Tourism

The current changes in tourism are being driven by:

• People wanting to travel more

• Cheap airfares

• Higher incomes and more leisure time

• None of the above.

What is a domestic tourist?

• A person who travels place to place to learn its history
• A person who travels around their own country, outside where they live
• A person who doesn't go anywhere
• A person who likes to eat chocolate

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What is a Tourist?

• A person who travels overseas for less than 1 year
• A person who travels away from where they usually live for at least one night but no more than 1 year
• A person who travels from place to place for more one year
• A person who stays at home and never visits anywhere

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Which  of these is  a built attraction?

• Mount  Vesuvius
• Tropical rainforest
• Gulf of Thailand
• Disneyland

Which of these would be  considered a natural attraction?

• Great Wall of China
• Eiffel Tower
• Pacific Ocean 
• Angkor Wat

What is community-based tourism?

• Tourists stay at community centres.

• Tourists take photos of the locals and post them on social media to create awareness.

• Tourism that involves homestays and benefits mainly local communities.

• Tourists trek through jungles and climb waterfalls to enjoy the beautiful scenery.

The term leakage describes which phenomenon?

• Tourism expenditure that goes to the government (i.e. taxes)

• Tourism expenditure that flows out of the host country

• Tourism expenditure that flows out of the tourist-generating country

• Tourism expenditure that is not calculated by the multiplier effect

Which of the following are all negative impacts of mass tourism?

• Most profit kept by travel company, seasonal tourist jobs, tourists may be poorly behaved
• Seasonal tourist jobs, increased sewage, money brought to local economy 
• Bad behaviour of tourists, income from tourists reinvested into environment and local community projects 
• Traffic congestion, improved roads, income increased for tourist industry.

What is the definition of 'sustainable tourism'?

• meeting the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

• tourism directed towards exotic natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.

• type of niche tourism, involving exploration or travel with a certain degree of risk, and which may require special skills and physical exertion.

What is a positive of mass tourism?

• Money from tourists can be used to protect the natural landscape

• Culture and traditions change as outsiders arrive

• Prices increase in local shops as tourists are often more wealthy than the local populatio

• Damage to the natural environment, eg footpath erosion (the wearing away of footpaths), litter, habitats destroyed to build hotels