TRSM: Sustainable & Responsible Tourism

An increase in tourist arrivals causing traffic congestion is a sign of …

• responsible tourist behaviour.

• good tourism infrastructure.

• mass tourism.

• ecotourism.

For good environmental management practices in a nature reserve the park employees should remove all ...

• alien plants.

• indigenous flora.

• local wildlife.

• volcanic rocks.

Some tourists exploit locals during their visits despite claiming to be responsible tourists. A guideline for a responsible tourist taking photographs of the local people:

• Have photographs of the locals published in newspapers, highlighting their difficult situation.

• Ask permission from the local people before taking photographs of them.

• Take protected cultural items as souvenirs rather than photographs.

• Take photographs of children only, especially those who seem homeless.

Many responsible tourism businesses adopt a pledge that will …

• maximise the negative effects of crime.

• decrease the benefits from tourist visits.

• increase poaching in a protected area.

• minimise the impact on the environment.

A sustainable practice when a lodge is built in an environmentally sensitive area:

• Trees are chopped down to build the lodge.

• Bricks are imported from a foreign country.

• Large areas are cleared to build the lodge.

• Wooden walkways are built around existing trees.

The boutique hotel in the Cradle of Humankind attracts tourists because its roofs are planted with grass to blend into the surrounding Highveld. This accommodation establishment is …

• shopping friendly.

• socially friendly.

• economically friendly.

• environmentally friendly.

If a tourism business practises the triple bottom-line approach, it will lead to…tourism.

• irresponsible

• practical

• sustainable

• friendly

A hotel group wants to build a skyscraper hotel (tall, multistorey hotel) in the Kruger National Park. According to the triple bottom-line approach, this would be …

• socially irresponsible.

• economically irresponsible.

• privately responsible.

• environmentally irresponsible.

A cultural village was forced to cancel the outdoor dance programmes for international tour groups due to continuous heavy rains and floods. The cancellation of the outdoor dance programmes …

• had no economic impact on the community.

• resulted in the community losing income.

• impacted positively on the community.

• enabled local procurement of services

The best advice a hotel could give its guests to save water, as part of the hotel's responsible and sustainable practice, is to …

• shower instead of bath.

• wash themselves in the hotel's swimming pool.

• bath instead of shower.

• keep quiet about the water issue.