Tourism

Growth of Tourism

• Greater affluence

• Greater mobility

• Improved accessibility & transport facilities

• More leisure time

• Advertising holiday destinations

Advantages of tourism

• Attract foreign investment (TNCs)

• To create job opportunities

• Roads built or improve

• Seasonal unemployment

Disadvantages of tourism

• Shortage of supplies

• Damage to landscape

• More congestion

• Social/cultural problem

• Money can be used for development

Sustainable tourism includes:

• Built National Parks with entrance fees

• Ban hunting/fishing

• Put up signs such as “no littering”

• Impose fines

Match the following

• international tourist

• A person who is visiting a place for leisure or holiday

• domestic tourist

• A person who is visiting a place for holiday from another country

• tourist

• A person who is visiting a place for holiday from same country

Suggest reasons why no of tourists varies from year to year.

• Variations in weather

• Political issues eg war, natural disasters eg earthquakes

• Hotels / resorts / amusement parks built

• Disease

Explain how tourists are attracted to an area.

• Historical buildings eg castles - learn history

• Shopping centres - entertainment

• Art galleries / museums

• Restaurants

• Theme parks

Suggest how tourism may cause problems for local people:

• Litter - visual pollution spoils view

• Increase in prices - inflation

• Impact of behaviour of tourists eg racism, fighting

• Water pollution - kills sea animals, damage coral

• Improved transport network

Explain how creation of game reserves & national parks is likely to help tourism to be sustainable.

• Ensure preservation of wildlife - protects habitats

• Creates employment or income for locals

• Money earned - invest in more tourist facilities

• Cultures retained - tribal groups still exist in future

Match the following

• Mountain areas

• tourists can sunbathe / watersports

• River valleys

• scenery is attractive

• Beaches

• suitable for hiking / skiing