TPD FINALS lesson 10

What is a foremost global effect of global warming?

• Increase in land area

• Decrease in sea level

• Decrease in land area

• Increase in sea level

Which of the following is not a natural disaster that can affect tourism?

• Tornado

• Volcanic eruption

• Earthquake

• Storm

What is the impact of airline disruptions caused by typhoons on tourism?

• Increase in tourist arrivals

• Decrease in tourist arrivals

• No impact on tourist arrivals

• No impact on airlines

What is the overall fear of contracting a contagious disease likely to do to tourist travel?

• Reduce tourist travel

• Have no impact on tourist travel

• Encourage tourist travel

• Increase tourist travel

What is the impact of terrorist attacks on the tourism industry?

• Increase in tourist arrivals

• No impact on tourist arrivals

• Increase in airline profits

• Decrease in tourist arrivals

What are the five main factors likely to affect the future of the global tourism industry?

• Social, political, economic, technological, and environmental

• Technological, environmental, human, economic, and political

• Environmental, human, economic, geopolitical, and technological

• Geopolitical, environmental, economic, technological, and human

What is likely to oblige managers to find new ways to advantageously place their operations across significant global markets?

• Geopolitical factors

• Economic factors

• Human factors

• Environmental factors

What may herald an era of cyber-tourism?

• Adventure tourism

• Eco-tourism

• Traditional tourism

• New expertise

What is the need for the tourism industry in terms of planning, trialing, and integrating emerging technologies and philosophies?

• Ignore emerging technologies

• No need for change

• Strategic early mover

• Follow the status quo

What will generate new tourism streams and further strengthen the industry's global competitiveness into the future?

• No new options

• Decrease in competitiveness

• Traditional business options

• New business options