Butler's Model

Tourism you do when you visit cities, historical buidings...

• Beach tourism

• Rural tourism

• Cultural tourism

What is a model (in general)?

• A simplified version of something.

• A unique picture of an atom.

• A image of an atom.

• A fun puzzle

Models are used to better understand a complex thing.

• True

• False

which of these is not a stage in the butlers model

• how places change in tourism

• how a tourist destination copes with mass tourism

• how holiday destinations change over time

• how a country copes with ageing population

How many stages are in the butlers model?

• 3

• 6

• 4

• 7

What does development on the butlers model mean?

• Small numbers of tourists are attracted to a new place

• Big companies make huge hotels, numbers of tourists increase

• Tourism is a major part of the local economy

• When tourist numbers fall in a resort

What does stagnation mean on the butlers model?

• small numbers of tourists are attracted to a new place

• when tourist resort become unfashionable + numbers level off

• when tourist numbers fall in a resort

• attempts made to modernize a resort after period of decline

What happens in the discovery stage of the Butler Model?

• an area is first visited by a small number of people exploring the primary tourist attractions.

• tourist numbers increase and a tourist season may develop. Tourist attractions will begin to be marketed at a larger audience and more secondary services will develop including improved transport eg roads, airports.

• mass tourism replaces the original economy; tourist facilities including transport, guiding, accommodation, restaurants etc are fully developed and used. Local culture may be affected and negative impacts may be seen. Some resentment among local people not benefitting from tourism.

Select one physical factors affecting the growth of tourist hotspots

• Climate - appropriate for specific type of tourism (eg sunny for beaches, snowy for ski resorts etc)

• Accessibility (eg airports, road links)

• Affordability (is it good value for money?

• Safety (is it safe to visit?)

​What are the human factors affecting the growth of tourist hotspots? Select two answers.

• Accessibility (eg airports, road links)

• Affordability (is it good value for money? Currency issues will influence this)

• Natural environment (eg beaches, beautiful scenery, mountains, coral reefs)

• Ecology (eg wild animals for safari, rich reef life, jungle)