LESSON 2 MIDTERM

Question 1

It is a tool guide the development of tourism in a protected area by
creating and representing the vision of all the stakeholders wile fulfilling
the conservation objectives of the site

Answer 1

ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT
PLAN

Question 2

It should result in a document expressing the stakeholders’
recommendations for how ecotourism is to be carried out in a particular
area.

Answer 2

ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT
PLAN

Question 3

should be open and transparent. Once it is
completed, it must be publicized and distributed to stakeholders.

Answer 3

The PLANNING PROCESS

Question 4

The plan could be written as a separate document or included in the
general management plan for the protected area. T or F?

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

Who
participates in
the planning
process?

Answer 5

*Protected Area Staff
*Community Participants
*Specialist / Scientist
*Nonprofit Org / NGOs
*Government Agencies
*Tour Operators

Question 6

1. Ecotourism identified as a
   potential opportunity
2. Preliminary Site Evaluation
3. Full Site Diagnostic

Answer 6

PHASE
1

Question 7

1. Ecotourism Management Planning
   - Tourism Management Capacity
   Zoning, Visitor Site Plan, Sustainable
   Design, Income Generation, Impact
   Monitoring, Guide Certification.

Answer 7

PHASE
2

Question 8

Ecotourism Management Plan
Implementation
Ecotourism Business
Development

Answer 8

PHASE
3

Question 9

1. Measure Success
   * Biodiversity health
   * Threat abatement (Success
   Mitigation strategy)

Answer 9

PHASE
4

Question 10

Any planning process cost money, and an EMP is exception.
Money will be needed to pay for. T or F?

Answer 10

FALSE

Question 11

There are basically four different sources of
funding for an EMP.

Answer 11

International Assistance
National Sources
Local Communities/Governments
Tourism Industry

Question 12

is about inclusion and involvement of all concerned.

Answer 12

Ecotourism

Question 13

Providing enough tourism supply to meet the anticipated
demand is a challenge for the tourism planner or
manager

Answer 13

MATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND

Question 14

can be function of the persons propensity to
travel and the reciprocal of the resistance of the link between
origin and destination areas

Answer 14

DEMAND TO A DESTINATION

Question 15

determined
largely by his or her psychographic profile and travel motivation

Answer 15

PROPENSITY

Question 16

Relates to relative attractiveness of various
destinations. Such as Economic Distance, Cultural Distance, Cost
of Service, Quality of Service and Seasonality.

Answer 16

RESISTANCE

Question 17

Relates to the time and cost involved in
traveling from the origin to the destination area and back

Answer 17

ECONOMIC DISTANCE

Question 18

Refers to the extent to which the culture of the
area from which the tourist originates differs from the culture of the host
region

Answer 18

CULTURAL DISTANCE

Question 19

This variable captures the familiar inverse
relationship between the price of a good or service and demand for it

Answer 19

COST OF SERVICE

Question 20

The higher quality of service, the lower the
resistance

Answer 20

QUALITY OF SERVICE

Question 21

The higher quality of service, the higher the
resistance. T or F

Answer 21

FALSE

Question 22

The destination will depend on the time of the year for
which a vacation is demand.

Answer 22

SEASONALITY

Question 23

SEVERAL MEASURES OF ACTUAL DEMAND

Answer 23

1. Visitors Arrival
2. Visitors days or Visitors nights
3. Amount Spent

Question 24

is a statement about the future value of a variable of interest some
examples of the uses of forecast in business organizations

Answer 24

FORECAST

Question 25

consist mainly of subjective inputs, which often defy precise numerical description

Answer 25

Qualitative methods

Question 26

involve either the projection of historical data or the development of associative models that attempt to utilize casual variables to make forecast.

Answer 26

Quantitative methods

Question 27

Rely on analysis of subjective inputs obtained from various sources, such as consumer surveys, the sales staff, managers and executives, and panels of experts

Answer 27

UDMENTAL FORECAST

Question 28

Simply attempt to project past experiences into the future.

Answer 28

TIME SERIES FORECAST

Question 29

Use equations that consist of one or more explanatory variables that can be used to predict demand.

Answer 29

ASSOCIATIVE MODELS

Question 30

Forecasters rely on judgment and opinion to make forecast, if they have to make forecast quickly, where there not enough time to gather and analyze quantitative data.

Answer 30

FORECASTS BASED ON JUDMENT AND OPINION

Question 31

This approach is often to used as a part of long range planning and new product development

Answer 31

EXECUTIVE OPINIONS

Question 32

Members of the sales staff are often good sources of information because of their direct contact with consumers.

Answer 32

SALESFORCE OPINIONS

Question 33

Consumers ultimately determine the demand therefore it is only natural to solicit input from them

Answer 33

CONSUMER SURVEYS

Question 34

This method involves circulating a series of questionnaire among individuals who posses the knowledge and ability to contribute meaningfully.

Answer 34

DELPHI METHOD

Question 35

refers to a long term upward or downward movement in the data.

Answer 35

Trend

Question 36

refers to short term, fairly regular variations generally related to factors such as the calendar or time of day

Answer 36

Seasonality

Question 37

This can often be accomplished by merely plotting the data and visually examining the plot.

Answer 37

FORECAST BASED ON TIME SERIES DATA

Question 38

are wavelike variations of more that one years duration

Answer 38

Cycles

Question 39

are due to unusual circumstances such as severe weather conditions, strikes or major change in a product or service

Answer 39

Irregular Variations

Question 40

are residual variations that remain after all other behaviors have been accounted for.

Answer 40

Random Variations

Question 41

The natural resources that any area has and available for the use and enjoyment of visitors

Answer 41

Natural Resources and Environment

Question 42

- These include the Infrastructure and Superstructure develop within or upon the natural environment.

Answer 42

Built in Environment

Question 43

This sector of tourism industry represents what many of the general public perceived as tourism.

Answer 43

Operating Sectors –

Question 44

Its culture, which consists of the language, customs, and religions of the residents of the region.

Answer 44

Spirit of Hospitality and Cultural Resources