Tourism Flashcards
Mass Tourism
When large numbers of visitors go to the same place at the same time.
Ecotourism
Responsible travel to fragile, pristine and usually protected areas.
Sustainable
tourism attempting to make a little impact on the environment and local culture.
Extreme tourism
Tourism to places where it is very hard to live
Urban tourism
Travelled to visit a city and its place of interest.
Sport tourism
Tourism to practice and participate in sporting events
Medical tourism
Travel to receive medical care or for medical issues
Factors that affect number of tourism
Climate history politics transport accessibility conflict advertising healthcare economy natural beauty
six benefits
More jobs for local people, more income for local people, demand increases for local food and crafts, increased demand for the development of shops and hotels Rurel services including buses, village shops are maintained rather than lost there is also pressure to maintain the wildlife
What is a resort
What is found
A resort is most often a place that provides the needs of visiting holidaymakers.
The most common things are hotels, guesthouses, restaurants and bars as well as souvenir shops, cinemas and theatres.
Butler model
Exploration, involvement, development, consolidation,stagnation, rejuvenation or decline.
Extreme tourism who,why increasing,definition,reasons
Involves travel to dangerous landscapes, often with a difficult climate, and remote places that are sparecely occupied or not occupied at all.
DINKS- double income no kids, young people late 20s and fit 30s with no family.
It is increasing as TV travel programs and magazines are making adventure more appealing and advertise them too little investment is needed and people want to see this places as long as they can, and it is quicker to get to them now.
To enjoy your holiday with an element of risk involved, to see scenery that can’t be seen anywhere else, to see wildlife that cannot be seen anywhere else to do something adventurous
