Leisure, sport and tourism Flashcards

Question

Sustainable tourism

Answer 1

Tourism that has a low impact on the environment and ensure that development brings positive experience for locals and tourists

Answer 2

- It's an south asian island nation located in the Indian ocean - It's a popular destination for beach and luxury - is has become the most important industry overtaking fishining 30% of GDP - it has helped economic growth from low to middle income - it can helped increase job opportunities - tourism is back into pre pandemic levels after COVID 19 - many fancy chain hotels are located there attracting high income customers - Locals benefit from the infrastrucutre e.g roads and airports

Answer 3

- government spends money on tourism infrastructure and not on the locals - displacement on traditional industries - the tourism is seasonal leading to workers being laid off - A lot of the jobs are not very well paid - Foreign businesses take over small local busineses - Over relient on one single industry makes the country vulnerbale to shocks e.g the pandemic - Tourism is dominated by all inclusive resorts - not spending money on local places - most of the resorts are TNC owned causing economic leakage - social development is harmed workers stay at the resort by away from their families

Answer 4

travel to areas where active steps are taken to improve the environment and social well-being of local people - involve local people - reduce impact on the environment - respect the rights of local people

Answer 5

- It's located in Central America and borders panama and is middle income country - international tourism has grown significantly starting in 1987 - Over 2 million visitors in 2008 - on average 1.7 million visitors a year - primary resources are - 25% is national parts like the Monte verde Cloud forest and is very biodiverse - beautiful beaches, waterfall and volcanos -

Answer 6

Social: - local people have direct control over tourism - young people are attracted to the area - Art has been rejuvenated due to tourists - exchanging knowledge Economic: - tourism is now the most important industry - many new businesses have been created by locals - farmers are providing much of the food Environmental: - many activities are designed to educated tourists on the environment e.g butterfly centre - small hotels of up to 20 rooms putting less pressure on the environment

Answer 7

Social: - strain on infrastructure Economic: - price of land has increased - some types of tourists e.g backpackers spend little money Environmental: - fragile areas e.g hiking off-trail and disturbing wildlife - ziplining is causing noise pollution

Answer 8

For: - Locals earn more money on tourism than on farming, 5 times more - local people are doing afforestation - the goverment has helped protect the environment due to the increase in ecotrouists Against: - even with careful managment tourist maybe harm the environment and wildlife - zipline is not ecotourism even though people think that

Answer 9

Social: - brings poeple together from all around the world and helps celebrate the culture of the country Economic: - increases visitors to qatar as a toruist attrachtion - the country built long term facilities for future events Enviornmental: - made the landscape more vibrent due to the facilities made Political: - international attention might be good for improving human rights in Qatar

Answer 10

Social: - 6,500 migrants died making the facilities - harsh conditions and poorly paid - not everyone was treated equally Economic: - most expensive world cup of all time and the money could have been spent on better things Enviornmental: - goverment claimed that it was an sustainable event but BBC believe it was a high carbon event - bad reputation Politics: - huge criticism regarding human rights - damaging Qatar reputation

Answer 11

Social: - hosting draws attention to sports promoting healthy life style e.g providing free swimming lessons - long term infrastructure for the future Economic: - Skills and training programs lead to 30,000 people trained for new skills for future careers Environmental: - free tickets for public transport caused less pollution and traffic - less new building and used what they already had Politics: - Boosted Paris global reputation

Answer 12

Social: - 25,000 homeless people were forced out of Paris - only 80 homes were built for the homeless when they said 1000 were going to - Social tension regarding head coverings for athletes Economic : - It cost around 10 billion to host the olympics and 1/3 of the cost came from French tax payers Environmental: - A local school was exposed to pollution from new main roads - Emitted a lot of Co2 Politics: - Controversy if Israel was allowed to participate due to the ongoing war - IA cameras threaten privacy of athletes

Answer 13

- Started in 1992 - the premier league is often considered to be the number one league in the world - city needs a population of 250,000 to support a Premier league football club - large supporters to keep it profitable - large cities can afford facilities and stadiums as well as local fan-base areas - Quality of living and income links for teams to be successful - tickets are expensive - North east is a deprived area explaining why there are fewer successful clubs - Primier Leagues are found in cities with universities due to large fan base areas

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