Quiz 13

Question 1

How can the interviews used in the study provide rich data about the context in which sustainable tourism and governance take place in the German Alps?

Answer 1

By being personal and carefully conducted and using an interpretive, qualitative, interview research methodology

Question 2

How does feedback help implementation of sustainable tourism be effective?

Answer 2

By being evaluated against the triple bottom line and community participation and visitor satisfaction

Question 3

Why are ‘top down’ tourism directives often ineffective?

Answer 3

Because of lack of knowledge and skills for implementing sustainability in practice

Question 4

Why is the tourism industry in the German Alps considered authentic?

Answer 4

Nature protection history is very old and tourism is a 150-year old industry

Question 5

What is one example of complementarity in the German Alps?

Answer 5

Long distance hiking trail built along a historic salt-trading route

Question 6

What factor was added to the ‘triple bottom line’ to form the quadruple bottom line? How might it impact the quality of the ‘old’ tourism development?

Answer 6

More recent developments like climate change; it might influence how people determine if a place has sustainable tourism or not