geography

• conservation tourism is tourism that supports wildlife and provides learning opportunities
• outbound tourism: when someone travels to another country
• inbound tourism: when someone travels to your country
• domestic tourism: when someone travels within their own country
• dark tourism: people go to look at history or big events in the past
• a problem with tourists in national parks?

  footpath erosion
• environmental damage can result from too many tourists visiting an area that does not have the inferstucture to cope
• an example of environmental damage

  • waste disposal
  • disturbance of wildlife
• what is a positive facture of tourism

  makes more money for the country: more economically advanced
• what is a negative factor of tourism

  ensure traditions are not exploited or cheapened
• climate change can affect tourism by

  making the country a lot hotter causing more people to go there
• what is the greenhouse effect

  it is a layer of gas around the to keep it a habitable temperature
• what is a honeypot site

  a site with attractive scenery
• what is the multiplier effect

  it is where money is spent in an area which causes that area to become more affluent. This causes more business to open, therefore more jobs are created. As more people are working, more taxes are being paid. As the government makes more money from tax, they invest back into the area e.g public transport/facilities and this attracts tourists. The multiplier starts over again
• what employment sector is tourism in

  tertiary
• name the different tourism's

  adventure, cultural heritage, health volunteer work, dark, ecotourism, conservation, tourism
• why are tourist numbers increasing

  • social and economic features

  (wealthier people, school holiday longer)

  • improvements in technology (faster and cheaper flights)
• what is GDP

  it is the value of a country economically. It measure all the goods and services throughout one year
• what is direct employment

  Jobs where employers are in direct contact with tourists and provide the tourist experience
• what is indirect employment

  Jobs in companies that supply direct employment in tourism
• example of direct employment ?

  tour guide, travel agent
• example of indirect employment?

  aircraft, bread supplier
• what's seasonal employment

  being employed for only part of the year, usually the summer
• what are the 3 major issues in tourism

  • climate change
  • environmental damage
  • cultural explication
• what are the biome's in Africa

  savanna, desert, semi desert, woodland/scrub, grassland and rainforest