tourism 1.1-1.4

Question 1

why are people more motivated to travel ?

Answer 1

1. relaxation
   - hectic stressful –> relieve –> different tourist destination to relax and rejuvenate themselves
   - phuket, thailand, natural beaches and islands –> 10 million tourists in 2019
   - USS singapore, 18 million tourists in 2019
2. achieve personal growth and fulfilment
   - travelling allows tourists to experience and learn new things
   - expand their potential and fulfil need for self-growth
   - adventurous activities eg. skydiving / mountain climbing
   - eg. increasing numver of tourists climbing mount everest.
3. need to discover unique travel experiences
   - explore diff environments, not widely known
   - social media raised interest for such unique destinations and activities, advancements in tech and trspt make it easier to obtain info + travel to remote places
   - eg. number of tourist to antartica increasing, have cruise ships to antartica, easy transport.

Question 3

Stages of tourism :
Exploration

Answer 3

• small num of tourists, irregular
• tourists minimal contributions to econ
• no facilities to cater to tourists, all mainly nature
• eg. Timor Leste - few international visitors die to lack of tourism facilities

Question 4

Stages of tourism :
Involvement

Answer 4

• inc in tourist arrivals due to inc in advertisements n publicity, peak and non-peak season
• tourist contribution to econ grow
• inc in facilities, goods n serv to cater to tourists
• eg.

Question 5

Stages of tourism :
Development

Answer 5

• tourist arrivals inc rapidly
• tourism sector employs many people, contributing significantly to local economy, foreign labour attracted as well
• attractions n fac built inc rapidly, heavy ADVERTISING, becomes more KNOWN,