Tourism in Latin America

Tourism in Latin America

- To understand why tourists visit Latin America

- To examine the positive and negative impacts of tourism in Latin America

To start the lesson, we are going to have a quick quiz based on last weeks learning.

5 quick questions

Ready, Set.........Go!

Multiple Choice

Who or what are Indigenous people?

• Families who have just moved to an area

• Workers who are cutting down the rainforest

• People who live in an area, whose family have lived there for generations

• People who live in Brazil

Open Ended

Describe one benefit of fair trade...

Multiple Choice

What is the largest country in Latin America

• Chile

• Brazil

• Peru

• Germany

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a type of tectonic hazard...

• Flooding

• Drought

• Tropical Storm

• Earthquake

Open Ended

Why do people go on holiday? List at least three reasons...

How do we define tourism?

‘Tourism is an activity that involves people travelling away from home for recreation and leisure.’

But are ALL tourists the same?

Is ALL tourism the same?

• There are TWO main types of tourism.

• Domestic

• International

What is a Domestic Tourist?

Travelling a few miles away from your home, you don’t expect to be classed as a ‘tourist’ right? But in fact, you often will be classed as a tourist- a domestic tourist!

Domestic tourists are anyone who undertakes travel activities in their own country. i.e. living in Manchester and travelling to London for the day or for an overnight stay.

What is international tourism?

International tourism refers to tourism that crosses national borders.

It involves people travelling away from home for recreation and leisure

Open Ended

Explain the difference between domestic and international tourism...

What are the benefits to tourism?

Tourism added over $8trillion to the GDP of countries in 2017!

Tourism supported over 300,000,000 jobs in 2018!

Open Ended

Explain the economic benefits of tourism to countries around the world.

Challenge: Do you think tourism will have benefited all countries equally?

What does this map show?

Poll

Which 3 countries made the most money in 2018? (choose 3)

• United States

• Italy

• Australia

• France

• Spain

Multiple Select

Which continents are these countries located?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

• South America

Open Ended

Compare the money made by United States, Spain and France to the countries of Latin America.

Explain why this might increase the inequality between places.

Tourism in Latin America

Machu Picchu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2hGilVPMYw

Where is Machu Picchu?

Locate Machu Picchu using Continent, Country, Compass Directions.

Challenge: Can you include the capital city of Peru in your answer, can you also name the lines of latitude in your answer

Open Ended

Locate Machu Picchu using Continent, Country, Compass Directions.

Challenge: Can you include the capital city of Peru in your answer, can you also name the lines of latitude in your answer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egGaSVFufrA

Open Ended

Do the positives of Tourism, outweigh the negatives of tourism?

Explain your opinion...

Could we lessen the negative impact of tourism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i4ioqIaXrE&t=6s

Multiple Choice

The first principle of ecotourism is...

• to attract more tourists to an area

• to encourage tourists to spend more money when visiting an area

• to ensure hotels and attraction are run by big companies

• to involve local communities in the development of tourism

Multiple Choice

The second principle of ecotourism is....

• to ensure tourists pay more for their time in the area

• to encourage tourists to only spend a short time in the area

• to reduce the negative impact on the environment

• to create more jobs

Open Ended

The third principle of ecotourism is to respect the rights of local people. Who should manage the eco-tourism resorts? Explain why is this important?

Sum up what you have learned today...

Open Ended

Tourism brings lots of benefit to the world, however...