Tourism
- Created by: Abbi Hammond
- Created on: 04-06-17 16:12
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- Tourism
- Why has tourism increased?
- People get more holiday time
- Rise in wages
- Better Transport
- Increase in technology - last minute holidays are easy to plan and book
- Different tourist environments
- City
- Young adults
- Retired people
- Mountain
- Sightseeing
- Enjoy natural environment
- Mountain bikers, climbers, walkers etc.
- Coast
- People who enjoy water sports
- Young families and people
- Walkers
- Retired people
- City
- How far we go.
- Domestic destinations
- Location in the tourists country
- In the Uk, 52 million domestic holidays are taken.
- Short haul
- Flights less than 3 hours.
- 47 million short haul flights.
- The top UK destination is Spain, 20 million.
- Long haul
- Greater than 3 hours away (flight)
- 13 million long haul flights per year.
- USA is Britian's favourite long haul destination
- Domestic destinations
- Why is Tourism important?
- Around the World
- A lot of LEDC's rely on tourism as income.
- To help build infrastructure
- Maldives - 30% of the GDP. Tourism is very important here
- Caribbean - rely heavily on tourism
- A lot of LEDC's rely on tourism as income.
- In the UK
- 1 in 20 people work in jobs related to tourists
- Tourism helps improve the image of the UK around the world
- Increase in visitors to museums,gallaries etc
- Means they make money and can be kept open
- Places are maintained and kept opened due to money from tourists.
- Increase in visitors to museums,gallaries etc
- Means they make money and can be kept open
- Increase in visitors to museums,gallaries etc
- What affects the tourist numbers?
- Exchange rates.
- When they convert their money to pounds
- If their currency is strong they will get pounds
- When they convert their money to pounds
- Security
- Terrorism is increasing
- Manchester attack 2017
- London Bridge attack 2017
- London bombing 2007
- Terrorism is increasing
- Bad weather
- Nobody will want to visit
- Especially to the coast
- Nobody will want to visit
- Exchange rates.
- In 2008, there was 32 million oversea visitors.
- Around the World
- Butler Model
- It plots the 'life cycle' of an area, and shows the number of tourists and changes over the years.
- Mass Tourism
- Organised tourism for large numbers of people visiting one destination
- Lots of people in the same place at one time
- Ways to reduce it
- Improve public transport
- Reduces congestion and pollution
- Limit the amount of people visiting
- Provide bins - reduce litter
- Improve public transport
- Positive
- brings money
- Creates jobs for local people
- Improved roads and infrastructure
- Income from tourists can help the environment
- Negative
- Tourism jobs are often seasonal and badly paid
- Behaviour of tourists can offend locals
- Increase litter and pollution
- A lot of money is kept by travel companies
- Eco- Tourism
- Tourism directed towards exotic natural environments, intended to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife.
- Kenya
- High tourists in 2007 (around 1.8 million)
- Relatively poor African country
- Rely on tourist income
- Can observe the wildlife
- The big 5 (elephant, lion, leopard etc)
- Mountains
- Beaches which white coral sand and Indian Ocean
- Safari buses can disturb the wildlife
- And hot air balloons
- Coral reefs have been damaged
- A lot of money paid, never actually reaches Kenya
- Drugs and crime has increased
- Blackpool
- Lancashire coast in the North West of England
- Tourist attractions in the 19th century
- Boomed between 1900 and 1950
- Package holidays became more popular
- They upgraded hotels, pools, leisure centres and increased the parking
- It lost its family holiday place
- Visitors per year dropped from 17 million to 11
- Since 2001 they have made efforts to tidy up blackpool
- Beaches have been cleaned
- Facilities improved
- off- season events
- Such as festivals
- Why has tourism increased?
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