Geography Tourism General
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- Created on: 06-12-15 20:11
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- Tourism
- Why has tourism grown?
- More leisure times (weekends and holidays)
- More money - higher wages = more disposable income
- Cheaper travel costs - growth of budget airlines
- Better health - adults live longer and go on holidays in old age
- External factors which affect tourism
- Terrorist activitry
- If a country is on a high terror alert, there will be fewer tourists.
- Recession
- This means less disposable income for the public, so they will be less inclined to go on holiday
- Terrorist activitry
- Economic importance
- The UK
- Worth £115 billion - 8.7% of GDP
- LEDCs are probably more reliant on tourism as they don't receive income from other areas.
- Although MEDCs have more tourists, they are probably less reliant on it because they have other industries from which to generate income
- The UK
- Types of tourist jobs
- Direct employment
- Obviously employed in tourism - hotel worker, souvenir shop owner etc.
- Indirect employment
- As a result of tourism - local supermarket needs more workers because of tourists
- Direct employment
- Why has tourism grown?
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