4AA- Quiz 2- Tourism

A tourist who confines his or her movement within a well-defined geographic region, for example someone from Jamaica travelling to Barbados, is called a/an____________.

• International Tourist

• Regional tourist

• Excursionist

The tourism product is BEST regarded as the

• range of organised activities which have developed to satisfy the needs of the tourist.

• distinct part of a country’s economy which is directly or indirectly affected by tourism.

• facilities and amenities made available to the tourist.

• movement of individuals.

The quality of a tourism product is affected by:

i. the level of security

ii. the state of the infrastructure

iii. the quality of the natural environment

iv. the type of climate

• i, ii

• ii, iii, iv

• All of the above

• None of the above

Some of the following are problems associated with tourism development EXCEPT:

• Destruction of environment by building hotels

• Additional cost in the importation of food and foreign amenities

• Undermining of social standards

• Preservation of cultural and natural heritage

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of eco-tourism?

• Disruption of ecological life

• Threats to indigenous cultures

• Degradation of the environment

• Building of coastal resorts

Eco-tourism can be promoted through:

I. Nature Tours

II. Chartered Flights

III. Assurance of tourist safety

IV. Building hotels in areas of wildlife.

• I, IV

• I, III, IV

• All of the above

• None of the above.

Which of the following is LEAST LIKELY related to the tourist industry?

• Tour boat operators

• Credit Loans for fishermen

• Snorkeling

• Public awareness of the environment

Which of the following is NOT a way tourism can be promoted?

• attracting visitors from wider income bracket

• encouraging family types of tourism

• low moral standards of inhabitants

• promotion of cottages and guesthouses.

The effects of low arrival of tourists due to political unrest MAY LIKELY be:

I. loss in revenue

II. closure of hotels

III. laying off of workers

IV. Investors unwillingness to invest in tourism

• I, II, IV

• IV, II

• All of the above

• None of the above

Which factors may have decisive effects on tourism arrivals?

I. political unrest

II. rainy weather

III. job losses in tourist-marketing countries

IV. terrorist threat to airlines

• I, IV

• II, III

• All of the above

• None of the above