N5 Tourism

Match the following types of tourism to their descriptions.

• Small Groups, low environment impact

• Beach Holidays

• Skiing in the Alps, Hiking long distance

• Outdoor adventure

• Chilling on a beach or water activities

• Cultural/Historic

• The Colosseum, Rome. Shopping New York

• Sustainable Tourism

Which of these factors will cause there to be fewer tourists visiting somewhere?

• A good exchange rate for the local currency.

• Good advertising and publicity.

• Poor weather conditions for a long period of time.

• Major sporting event, e.g. the Olympics

Which of these factors will encourage tourists to visit?

• Financial recession reducing peoples spending power.

• Cultural events such as music festivals.

• Threats of terrorism or conflict in the area.

• Recent transport disasters involving buses, ferries, planes.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Causes of Mass Tourism

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(b) NOT a cause of mass tourism

• Tourism adverts on TV and social media.

• Local village fairs

• good exchange rate

• Film and books that make a place famous

• Improved road, rail and air transport.

• Available campsites and hotels

• Holiday pay and time off work

• Package deals and cheap flights

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) advantages of tourism

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(b) Disadvantage of tourism

• Local businesses benefit from increased tourism.
• Tourism promotes cultural exchange and understanding between different countries.

• More money is spent in the area.

• Overcrowding and congestion can occur in popular tourist destinations.
• Local cultures and traditions may be diluted or lost as they adapt to cater to tourist preferences.
• Tourism can contribute to environmental degradation through pollution, littering, and habitat destruction.
• Infrastructure like power and water supply- is improved.

• Increased tourism can lead to higher prices for goods and services.
• Many jobs are created.

• Seasonal tourism can create fluctuations in employment opportunities.

The Lake District attracts many tourist because of it's stunning ​ (a)   , hills to climb and lakes where people can ​ (b)   do water sports and sail.

• scenery
• food
• small villages
• fish,
• walk

Match the following tourist attractions found in the Lake District to their type of Tourism.

Groups:

(a) Cultural/Historic

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(b) Outdoor/Adventure

• Walk the mountain forest at Whinlatter Forest

• Hike to Aira Force Waterfall

• Wild swimming in Bassenthwaite Lake

• The Pencil Museum Keswick

• Hill Top, the home of Beatrix Potter

• Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass

• Hiking mountains such as Helvellyn

• Grasmere Ginger Bread Shop

Sort these positive impacts of tourism in the Lake District into positive and negative impacts.

Groups:

(a) Positive impacts

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(b) Negative impacts

• Second home owners are only there in the summer, leaving places empty in winter.

• New businesses, such as Adventure tourism, create new jobs for locals.

• 15000 local people are employed in tourism.

• House prices become very high pricing local people out of the area

• Farmland is affected by walkers leaving litter and trampling crops.

• More money is spent locally, supporting local businesses.

Ecotourism is a form of ​ (a)   friendly, tourism which involves people visiting remote, fragile, unspoilt areas that are usually protected. Ecotourism is designed to be ​ (b)   impact and ​ (c)   scale. Tourist facilities ​ (d)   with the natural environment, food is sourced ​ (e)   and waste is usually managed on-site. The numbers of tourists allowed are low to minimise disturbance to the environment, but as a result increases the cost of trips for visitors.

• environmentally
• low
• small
• blend-in
• locally
• people
• decreases

The main concept of ecotourism is sustainability to enable future generations to

• experience places in the same way and relatively untouched by humans.

• have expensive holidays.

• no longer have access to these sites.

• learn about these places through books and TV.