Toursim Key Words

Question 1

Attractions (natural/primary and built/secondary)

Answer 1

A feature or facility that makes tourists go to a place. Tourist destinations may include a range of attractions. Attractions may be natural/primary (beaches and waterfalls) or built/secondary (theme parks and zoos). Some buildings and places (castles and cathedrals) were not built as tourist attractions but have become attractions over time.

Question 2

Butler tourist resort life-cycle model

Answer 2

This model says that any tourist resort starts on a small scale, develops into something more significant, then either goes into decline or makes changes to maintain its attractions. There are six stages: exploration, involvement, development, consolidation, stagnation, decline or rejuvenation.

Question 3

Conservation

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Disposable income

Answer 4

Money left over after necessities (food, shelter, water etc) have been bought. This money can be spent or saved as one wishes e.g. On holidays.

Question 5

Domestic tourists

Answer 5

These tourists travel within their own country. They do not cross international borders.

Question 6

Domestic tourists

Answer 6

These tourists travel within their own country. They do not cross international borders.

Question 7

Economic impacts

Answer 7

Impacts upon the economy result in changes to jobs, income and prices. These may be negative or positive, seasonal or long-term.

Question 8

Ecotourism

Answer 8

Tourism to an area because of the appeal of its natural environment, while negative impacts are kept to a minimum. It is small scale responsible tourism and visitors also try to benefit the local communities socially and economically. (AKA green tourism).

Question 9

Environmental impacts

Answer 9

These can be negative or positive changes to a location’s environment due to the presence of tourism in an area e.g. vegetation trampling is a negative environmental impact.

Question 10

External factors

Answer 10

Something unrelated to tourism, which affects tourist numbers, such as the economy, currency exchange rates, political unrest, wars, terrorism.

Question 11

Extreme environments

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Grey pound

Answer 12

A term used to describe the economic purchasing power of the elderly population in the UK.

Question 13

Historic site

Answer 13

A historic site is an attraction known for its intrinsic historic or heritage value - e.g. Stonehenge and Canterbury Cathedral in the UK, Machu Picchu and The Pantheon (Rome) overseas.

Question 14

Honeypot site

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Infrastructure for tourism

Answer 15

Supports structures and services for visitors such as airports, hotels, electricity, tour agencies, etc.

Question 16

International tourists

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These are tourists who travel across borders between different countries (international borders). All tourists who enter or leave the UK are international tourists.

Question 17

Leisure

Answer 17

The term used to describe those free-time activities people choose when they are not at work or in education.

Question 18

Long-haul

Answer 18

Flights or trips to destinations beyond Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, usually with a flight time of 6-7 hours or more.

Question 19

Mass tourism

Answer 19

Tourism on a large scale to one country or region. This equates to the Development and Consolidation phases of the Butler tourist resort life-cycle model.

Question 20

Multiplier effect

Answer 20

The phenomenon whereby when a job is created in one sector of the economy, it leads to the creation of jobs in other economic sectors.

Question 21

National Park

Answer 21

An area usually designated by law where development is limited and planning is controlled. The landscape is regarded as unusual and valuable and therefore worth preserving e.g. the Lake District National Park.

Question 22

Package holiday

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A holiday or tour arranged by a travel agent; transportation, food and lodging are all included in the price.

Question 23

Niche market

Answer 23

Holidays targeted as a very small segment of the population who share a narrow set of wants, needs and wishes.

Question 24

Resort

Answer 24

These are places tourists visit for holidays or recreation and where tourism is an important part of the local economy.

Question 25

Stewardship

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Tourism

Answer 26

Is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes

Question 27

Tourists

Answer 27

Are people who ‘travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more more than 24 hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes.