Weeks 1&2 content

Question 1

What are some definitions to tourism? - most relevant?

Answer 1

The temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities undertaken during the stay in those destinations and the facilities created to cater for their needs.

Question 2

Basic tourism system
- view tourism as an operational system

Answer 2

the tourism system includes the various elements that make up a trip: the generation or origin region or place of the tourist, the transit region that the tourists travel through, the destination place where the tourist is going and the overall environment in which these exist.

Question 3

The tourism industry is an integrated……?

Answer 3

System of many functioning elements. it functions best when these interact with one another and with the elements of the world around them.

Question 4

A system comprises of:

Answer 4

• a set of elements
• a set of relationships between elements
• a set of relationships between those elements and the environment.

Question 5

3 Core tenets of development are…..

Answer 5

1. sustenance
2. self esteem
3. freedom

Question 6

why tourism as a development strategy?

Answer 6

economic growth remains a prerequisite to development.
often related to economic interests; a tourism led growth hypothesis identifies tourism as a driver of economic growth.

Question 7

A destination’s production function consists of?

Answer 7

• physical capabilities/capital
• technological capital
• labour
• land
• tourism expenditure

Question 8

what is sustainable development? the most asserted definition?

Answer 8

development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

Question 9

What is sustainable tourism development?

Answer 9

Meets the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing the future possibilities.

Question 10

Sustainable tourism development incorporates 3 main things?..

Answer 10

1. sustainable production
2. sustainable consumption
3. equitable distribution

Question 11

Approaches to tourism planning:
The idea that tourism development is inherently good and of automatic benefit to the host community and destination is….?

Answer 11

Boosterism

Question 12

Industry oriented, the government utilises tourism as a means to promote economic growth and development in a specific area is….?

Answer 12

Economic (tourism planning)

Question 13

The need for development to be based on certain spatial patterns that will minimise the negative impacts of tourism on the physical environment

Answer 13

Physical/spatial approach

Question 14

The need to develop more socially acceptable guidelines for expanding tourism from the bottom-up.

Answer 14

Community oriented approach

Question 15

tourism planning and development, three core concepts?

Answer 15

1. input
2. process
3. outcome

Question 16

Tourism planning may be: short term and long term, what are the terms to define them?

Answer 16

short term is tactical or operational and long term is strategic.

Question 17

the basic tourism planning process is an 8 step process including what?

Answer 17

1. study preparation
2. setting development goals and objectives
3. research
4. analysis and synthesis
5. plan formulation
6. recommendation
7. implementation
8. monitoring

Question 18

What is the typical tourism planning hierarchy?

Answer 18

• vision
• mission
• objectives
• strategies
• action plans

Question 19

what is the vision of destination akl 2025

Answer 19

the vision is for auckland to be sustainable economically, socially and environmentally - as a place to live and work and as a place to visit.

Question 20

what is doxeys irriation index?

Answer 20

1. euphoria’
2. apathy
3. annoyance
4. antagonism

Question 21

which of the current statement refers to the 1. study preparation step in the basic planning process?

Answer 21

Formulating terms of reference which describe the purpose and structure of the project as well as deliverables, time horizon etc.

Question 22

Which of the current statement refer to the exploration stage of the destination life cycle?

Answer 22

few tourists visiting sites (typically with natural or physical appeal) with no public facilities.

Question 23

What is the consolidation stage of the destination life cycle?

Answer 23

consolidation: where tourism is a massive part of the local economy, growth is levelling out.

Question 24

What is the annoyance stage of Doxey’s irritation index?

Answer 24

Saturation is approached and the local people have misgivings. planners attempt to control by way of increasing infrastructure rather than limiting growth.