Week 2: Tourism Impacts (Incomplete)

Question 1

Sustainability (definition)

Answer 1

Positive/negative environmental, econ, social/cultural, and environmental impacts

Question 2

Sources of government income

Answer 2

• Sales tax
• Hotel occupancy tax (HOT)
• Special district taxes

Question 3

New money (definition)

Answer 3

Money earned outside the destination’s geographical area and spent within the destination’s geographical area

Question 4

Leakage (definition)

Answer 4

Money earned from tourists that a business spends outside destination’s geographical area

Question 5

Investment (definition)

Answer 5

Attract development through incentives

Question 6

Direct employment (definition)

Answer 6

Typical tourism categories

Question 7

Indirect employment (definition)

Answer 7

Not always thought about by many people

Question 8

Labor-intensive employment

Answer 8

Cost per job created just as much as other industries creating tangible products

Question 9

Capital-intensive employment

Answer 9

Cost of infrastructure needed for tourism

Question 10

Seasonality employment

Answer 10

Fewer employees needed during off-season

Question 11

Place-based employment

Answer 11

Relies on ppl to deliver services at destination and not easily outsourced