Tourism Exam Revision

Identify the negative economic impact of tourism

• The creation of tourist sites results in more employment opportunities (eg. tour guides, hospitality).

• The arrival of tourists enables the government to be able to improve infrastructure, schools and hospitals.

• Money can be diverted away from being used for local schools and hospitals, so that tourism can prosper. This investment diversion can help build schools and hospitals in the long term.

• A country's/city's/town's socio-economic status can be too dependent on tourism. When a downturn or loss of tourism occurs, the entire economy can collapse.

Which is the correct definition for domestic tourism?

• Tourism within a tourist's own country

• Tourism which involves people taking a holiday in their own home

What type of tourism is represented in the image?

• Dark tourism

• Ecotourism

• Built facilities

• Boat tourism

Which is the correct definition for ecotourism?

• Tourists' responsible spending of their money whilst visiting a tourist destination.

• The responsible travel to urban areas that conserves the environment, sustains the wellbeing of the local people, and involves interpretation and education.

• The responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the wellbeing of the local people, and involves interpretation and education.

• The type of tourism which aims to only boost a place's economy.

What is dark tourism?

• Dark tourism concerns tourists visiting attractions in the evening / night.

• Dark tourism involves tourists visiting theme parks with scary rides like the hunted house and Dreamworld.

• Dark tourism involves tourists visiting places that have experienced or are linked to conflict, death and tragedy. These places include battlefields, fortifications, museums and memorials.

This image was taken in Phu Quoc. What type of tourism does it offer?

• Natural environments

• Built facilities

• Historic and cultural tourism

• Dark tourism

Select the positive sociocultural impacts of tourism?

• The preservation and transmission of cultural and historical traditions, which often contributes to the conservation and sustainable management of natural resources, the protection of local heritage and a renaissance of indigenous cultures, cultural arts and crafts.

• Destinations risk standardization in the process of satisfying tourists desires. This suggests that locals cater the landscape, accommodation, food and drinks... to meet tourists' desires for the new and unfamiliar.

• Travelling brings people from different cultures into contact with each other. Travelling and inherently, tourism can foster cultural exchanges between hosts and tourists.

Select the main reasons for why tourism has increased since the 1950s.

• Greater awareness (through advertising)

• More car ownership (more families own a car)

• More affluence (people have become more wealthy / more disposable income)

• Introduction of social media

What worldwide event occurred in 2008 which may explain the drop in tourism numbers experienced by Vietnam between 2007 and 2009.

• Typhoon

• Flooding

• Global economic crisis

• Barack Obama won presidency

Where is Vietnam located in Asia?

• South East

• West

• South West

• East