tourism

Question 1

criteria to be a tourist

Answer 1

• stay for more than 24h but less than 1 consecutive year.
• travel for business, leisure.
• travelling out of usual environment

Question 2

types of tourism

Answer 2

• places with scenic beauty (honeypot tourism)
• places with good facilities (MICE tourism, theme park tourism, medical tourism) - places with rich culture (heritage tourism, film induced tourism, pilgrimage tourism)
• places of conflict (dark tourism)

Question 3

groups promoting tourism

Answer 3

• government (develop more infrastructure to encourage people to come)
• media (write something good/bad about the place, people will come/not come because of their safety)
• travel writers (they share their experience about that place. good/bad people will come/not come)

Question 4

forms of tourism

Answer 4

• Mass tourism: Large number of tourism including holidays packages such as tours with transportation, accommodation and most meals included in the package. Tour guides speak the local language and knowledgable about the site, culture and history.
• Niche tourism: Tourism on a particular interest (such as cycling..) which can be done in tours or solo. for tourist looking for new experience. Ecotourism is a form of niche tourism which helps to conserve the environment and imporve the well being of local people. This means they go to places that is undisturbed natural areas. this helps travellers to appreaciate the natural beauty. it also helps to fund for ecological conservation which enable tourism to benefit the locals

Question 5

reasons for growth in tourism

Answer 5

development in technology, demand factors, destination factors

Question 6

development of technology

Answer 6

• Better and afforable technology (Development in technology is the development to improve machines and eqiupments. Better transport led to greater improvement in safety, shorter travel time and cheaper.)
• Ease of access to infomation

Question 7

demand factors

Answer 7

leisure time, changing lifestyle, disposable income

Question 8

destination factors

Answer 8

attractions, investment in infrastructures, ease of information online

Question 9

causes of fluctuation in tourist

Answer 9

recession, diseases, political crisis, war, disaster

Question 10

positive impact of tourist

Answer 10

• economic (employment opportunities, development of infrastructure)
• socio-cultural (preservation of heritage, culture)
• environmental (conservation of natural habitats)

Question 11

negative impact of tourist

Answer 11

• economic (seasonal unemployment, under use of facilities)
• socio-cultural (dilution of heritage and culture, increase crimes)
• environmental (vandalism, destruction of habitat)

Question 12

responsible groups

Answer 12

government, tour operators, non-governmental organisation, locals, planning authorities