CGG3O Grade 11 Geography
Unit 2: The Economics of Tourism
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Quiz 2 REVIEW
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Tourism Economy
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Give an example of an invisible export.
Define direct and indirect impacts of tourism and give 2 examples.
Explain the multiplier effect and show how it impacts a tourism economy.
Define leakages and give an example of a Caribbean country with a high foreign exchange
leakage. (refer to Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism online article)
Describe the difference between, and causes for an import leakage and export leakage.
Give two examples of enclave tourism.
Explain why all-inclusive vacations are bad for developing-country destination economies.
Discuss 2 other negative impacts of tourism for developing-country destination economies.
Define offshore banking and explain its significance to a specific Caribbean country.
Explain why economic diversification is important to a country’s well-being.
Discuss how to make an economy more stable using examples.
Discuss the significance of the US economy on Caribbean countries.
Defend both sides of the controversy surrounding Royal Caribbean Cruise Tours in Haiti (e.g.
current and post-2010 earthquake) by discussing 2-3 positive/negative impacts to the local
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Mapping
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Locate the Caribbean Islands: Greater and Lesser Antilles.
Locate Caribbean Sea.
Locate Haiti.
Locate Jamaica.
Locate New York City and Tokyo.
Global Cities
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Define and give 2 examples of global cities.
Explain ‘must-haves’ for global cities (i.e. refer to Why There? section of Spatial journal).
Discuss the significance/impacts on tourism of being a global city.
Discuss 2 examples of social/economic, and/or environmental issues related to being a global
city.
Paragraph Writing
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Explain what the PEE method stands for and use it to build strong arguments.
Apply paragraph structure when responding to an opinion question (e.g. intro sentence, body
sentences, concluding sentence.)