Tourism Flashcards
What is tourism?
Tourism is leisure time spent away from your usual place of residence.
What is the multiplier effect?
Is the effect that happens when tourists spend money in a place and how that money affects all the sectors of the economy
International tourists in 1950
25 million
International tourists in 2015
1186 million
International tourists forecast for 2030
1.8 billion
Domestic tourists in 2015
5 to 6 billion
How many jobs are dedicated for tourism?
1/11
What percentage of the world’s GDP is from tourism?
10%
Name the 3 countries/autonomous regions with the greatest reliance on tourism (%GDP)
Macau
Maldives
British Virgin Islands
Give four reasons for why is tourism important
10% of world’s GDP
1/11 jobs is due to tourism
Tourism is the fastest growing industry
It affects all sectors (multiplier effect)
Write 3 reasons of why has tourism grown so rapidly on the last decades
Globalisation
Job rights
Advertising
Easier travel
Mass tourism
Tourism that involves tens of thousands of people going to the same place usually at the same time
Ecotourism
Tourism to exotic, natural places in a reduced number, trying to not damage the place.
Sustainable tourism
Tourism that tries to be sustainable having a low impact on the environment and local culture.
Extreme tourism
Travel to dangerous, remote places often with difficult climate.
Urban tourism
Tourism in which a city is the main place of interest
Sports tourism
Tourism which involves either observing or participating in a sport event
Medical tourism
Travel to receive medical treatment
Name 9 factors that affect tourist numbers
Climate, natural beauty, history, political factors, accessibility and transport, conflict, advertising, economics, health scares
What is a resort?
A resort is most often a town that provides for the needs of holiday makers.
Name the 6 steps of the butler model
- Exploration
- Involvement
- Development
- Consolidation
- Stagnation
- Rejuvenation or decline
Exploration
The place starts to get few tourists and those tourists start to talk about the place.
Involvement
More tourists come and local people start to open shops, hotels, cafes etc.
Development
As it starts to get more advertised, more and more people go and so more hotels, cafes and shops open
Consolidation
Everybody knows about it, the place gets full of tourists.
Stagnation
The place gets so busy people stops to go and some shops and cafes close down
Rejuvenation
The place re-advertises itself and tourists numbers rise again
Decline
The places starts t look down and cafes, shops and hotels shut down until the place dies out as a tourist destination.
When and how expensive was the blackpool rejuvenation campaign
2000
300 million euros
Name three things the blackpool council intended to do in the rejuvenation campaign
Make the beach more attractive
Smarten up the town centre
Bring new attractions
Name characteristics for extreme tourists
DINKs (Double Income No Kids)
Young (30s)
Adrenaline rush needing people (high-stress jobs)
Fit and healthy
Why is extreme tourism increasing?
Demand for untouched landscapes
Little investment needed
Improvements in travel
Constant advertising
Where is the Everest?
It is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal
How much does Mount Everest measures?
8,878 metres
Name 3 activities to do at the Everest
Climbing Mount Everest
Photographic tourism in Everest
Observation of little avalanches
From where to where does the price of an expedition to the everest rounds about?
30,000 to 85,000 dollars
How much do most people pay for an expedition to the everest?
45,000 dollars
The money you spend in tourism in the everest goes to…
Travel agencies Government Shops Insurance Companies Guides
In an expedition to the Everest, you mostly spend money in….
Travel, insurance, material and guides
Name three ways in which tourists are threatening the Everest
Rubbish (cant biodegrade due to low temperatures)
Toxic rubbish
Using up natural resources
Mention four ways in which tourism is managed in the Everest
Every climber has to collect 8kg of rubbish
5% of Everest income goes directly to rubbish removal
Reduced permit fees
Safer journey
Carrying capacity
Maximum population size of the species that an environment can sustain
Name four environmental benefits of ecotourism in costa rica
Less roads that disturb the rainforest
Reduces logging and deforestation
Increase the number of national parks and protected areas
Tourists are educated and now aware about how important the rainforest is
Name four economic benefits of ecotourism in costa rica
Tourism is key to costa ricas economy
Profits are reinvested into national parks
Helps many other sectors to grow (coffee)
Creates jobs for local people
Give three examples of benefits of ecotourism in Monteverde
Ecotourists are respectful
Authorities protect areas in the national parks
Reinvests 80% of its profits in local community
Name the principal environmental problem with ecotourism in Costa Rica
TOO MANY visitors put pressure in the fragile environment
Name two economic problems with ecotourism in Costa Rica
Local people don’t benefit as much as they would like
Foreign companies build infrastructure and give managerial positions to foreigners creating a profit leakage
Give two problems with ecotourism in Monteverde
Land prices have increased
Some activities practiced there aren’t so sustainable like building infrastructure
What was the Golden Toad and when did its conservation project begin
A Monteverde endemic specie which had a conservation project since 1970
Where is Dubai?
United Arab Emirates (Middle East)
Give 7 reasons for why is Dubai famous for
Tallest hotel in the world Luxury Resorts Oil Desert No taxes State of the Art
What was Dubai at the 18th century?
A pearl fishing village
What did Dubai do at the 19th/20th century?
Trading partner with Iran and India
What was the population of Dubai in 1960?
20,000
When was oil discovered in Dubai
1966
What happened when Dubai discovered oil?
There was a huge increase in wealth used to develop Dubai with modern roads, schools, healthcare, transport and NO TAXES
What happened in Dubai in 1990s ?
It stopped being a centre for gold smuggling
In the present day, what percent does oil occupy from Dubai’s total income?
3%
Give the main social problem in Dubai
Lower payed and poor living conditions to migrant workers
Give three environmental problems with tourism in Dubai
Each citizen of Dubai uses up two times more resources than a person in the UK
Sea bed is dredged to build artificial islands
Non-renewable energy methods are used
Give the economic benefit in Dubai
Makes the economy grow
Wilderness
Area of land that has been largely undisturbed by modern human development
Sustainability
Attending the social, economic and environmental needs to make development durable.
Economic leakage
When a part of some income goes to other countries economy
Why is tourism in national parks increasing?
Offers amazing landscapes
Accesible
Natural reserves
Releases urban stress living
