Directorate: Curriculum FET TERM 1 REVISION LEARNER BOOKLET TOURISM REVISION Grade 12 2 INDEX PAGE Contents Page number 1 INSTRUCTIONAL VERBS AND MEANINGS 2 2 DOMESTIC,REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURISM 3 3 MAP WORK AND TOUR PLANNING 5 INSTRUCTIONAL VERBS AND MEANINGS Give your views on Express your opinion on the matter. Example: Give your views on the drop in tourist arrivals during 2017. Explain Use your own words to make concepts or processes clear. Example: Explain ONE reason why the Wimbledon Championships are regarded as a global event Discuss Use your own words to compare opinions about a topic. Make sure to include a conclusion at the end. Example: Discuss, in a paragraph, THREE ways in which a drop in the exchange rate impacts tourist arrivals. Distinguish Highlight the differences between two or more issues Example: Distinguish between Bank Buying Rate and Bank Selling Rate. Name List the basic facts without a discussion Example: Name the TWO foreign currencies referred to in the extract. Analyse Divide into parts or elements and explain the relationship Example: Analyse the tourism arrival statistics, then suggest with reasons where SATour should focus their marketing efforts. Predict Anticipate the outcome Example: Predict what would happen if management relaxes the existing safety measures at the tower. 3 Calculate Show how you use mathematical rules to reach an answer. Example: Calculate the amount in USD that Mrs Biggs received when she exchanged the R600. Describe To write down the characteristics of something in a logical and well structured way. Example: Describe, in a paragraph, how Tourism levies are collected in South Africa DOMESTIC,REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TOURISM Global events of international significance: • Concept: Global event - Sporting events: 2010 FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon, Comrades, Tour de France, Olympic Games. - Other events: G8 Summit, Summits on climate change (to be mentioned as examples, do not study the events as such). • The positive and negative impact of global events on international tourism • The impact of hosting a global event on - domestic tourism in the host country - the economy of the host country • The advantages and disadvantages for the host country (within a tourism context): development in infrastructural services, investment, foreign exchange income, the multiplier effect Political situations and unforeseen occurrences of international significance: • Concepts: political situation and unforeseen occurrence • Examples of recent political situations, such as civil war, terrorism, general unrest • Examples of unforeseen occurrences such as tsunamis, earthquakes and other natural disasters, the global recession, diseases, accidents and economic upsets (Identify recent examples; do not study the political situations and unforeseen occurrences as such). • The impact of these situations and occurrences on international tourism and the economy of the affected country 4 ACTIVITY 1 Use Your textbook , Google or your notebook to provide an explanation an examples of each of the following KEY CONCEPTS Global Event Summit Host country The Multiplier Effect Political Situation Unforseen Occurance EXPLANATION EXAMPLE 5 MAP WORK AND TOUR PLANNING Tour plans and route planning: • Develop tour plans to suit specific tourists’ profiles, available budget and time. • Route planning • Choice of transport and accommodation to suit customers’ needs and preferences • Choice of tourist attractions and activities to suit tourist profiles Resources: A colour road map of South Africa and the SADC countries, brochures of accommodation and tourist attractions, internet Compiling a day-by-day itinerary: • The main aspects of an itinerary (description of transport, accommodation, attractions and activities, including stops for meals) • Factors to consider when drawing up an itinerary (focus on logical planning) • Drawing up itineraries according to different scenarios Compiling a tour budget: • Factors influencing the development of a budget • Develop a basic tour budget. Indicate expenses for travel, accommodation, meals, visiting tourist attractions, shopping and tips. Health • Concepts: World Health Organisation (WHO), health certificates, travel clinics, compulsory and recommended vaccinations • Precautions to take when travelling to high-risk destinations (malaria, bilharzia, cholera areas). • Vaccinations required for entering/leaving areas of high risk, such as yellow fever, hepatitis • TB and HIV/Aids risks for inbound tourists • Recommended health precautions for tourists visiting health risk areas, such as bottled water, sun block, preventative medicine Safety • Reasons why the safety of tourists in South Africa is important • General safety precautions for tourists: in car, in public areas / street, in hotel room, at the airport, after dark Travel documentation: • Travel documents required when visiting a given country, valid passport, visa and health certificate (cholera and yellow fever). Requirements for tourists travelling between countries • How to obtain an international driver’s license 6 • Passport: requirements for obtaining a passport, completion of an application form • Visa: requirements for obtaining a visa, completion of a application form • Concepts: duty free goods, prohibited goods, green channel, red channel, to declare, travel allowances • Customs regulations when departing from or arriving in South Africa. Access to and interpreting of customs information. World time zones: (WORLD TIMEZONES IS PART OF TERM 2) • Concepts: Time zone, UTC, Greenwich, hemispheres, equator and seasons, standard time, local time, the international date line, the 24-hour clock (00:00– 23:59), latitude, longitude • Introduction to a world time zone map • Concept: Daylight saving time (DST). Reasons for this practice • The impact of time zones and daylight saving on travel planning and travelling ACTIVITY 2 Supply your own definition for each of the following Concept 1. Passport 2. Visa 3. Health Certificate Definition 7 4. Duty free goods 5. Prohibited goods 6. Green Channel 7. Red channel 8. To declare 8 ACTIVITY 3 [ THIS SECTION IS PART OF TERM 2 ] Read the following and then answer the questions. The Smith family is coming back from their holiday in Australia. It was their first time abroad. They bought some gifts abroad and are now returning to South Africa. 1. They bought a few gifts that they have to declare. Explain the procedure they have to follow. 2. Give five examples of goods that they must declare. 3. Explain the difference between the red and the green channel. 4. Give 3 examples of goods that you are not allowed to bring into South Africa. 5. What will happen to you if you do not declare goods in South Africa? Activity 4 [ THIS SECTION IS PART OF TERM 2 ] Indicate on the map below the following: UTC Equator IDL Northern Hemisphere North South East West 9 Activity 5 [ THIS SECTION IS PART OF TERM 2 ] Use the time zone map above and answer the following questions
