Geog your memory! Can you name four types of tourism? What are some of the reasons tourism has grown over the last 100 years? What is ecotourism? Tourism: Good or bad? Learning objectives: -Understand the advantages and disadvantages of tourism. - Can differentiate between economic, environmental and social advantages and disadvantages of tourism v Using these graphs and the table, what can we see about the change in tourism since 1950? (3) Benefits of receiving areas: Economic What do we think some of the benefits of receiving countries are? Can you think of 5 economic benefits that tourism can bring to a country? What does this table show? Benefits of tourism in receiving areas Social and cultural impacts (positive) Services: Healthcare, education, infrastructure and other facilities can see improvements due to economic development. Investment: This does not only positively impact the tourists, but the locals. They have better access to places and certain social venues like entertainment venues. Population structure: Younger people likely to stay as there are more jobs, rather than migrate elsewhere in search for work. A balanced population structure. Diverse cultures: Local traditions, customs are kept alive through traditional shows, embracing the culture. Also encourages mixing of different cultures & languages. This reduces tensions. Quality of life: improves for locals as their country is developing as a whole due to tourism. Benefits of tourism in receiving areas Environmental (positive) Services: Income can be used to invest or protect the environment e.g. running national parks, paying for conservation projects. Tourism can help to raise awareness of the need to protect some parts of the country, or particular plant or animal species Who can guess where I am here? Disadvantages of tourism Using the photos and the graph, what are some of the disadvantages of tourism? Extension: Can you put them into economic, social and cultural and environmental impacts? Seasonal jobs: Many jobs are seasonal and poorly paid for locals. Overseas labour is also used to fill in the tertiary sector, locals therefore miss out. Many people may be out of work during the ‘low’ season and there is little career or skills progression for local people, meaning that they cannot earn higher wages and improve their quality of life. Reliant: tourist destinations can become overly reliant on the tourist industry. COVID has massively affected many countries who are reliant on tourism. Cambodia has over 2 million jobs in the tourist sector. Human rights: Many workers experience abuse by large tourist companies, in order to maximise profits. Long hours with little pay. Alcohol and drugs: Many tourist destinations are fuelled with party life. This increases the rate of crime in the area. Behaviour can be highly offensive by foreigners. Traditional values: Traditional values can be eroded as well as practices. This can create tensions between different cultures. Greenhouse gases: People coming from all over the world. Travelling via plane, car or train. Litter and pollution: Tourism can increase pollution and the amount of litter. Natural wildlife can be harmed. Noise, sight, water pollution. Natural habitats: Traditional values can be eroded as well as practices. This can create tensions between different cultures. Sightseeing boats and other pollution have massively damaged the great barrier reef. Deforestation: Land is sometimes cleared to make room for building. This reduces the amount of farmland available and increases deforestation. Describe and explain the positive and negative impacts of tourism in a receiving country? (7) – 10 minutes Peer assessment! I will put you into breakout rooms to peer assess eachothers work. Level 1, 1-3 marks: brief description of different impacts of tourism. No or little explanation given. Level 2, 3-5 marks: Good description given for different impacts of tourism and a good attempt to explain these impacts. Level 3: 5-7 marks: Excellent description in a balanced manner. Impacts are put into economic, social and environmental categories and clearly explained.
