Chapter 1 : Geography from Tourism Perspective

____________ is unique among the nine planets that circle the sun.

• Earth

• Pluto

• Sun

• Moon

Earth covered ______of its surface is water and ________is land.

• 30%, 70%

• 40%, 60%

• 70%, 30%

• 60%, 40%

___________________ is the only one that can support life, because it has enough oxygen in its atmosphere and plentiful water.

• Mars

• Moon

• Sun

• Earth

Leisure is free time for individuals spend as they please.

• True

• False

Leisure is often seen as a measure of time and is usually used to mean the time left over after __________, sleep, and _______________chores have been completed.

• playing games, household chores

• work, household chores

• household chores, playing games

• work, household chores

"It refreshes a person’s strength and spirit and can include activities as diverse as watching television or holidaying abroad".

Above statement refer to

• Recreation

• Leisure

• Tourism

• Free time

Tourism is the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than three consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes.

• False

• True

The tourist generating area refer to

• The tourist receiving area

• The tourist destinations

• The places of origin of tourist

• The Route

The receiving area refer to

• The tourist destinations

• The route

• The tourist generating area

• The places of origin of tourists

____________as the key element in the system as their effectiveness and characteristics shape the size and direction of tourist flows.

• The destination

• The receiving area

• The route

• The generating area