tourism

economic importance of tourism

• location- arabian gulf coast
• attractions consist of: duty free dapartment stores, beaches eg jumeriah beach, hotels eg barjj kalifah, atlantis and long haul flights with emirates are good
• it is easily accessible by asia and europe
• 5.4 mill tourists in 2004 and exceeded extra 10 mill by 2010
• tourists brought in 4.3billion in 2011

tropical mass tourism destination

• loction- island in the caribean sea
• 1.9 mill tourists in 2011
• attractions consist of- 7hours of sun light daily
• average temp of 27'
• 7 mile beach called negril
• historic plantation houses e.g port maria
• national park in blue mountains
• bob marley music
• traditional food like jerk chicken and curry goat

attractions, impacts and managment of a national park

• location- glaciated upland area in cumbria
• attractions consist of water sports, hiking and wildlife
• impacts consist of noise and big queues in honeypot sites e.g. grasmere had up to 10000 visitors in summer
• litter build up at bowness
• pollution due to 89% of visitors coming in cars
• footpath errosion at gamlins end
• solutions- park and ride, speed limit on lake windmere, no lorrie, fix the fells, bins and landscaped car parks

butler model

• location- seaside resort on irish coast
• black pool fits the butler model
• 1-EXPLORATION-small no of visitors due to 7 mile beach
• 2-INVOLVEMENT-in 1846 railway was buillt encouraging tourists and locals provided facilities like b and bs
• 3-DEVELOPMENT-large companies made larger facilities like pleasure beach which offered jobs
• 4-CONSOLIDATION-tourism was large part of economy and between 1918 and 1936 was known as uk leading holiday resort
• 5-STAGNATION-resort declined in visitors due to package holidays
• 6-DECLINE- area became derelict due to no visitors but REJUVINATED- by £300mill in 2000

impacts and managment of visitors in an extreme environment

• location- south pole in the southern hemisphere
• it has attractions like wilderness, landscapes, climbing and diving
• impacts like wildlife becoming scared, especially breeding birs
• errosion of fragile environments
• oil spills from ships or boats killing sea life e.g. november 2007 Ms explorer
• managed by rules of 5m from wildlife, boats only carrying 500 max, the antarctic treaty protects natural beauty

sustainable tourism

• location- 1000km from west coast of south america
• managed by strict rules of small ships only carring 10-16 people owned by locals
• limited number of places on islands allowed to be visited
• £25 fe to premote conservation of island
• SSSI
• locals trained to teach visitors to be careful