YEAR 8 GEOGRAPHY
FIELDWORK 2004
TOURISM IN
HONG KONG
Aim
The aim of this investigation is for you to understand the positive and negative effects of
Tourism for Hong Kong’s economy and environment.
Background
Hong Kong has a population of almost 7 million and is a major world city the government
tries to sell Hong Kong as Asia’s World City. Every year around 3.3 million people visit
Hong Kong and they spend over $US 2 billion. Tourists come to Hong Kong from all over
the world but over the next few years tourists from mainland China will be of increasing
importance. Recent figures suggest that up to 150 million mainland Chinese residents are
now eligible to visit Hong Kong.
Positive and Negative Effects of Tourism
Tourism can be very good for the economy, bringing in lots of money but it can also cause
environmental problems such as pollution and congestion.
We are going to visit 2 popular tourist areas to try to measure the economic and
environmental impact of tourism. Classes will visit the following area on Wednesday
June 2nd. We will leave school at 12:45pm and return by 3:00pm.
8J, 8H, 8T
8M, 8A, 8S
Stanley
The Peak
What are we going to do?
In order to achieve our aim we are going to make 3 predictions (hypotheses) about the
type of tourist who visits Hong Kong and the effect that they have on the economy and
environment.
Hypotheses
Hypothesis 1
Most tourists in Hong Kong stay for 3-7 days and spend over HK$500 a day in the local
economy.
Hypothesis 2
Most tourists in Hong Kong are from mainland China.
Hypothesis 3
Tourism has had a negative environmental impact in some popular areas of Hong Kong.
How do we test our predictions?
In order to see whether our predictions are correct we need to collect data. We will do
this in 2 ways.
1.
2.
Questionnaires
Environmental Quality Surveys
(See separate sheet for instructions on the day)
How do we collect the data?
You will work in groups of 4. In the time available each group will ask questions to at
least 10 different tourists (remember we might have problems with language). Each
group will also carry out Environmental Quality Surveys at 5 different locations.
Useful websites for background information
www.discoverhongkong.com
www.travelyahoo.com (then Search Hong Kong)
www.hongkong.org/tourism.html
Questionnaire
Hello, have you already been approached by an SIS student today?
We are a group of Geography students investigating the effects of tourism in Hong Kong.
We’d be grateful if you could answer some questions for us. Thank you for your time.
1)
M
2)
Age 0-15
3)
F
16-30
31-50
How long will you stay in Hong Kong?
< 3 days
3-7 days
51-75
75+
more than 7 days
4)
How much do you expect to spend each day (not including hotels in HK$)
<$200
$201-$500
$501-$1000
>$1000
5)
What is your home continent?
Asia
Africa
N America
Europe
S America
Australa
sia
State your home country _______________________________________.
6)
7)
Have you visited Hong Kong before?
Y
N
On a scale of 1 (bad) to 10 (excellent) how would you rate Hong Kong’s tourist
facilities?
1
2
3 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Thank you very much for helping us with our survey
Environmental Quality Surveys
Location ____________________________________
5 = Good
Litter
5
Amount of greenery
5
0 = Bad
Noise
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
Quality of Buildings 5
0
5 Air Pollution (visual)
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Traffic Congestion
Air Pollution (Smell)
5
Pedestrian Congestion
Location ____________________________________
5 = Good
Litter
5
Amount of greenery
5
0 = Bad
Noise
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
Quality of Buildings 5
0
5 Air Pollution (visual)
1
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Traffic Congestion
Air Pollution (Smell)
5
Pedestrian Congestion
Location ____________________________________
5 = Good
Litter
5
Amount of greenery
5
0 = Bad
Noise
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
Quality of Buildings 5
5 Air Pollution (visual)
1
0
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Traffic Congestion
Air Pollution (Smell)
5
Pedestrian Congestion
Location ____________________________________
5 = Good
Litter
5
Amount of greenery
5
0 = Bad
Noise
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
Quality of Buildings 5
2
3
4
5
Air Pollution (Smell)
0
5 Air Pollution (visual)
1
1
2
3
4
5
Traffic Congestion
5
Pedestrian Congestion
WRITING UP
THE PROJECT
What will we do with the data?
When we get back to class we will combine our data so that we have a good sample size.
Your teacher will then produce a summary of the questionnaire results to give to each
student. Each group will keep and use its own Environmental Quality Survey results.
Writing up the project
Here we are going to use our data to see whether or not the predictions were correct. This
will gives us the evidence to go back and look at our overall aim…. “to understand the
positive and negative effects of tourism for Hong Kong’s economy and environment”.
How to write-up the project
You should carefully follow the instructions below and use these sub-headings.
Introduction

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State the aim of this investigation.
Write 50 words to give a background to tourism in Hong Kong.
State the hypotheses.
Use maps/photos to describe where you carried out your surveys. Write a short
paragraph to describe either The Peak or Stanley.
Data Collection
In this section you need to describe what data was collected for each hypothesis. Include
a copy (blank) of the questionnaire and Environmental Quality Survey.
Data Presentation and Analysis
In this section you will draw graphs in Excel to show the results of the questionnaire.
Lay it out like this
eg. Hypothesis 1
Most tourists in Hong Kong stay for 3-7 days and spend over $500 a day in the local
economy.
GRAPH 1
GRAPH 2
After the graphs write 50-100 words per graph to describe and explain what the graph
show.
Do this for each hypothesis.
Conclusions
What did you find out? Write a paragraph to say whether the hypotheses were supported
or rejected.
Use background information from other questions and from your knowledge of Hong
Kong to try to explain what you found.
Evaluation
What was good about this study? If you were to do it again or extend it how could it be
improved?
The future?
Write 200 words to give your ideas about how the tourist industry of Hong Kong should
develop in the future. Think about the economy and the environment. Try to use the
word sustainable.