Our Shrinking World & Tourism Growth
Objective: To find out how the tourism industry has grown in the last 70 years and to discover the factors that affect people who go on their holidays.
You have all been tourists. Whether that is elsewhere in this country or on the other side of the world. The definition of tourism is: "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes"
You have all been tourists. Whether that is elsewhere in this country or on the other side of the world. The definition of tourism is: "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes"
Task 1 - What is tourism?
Complete the tasks on the worksheet below using the resources on this page to help you.
A definition of tourism from the World Tourism Organisation can be found here.
Complete the tasks on the worksheet below using the resources on this page to help you.
A definition of tourism from the World Tourism Organisation can be found here.
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Task 2 - Open the evidence board below. This shows you a global tourism growth graph from the year 1950 to the year 2020 (predicted). You will see that tourism numbers can be calculated by global region. Be careful when you are reading it through as it is a cumulative graph and simply reading off the Y axis is going to get you confused.
Please use the Evidence Board to complete the Activity Table below (you can print out or complete on Word).
Task - Try to identify what the picture is showing (further research may be necessary) and how it could have impacted on global tourism numbers in a positive or negative way. Some have been done for you to get you started.
Some of the images relate to events that, if you look carefully and you know the dates, you can see the impact of on the global tourism graph. If this is the case, please draw a line linking the photo to the region of the world and the date that you know it happened.
Task - Try to identify what the picture is showing (further research may be necessary) and how it could have impacted on global tourism numbers in a positive or negative way. Some have been done for you to get you started.
Some of the images relate to events that, if you look carefully and you know the dates, you can see the impact of on the global tourism graph. If this is the case, please draw a line linking the photo to the region of the world and the date that you know it happened.
Task 3 - Using the global tourism graph in the centre of the evidence board, complete the following questions:
1. Which region of the World has always had the most tourists visiting? What will this number be in 2020?
2. By 2020, which will be the second most visited region in the world?
3. Name two global regions that did not appear on the graph in the 1950's. Can you suggest any reasons for this?
4. In approximately what year did tourism numbers reach 1 billion visits?
5. What was the total number of tourism visits in 1950?
6. Approximately what were the total number of tourist visits in 'The America's' in 2010?
7. After Europe, which area of the world is expected to record the largest growth in tourist numbers?
8. Identify two years where tourism slowed down or experienced a temporary reduction.
1. Which region of the World has always had the most tourists visiting? What will this number be in 2020?
2. By 2020, which will be the second most visited region in the world?
3. Name two global regions that did not appear on the graph in the 1950's. Can you suggest any reasons for this?
4. In approximately what year did tourism numbers reach 1 billion visits?
5. What was the total number of tourism visits in 1950?
6. Approximately what were the total number of tourist visits in 'The America's' in 2010?
7. After Europe, which area of the world is expected to record the largest growth in tourist numbers?
8. Identify two years where tourism slowed down or experienced a temporary reduction.
The Impacts Of Tourism - Case Study: Benidorm
Objective: To find out about the social, economic and environmental impacts of tourism.
Getting the basics: At IGCSE & IB level you will hear a lot about the abbreviation S.E.E. These three factors are really important in the study of Geography and can be applied to many, many situations around the world.
S - Social. This is do to with people, their lives, their well-being, level of peace (note link to terrorism), preservation of culture and traditions and their quality of their life.
E - Environmental. This is to do with the quality of the human and physical surroundings, levels of pollution and health of the environment
E - Economic. This is to do with money, jobs and the economy. Recession and unemployment would be important here, especially the global financial crisis still affecting us today.
Task 1 - Complete this worksheet using six different codes below.
Economic Positive Ec+ Economic Negative Ec-
Environmental Positive En+ Environmental Negative En-
Social Positive So+ Social Negative So-
Task 2 - Use your A3 copy of the worksheet below, annotate on any S.E.E +/- factors that you can see around the image.
Getting the basics: At IGCSE & IB level you will hear a lot about the abbreviation S.E.E. These three factors are really important in the study of Geography and can be applied to many, many situations around the world.
S - Social. This is do to with people, their lives, their well-being, level of peace (note link to terrorism), preservation of culture and traditions and their quality of their life.
E - Environmental. This is to do with the quality of the human and physical surroundings, levels of pollution and health of the environment
E - Economic. This is to do with money, jobs and the economy. Recession and unemployment would be important here, especially the global financial crisis still affecting us today.
Task 1 - Complete this worksheet using six different codes below.
Economic Positive Ec+ Economic Negative Ec-
Environmental Positive En+ Environmental Negative En-
Social Positive So+ Social Negative So-
Task 2 - Use your A3 copy of the worksheet below, annotate on any S.E.E +/- factors that you can see around the image.
Task 3 - Watch the first video below. On your Task 3 worksheet, please outline the human and physical factors that attract tourists to Benidorm.
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Task 4 - Now, watch the second video and write about some of the problems that too many tourists bring to the city.
Extension - What happens when too many tourists visit poorer places?
Task 5- Using the embedded video beneath - Complete the activities on the worksheet below.
Task 5- Using the embedded video beneath - Complete the activities on the worksheet below.
Sustainable Tourism
So what is sustainable tourism?Watch the video to the right hand side and make notes on the differences between traditional and sustainable tourism.
National Park Authorities work with local communities and other organisations to try and make tourism more sustainable. Here are just some of the things we do:
Taken from the National Parks Authority, UK. With thanks. |
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Task 1 - Read how National Park authorities aim to reduce the impact of tourists on sensitive environments. You saw in the previous task how that beach in Thailand had been so badly affected by too many tourists.
Choose a place in the world that receives too many tourists (Benidorm, Barcelona, Venice, Paris, Iceland etc) - it could be somewhere that you have already been too
Create a poster / leaflet / video to educate tourists on how they can minimise their impact on the place. Try to use as many things from the list above as you can.
Choose a place in the world that receives too many tourists (Benidorm, Barcelona, Venice, Paris, Iceland etc) - it could be somewhere that you have already been too
Create a poster / leaflet / video to educate tourists on how they can minimise their impact on the place. Try to use as many things from the list above as you can.
