GEOGRAPHY TOURISM

Types of Holiday:

• activity - watersports
• historical
• beach
• cruise
• party - clubbing - Ibiza
• cultural

Reasons for tourism in Mediteranean:

• cheaper holidays
• climate
• easy access
• beaches
• package holidays
• long history of tourism

• climate
• food
• beaches
• culture
• scenery
• easy access to other european countries
• cheap hotels
• package holidays
• golf courses

Why Kenya? safari, beaches, climate, culture, volunteer work

Impact of Tourism:

• pollution from vehicles
• scares animals has impact on breeding
• hotels - animals eat waste
• close contact with animals causes thenm stress
• land erosion
• vegetation killed off
• water and facilities taken away from locals and given to tourists

why? Night clubs, climate, buy cheap second homes, relaxing, english features, speak english, cheap package deals

Impacts

Positive:

• brings money to area
• more jobs in seasons
• beaches
• caters for enclish

Negative:

• too much building
• beaches ruined
• too much waste
• water shortage
• property prices increase because tourists buy all houses
• destroyed farming land is used for tourism
• loss of economic independance
• culure lost

To protect the forest they are:

• encouraging pecific types of holiday eg. bird watching, organised to avoid causing exxtensive damage
• encourage tourists to only buy sustainable products
• promoting environmentally friendly tour operators
• educating tourists to respect local people and area
• limit the number of tourists
• encourage developments of tourism where developments can fit in with the local people and the encironments.