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WorksheetsTOU 048: P1 Sustainable Tourism Summative Test
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Select the best answer for the question. What is defined as an effect brought about directly or indirectly by tourism policies and tourist behavior?
Tourism Policy
Tourism Impact
Tourism Management
Tourism Marketing
Select the best answer for the question. Which dimension of tourism impact refers to the direction of change?
Positive and Negative
Short-term and Long-term
Quantitative and Qualitative
Direct and Indirect
Select the best answer for the question. An increase in the price of local products due to tourism is an example of what scope?
Environmental
Social
Cultural
Economic
Select the best answer for the question. Leakage in tourism refers to:
Water escaping from hotel pipes
Money leaving the local economy to pay for imports
Tourists leaving a destination early
Information shared by tour guides
Select the best answer for the question. Which type of impact is backed by hard data and can be quantitatively measured?
Perceived Impact
Subjective Impact
Actual or Objective Impact
Qualitative Impact
Select the best answer for the question. The Irritation Index Model (Irridex) was developed by:
Butler
Doxey
Cruz
Brundtland
Select the best answer for the question. According to Doxey, the first stage of resident reaction to tourism is:
Apathy
Annoyance
Euphoria
Antagonism
Select the best answer for the question. Which theory describes the stages of a destination as exploration, involvement, development, consolidation, and stagnation?
Irritation Index
Carrying Capacity Theory
Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC)
Sustainable Development Theory
Select the best answer for the question. An impact that flows from tourism to the receiver through an intervening person (like a taxi driver serving hotel staff) is called:
Direct Impact
Cumulative Impact
Indirect Impact
Immediate Impact
Select the best answer for the question. The extinction of an indigenous culture due to long-term tourism development is a:
Short-term impact
Long-term impact
Immediate impact
Direct impact
Select the best answer for the question. Which index measures the level of tourism development in a country?
GDP Index
Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI)
Sustainable Tourism Index
Environmental Performance Index
Select the best answer for the question. In the A's of Tourism framework, Access refers to:
Physical and political entry to a destination
Ability to pay for a trip
Access to the internet
Access to luxury goods
Select the best answer for the question. Which factor refers to the feeling of being welcome and safe at a destination?
Attractions
Activities
Atmosphere
Accommodation
Select the best answer for the question. The maximum number of people that may visit a destination without causing unacceptable destruction is:
Tourism Volume
Carrying Capacity
Economic Linkage
Social Density
Select the best answer for the question. Which sub-index of the TTCI includes Safety and Security?
Infrastructure
Enabling Environment
T&T Policy
Natural & Cultural Resources
Select the best answer for the question. Sustainable development was famously defined by the:
World Trade Organization
UNWTO
Brundtland Commission (1987)
Kyoto Protocol
Select the best answer for the question. Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising:
The economy
The government's budget
Future generations' ability to meet their own needs
Current profit margins
Select the best answer for the question. The Three P's of sustainability stand for:
People, Planet, Profit
Planning, Policy, Promotion
Price, Product, Place
Power, People, Politics
Select the best answer for the question. The Three E's of sustainability correspond to:
Environment, Education, Energy
Environment, Economy and Social Equity
Earth, Economy, Ethos
Ethics, Evolution, Effort
Select the best answer for the question. Tourism is responsible for approximately what percentage of global GDP?
5%
9%
15%
25%
Select the best answer for the question. Which of the following is NOT part of the natural environment scope?
Wildlife
Built environment (buildings)
An ecosystem characterized by high density of living organisms in a relatively small space is:
Desert
Tundra
Forest
Grassland
Deserts are regions that typically receive an annual rainfall of less than:
10 inches
25 inches
50 inches
100 inches
Which ecosystem includes lentic (still water) and lotic (flowing water) systems?
Terrestrial
Aquatic
Mountain
Desert
'Tourism contains the seeds of its own destruction' implies that:
Tourism can never be profitable
Tourism can destroy the very environment it depends on
Tourists do not like nature
Destruction is necessary for development
Revenue from park entrance fees used for conservation is a form of:
Indirect contribution
Direct financial contribution
Tax evasion
Social impact
How can tourism benefit the environment?
By increasing trash
By raising awareness of environmental values
By building more concrete roads
By consuming more water
Tourism can serve as a tool to finance the protection of:
Luxury malls
Natural areas
Private estates
Industrial zones
Regulatory measures in tourism aim to:
Increase pollution
Conserve environmental resources
Reduce the number of employees
Discourage all travel
Environmental tourism allows travelers to engage in activities like:
Sitting in an office
Navigating tropical rainforests
Watching TV at home
Working in a factory
Negative impacts occur when the level of visitor use is greater than the environment's:
Marketing budget
Ability to cope (acceptable limits of change)
Number of hotels
Political stability
Which is a major area of negative tourism impact?
Depletion of natural resources
Increase in local happiness
Growth of indigenous languages
Better internet connection
The tourism industry often overuses water for:
Local farming
Industrial manufacturing
Swimming pools and golf courses
Drinking water for wildlife
"Excessive, misdirected, or obtrusive artificial light" is known as:
Visual pollution
Air pollution
Light pollution
Sound pollution
Light pollution is a threat to:
Underground minerals
Nocturnal wildlife
Deep sea fish
Desert sand
Cruise ships in the Caribbean are estimated to produce how much waste annually?
1,000 tons
10,000 tons
70,000 tons
500,000 tons
Improper disposal of solid waste can despoil:
Bank accounts
Natural environments and scenic areas
Digital files
Government policies
Land degradation refers to the lowering of the productive capacity of:
Humans
Land
Machines
Money
Tourism contributes to greenhouse gases primarily through:
Walking
Tourist transportation
Local storytelling
Planting trees
Noise pollution in tourism areas can be generated by:
Clouds
Transportation and road traffic
Growing grass
Moonlight
A "cumulative impact" is caused by:
A single event
Tourism development over time
One tourist
A movie
The "Atmosphere" of a destination includes:
Only the weather
Feeling safe and welcome
The price of flights
The number of taxis
Which is an example of "built environment"?
A coral reef
A historic cathedral
A rainstorm
A wild tiger
Tourism's relationship with the environment is described as:
Simple
Non-existent
What is the goal of sustainable tourism management?
To maximize pollution
To preserve, conserve, or rejuvenate environmental quality
To build on every square inch of land
To stop all tourism
"Price Competitiveness" is a component of which sub-index in TTCI?
Enabling Environment
Infrastructure
T&T Policy and Enabling Conditions
Natural Resources
Which stage of TALC follows "Involvement"?
Decline
Development
Exploration
Stagnation
An "Actual Impact" is also known as:
Subjective impact
Perceived impact
Objective impact
False impact
Cultural diffusion in tourism can lead to:
Less food variety
Broadening of food choices
Faster internet
Fewer tourists
Who stated that "tourism can kill tourism"?
Cruz
Butler and Prosser
Doxey
The UN
Which ecosystem is characterized by grasses and legumes?
Forest
Tundra
Grassland
Desert
What can cause the death of marine animals?
Clean water
Solid waste and littering
Sustainable fishing
High tide
"Subjective impacts" are influenced by a person's:
Height
Social status and educational attainment
Favorite color
Blood type
A movie turning a sleepy town into a destination is an example of:
Long-term impact
Immediate impact
Negative impact only
Economic leakage
Sustainability involves living within the carrying capacity of:
Hotels
Supporting ecosystems
Airplanes
Buses
"Lentic" refers to what kind of water?
Flowing
Still
Frozen
Salty
Which is a "Qualitative Impact"?
Number of arrivals
Effect on self-esteem
Amount of tax
Number of jobs
Tourism often puts pressure on natural resources through:
Under-consumption
Over-consumption
Recycling
Conservation
Which sub-index includes "Air Transport Infrastructure"?
Infrastructure
Enabling Environment
T&T Policy
Human Resources
What refers to "the feeling welcome and safe at the destination"?
Access
Attraction
Atmosphere
Accommodation
