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47 Cards in this Set
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What is a tourist?
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A tourist is somebody who travels for pleasure e.g skiing, diving etc.
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What was the worlds top tourist destination in 2005? State figures of how many arrivals
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France
753 million arrivals |
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How many vacation days do italians have on average per year?
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42 vacation days highest in the world
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What percent of tourism industry workers only have basic school education?
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54%
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In the UK tourism accounts for ____% of the UK's economy
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3.5
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There are ___ million jobs directly related to tourism in the UK
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1.4
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How much is the tourism industry worth?
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$500 billion dollars
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a)How many tourist travellers were there in 2007?
b) What number is this supposed to rise to by 2020? |
a)900 million
b)1.6 billion |
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What are the top 6 tourist destinations?
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France
Spain USA China Italy UK |
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What are the seven stages of the butler model in order?
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Discovery
Involvement Development Consolidation Stagnation Decline New Growth |
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Butler model question
What is the discovery stage? |
Small numbers of visitors are attravted to the area
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Butler model question
What is the Involvement stage? |
local people start providing facilities for tourists, this attracts even more
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Butler model question
What is the development stage? |
More shops and hotels open larger companies begin to build.
Job opportunities grow |
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Butler model question
What is the consolidation stage? |
Resort is well known
Tourism becomes a major part in the economy Traffic problems now arise Facilities are getting run down |
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Butler model question
What is the Stagnation stage? |
Place gets too popular and looses tourists
locals complaun that they are being ignored shops and hotels close down |
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Butler model question
What is the decline stage? |
Place starts to get run down
Begins to get a "reputation" |
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Butler model question
What is the new growth stage? |
New money starts to come in
Older buildings get replaced Jobs created New crowd of tourists |
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Where is Blackpool located?
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Lancashire coast in the north -west of England
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When did Blackpool beocme a major tourist destination?
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19th century
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Blackpool Case Study Q
What attracted tourists in the 19th century? |
The railway was built through it
Cheap travel Away from industrial sites |
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Blackpool Case Study Q
What happened at stage 2 of the butler model for blackpool? |
North pier was built 1863
2nd pier opened 5 years later Locals started up stalls and fairs |
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Blackpool Case Study Q
When was the blackpool tower built? state 2 other facts |
1894
158 metres high a eiffel tower replica |
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Blackpool Case Study Q
What happened at stage 5? |
Competition arrived
Package holidays became popular Started to look boring and old |
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Blackpool Case Study Q
What did 1960's people think about package holidays abroad? |
-New
-Exciting -Never been on a plane before -Cheap airtravel |
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Blackpool Case Study Q
Whgat happened at stage 6? |
Package holidays became more popular
Blackpool did not offer what the people wanted |
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How do they manage terrorism?
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Security checks
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What is the definition of a National park in the UK?
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"areas of great natural beauty giving opportunity for open-air recreation, esatblished so that natural beauty can be preserved and enhanced, and so that the enjoyment of the scenary by the public can be promoted" (act of parliament 1949)
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State the percentages of land area covered by national parks in...
a) Wales b) Scotland c) England |
a) 20%
b) 7.3% c) 7% |
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What was the first national park created by the 1951 act of parliament?
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Peak district Derbyshire
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State 5 reasons why people might be attracted to a national park
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Wildlife
Views Fresh air New environment Scenary |
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What does a honeypot site mean?
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A place that attracts a lot of visitors
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Where is the lake distirct national park?
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North west of England
Closest city is Lancaster 50 miles away |
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Lake District National Park Q
State 3 attractions |
- Acorn bank garden and water mill ( 17th century garden)
- Beatrix potter Gallery - Dalton castle is a 14th century tower |
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Lake District National Park Q
How many visitors are attracted per year? |
15.8 million
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Lake District National Park Q
State 2 positive impacts of tourism |
Bring in large amounts of money for the local community
Local businesses will grow |
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Lake District National Park Q
State 3 negative impacts |
Shops might have customer overload
New shops might try and come and change the community Traffic |
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Lake District National Park Q
Managment of roads State 3 things |
Heavy lorries should be kept off sceanic roads
Traffic calming areas Roads linking small towns and key villages |
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State 2 negative things about mass tourism
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- creates noise
- conflicts |
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State 2 postitive things about mass tourism
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- makes area well known
- alot of money will be earned |
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Where is Jamaica?
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The Carribean
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Mass tourism in Jamaica Q's
In 2001 how many visitors where there? |
1.3 million
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Mass tourism in Jamaica Q's
How many Jamaicans work in the tourism sector? |
220,000
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Mass tourism in Jamaica Q's
Why are people attracted here, state 3 things |
- Hot climate
- change of scene - new experiences |
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What is the definition of an extreme environment?
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locations with particularly difficult Environments
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State 4 places of extreme enviornments
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- Greenland
- Desert - Amazonian rainforest - Nepal |
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Antarctica Q's
How much is covered in ice? |
99%
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Antarctica Q's
Name 5 activites available here |
- Walking
_ Kayaking - Skiing - ship cruise - Helicopter flights |
