINE

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  • Unemployment out of season
  • Cheap package holidays to the Mediterranean take visitors annually
  • Job loss and lack of hotels
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GIVE 3 SOCIAL REAONS FOR DECLINE

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  • Families scared off by binge drinking culture for stags and hen-do’s
  • 35% retail leakage out of Blackpool
  • Cleanliness of beach&resort
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GIVE 3 WAYS WE KNOW BLACKPOOL IS DECLINING

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  • 56 000 bed spaces
  • Visitors decrease by 2% annually
  • Accommodation stock shrinking
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GIVE 5 MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IF BLACKPOOL

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  • Hound Hill shopping centre
  • 6 new headlands
  • Building and maintaining sea wall and groaned
  • Modernisation of train and tram station and regeneration of airport
  • Talbot Gateway project- 46 Hotels and 142 homes
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WHAT IS MASS TOURISM

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Mass tourism is where a large numbers of tourists visit a particular destination at one particular time

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WHAT IS TOURISM LEAKAGE

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When money earned from tourists pay leaks away from destination country

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What are the big 5 of Kenya

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Rhino
Buffalo
Lions
Elephants 
Leopards
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WHAT DOES ECOTOURISM DO

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Focuses on protecting the environment and local way of life

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GIVE 4 AIMS OF ECOTOURISM

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  • Be sustainable
  • Protect well-being of locals
  • Generate income and employment
  • Limit and control tourists numbers
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WHAT IS STEWARDSHIP

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Sustainably planning and carefully managing environment on a larger scale, regionally, locally and nationally

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WHAT IS CONSERVATION

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Stewardship on a smaller scale where people are more involved

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WHAT IS THE MONEY FROM KENYA USED FOR

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School, roads, hospitals and homes

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GIVE 4 REASONS AS TO WHY TOURISM HAS GROWN

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  • Internet development which gives easier access to package holidays deals and cheaper flights
  • Longer weekends and holidays mean more leisure time for public•Better security on borders and within the country
  • Higher wages mean that people have more money to travel different places

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