Tourism Growth and Fluctuations
- Suggest 2 developments in Technology that has contributed to the growth of tourism. [2]
- Better and affordable transport : Budget airlines
- More air routes and agreement : More accessible
- What are the differences between Demand and Destination factors? [3]
- Demand : people’s willingness and ability to buy goods and services
o Disposable income, leisure time and changing lifestyle
- Infrastructure and services in the tourist destination that allow more convenient and comfortable stay for tourist
o Attractions, Investment in infrastructure and services, access to information
- What are the 5 reasons that may cause Tourism numbers to drop drastically/fluctuate? [5]
- Terrorism threats
- Disasters
- Regional and global recessions
- Unfavorable political situations
- Outbreaks of diseases
Tourism Impact [6m]
Provide 1 example in each box
Positive impact
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Negative impact
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Economic
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- Employment opportunities
- Growth in income
- Increase in foreign exchange
- Infrastructure development
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- Seasonal unemployment
- Underuse of facilities
- Shortage of services
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Social
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- Preserve culture and local customs
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- Dilute culture and local customs
- Increased crime
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Environment
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- Conservation of natural environment
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- Increased congestion
- Vandalism
- Pollution and littering
- Destruction of habitats
- Increased carbon footprints
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Managing the impact of Tourism
- What is conservation? [2]
- Careful management and use of resources so that the resources will not be depleted.
- What is Sustainable Tourism? [2]
- Tourism that will allow to be continue for use in the future without causing negative damage to the environment or leaving negative impact on society.
Responsibility of different groups to manage Tourism [15m]
Elaborate
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Example
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Limitation
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Visitors
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- Fund conservation and preservation
- Provide income
- Raise awareness in preservation
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In 2007, the Tourism Sustainability Group encouraged tourists to select their holiday destination based on conservation efforts of the place.
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- Damage tourist attractions
- Dilute local culture and customs
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Tour operators
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- Provide feedback on tourist attractions
- Regulate tourist behaviour
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- Phuket Alternative Tour creates awareness about environmental conservation for visitors to Phuket
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- Need to generate profit
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Planning authorities
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- Develop and maintain infrastructure and attractions
- Draft laws and policies
- Work with other government agencies
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- Singapore Tourism Board aims to conserve ethnic districts such as Chinatown and Little India to appreciate our rich heritage.
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- Difficult to plan for unforeseen factors
- Opposing stakeholders
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Locals
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- involved in decision making
- increase in jobs and business
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- Villagers of Candirejio participated in programmes to train villagers to work as tour guides.
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- difficult to obtain external funding
- Shortage of skilled labour
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Non-Governmental Organization
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- facilitate communication between various stakeholder
- support stake holders eg locals
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- The International Ecotourism Society provides training courses and assist in conservation to protect environments frequented by tourists.
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- difficult to obtain external funding
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