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Give a definition of world tourism

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People travelling to and staying in places outside of their usual environment for no more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes.

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What benefits does tourism bring?

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Jobs: (directly) guides and resort staff, (indirectly) builders, farmers
Money: tourists paying for services, put into communities where businesses are
Improvements to infrastructure: airports, railway lines
Taxes: healthcare, education

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What are the six stages of the butler model?

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1: Exploration
2: Involvement
3: Development
4: Consolidation
5: Stagnation
6: rejuvenation or decline

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Give an example of a national park

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Snowdonia, north wales . East of the Irish Sea.

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What activities can you do in snowdonia?

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Go karting
Tree top adventure
Zip world
Surf snowdonia

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Give a definition of a honeypot site

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A honeypot site is a location attracting a large number of tourist who, due to the numbers, place pressure on the environment and people.

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Give examples of how they have tried to solve problems in Snowdonia.

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They have placed specific oath for people to walk on up snowdonia so it doesn’t erode the whole mountain.
Placed buns in certain areas, especially in snowdonia, to reduce littering
Developed several small new car parks so people don’t have to park on land

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Give an example of where mass tourism takes place

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Thailand

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How much of Thailand’s GDP is made from tourism?

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17% ($387.3 billion)

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Give some positives of mass tourism in Thailand

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  • Staff are usually paid 80p above minimum wage
  • £4.50 a day
  • If people work in hotels they are given free accommodation
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Give some negatives of mass tourism in Thailand

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  • people are paid 80p above minimum wage for working in hotels (used to support whole families £4.50)
  • Not allowed visitors in free accommodation
  • Workers can’t see families
  • sea gypsies forced to leave homes (5% of land left)
  • Full moon parties, Koh Phan Ngan (7-8 British die every year, 12 tonnes of rubbish end of every party
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Give an example if tourism in an extreme environment

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Antarctica

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Give some examples of attractions on Antarctica

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Paradise bay
Run the Antarctic half-marathon or marathon 
Visit penguins
Helicopter rides
Lick an iceberg
Scientific research stations
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Give a definition of sustainable tourism

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Development of tourism that preserves resources and standards of living for future generations

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Give a definition of ecotourism

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Tourism that focuses upon protecting the environment and local way of life

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Give a definition of stewardship

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The personal responsibility for looking after things

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Give a definition of conservation

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The careful and planned use of resources in order to manage the natural environment

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Give a definition of the ecotourism approach

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Ensuring that tourism does not exploit the natural environment or local communities. Consultation with local communities on planned developments. Making sure that infrastructure improvements benefit local people and not just tourists.

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What are the problems with ecotourism in Costa Rica?

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Overcapacity, 6% annual increase in visitors
Animals have adapted to eating rubbish
Leakage: foreign investors are building more accommodation on the island but most of the profits made aren’t put back to Costa Rica

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What are the strategies for management in Antarctica?

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  • Bio-securing tourists
  • IAATO - 34 countries
  • No eating/drinking there
  • Keep 5m+ away from wildlife
  • Only 100 people aloud on land at any time
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What are the problems Antarctica has faced with tourism?

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  • Foreign species have made it onto Antarctica
  • All visitors leave impacts
  • Tourists disrupt penguin breeding
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What management has been used in Antarctica?

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Treaty (original signed in 1961) as an aim to demilitarise Antarctica and establish it as a nuclear-free zone
IAATO which is an organisation (1991) to advocate and prime the practise if safe environmentally responsible private-sector travel to the Antarctic

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