Geography of Tourism
Exam One Review Sheet
Introduction to Tourism Geography
 Geography Defined
 What is Spatial Analysis
 Four Traditions of Geography
 Subfields of Geography
 Defining Tourism
o Leisure, Recreation, and Tourism
o Basic components of a definition of
tourism
 Why Tourism and Geography
o Location and Time
 Absolute v. Relative Location
 Site and Situation
 Latitude and Longitude – Time
Zones
o Physical Geography Factors
 Koeppen Climate Classification
 Types of Climate and how they
relate to Tourism
o Human Geography Factors
 Formal, Functional, and
Vernacular Regions
 Language
 Religion
 Food - McDisneyfication
The Tourism Industry
 Factors influencing tourism
 History of Travel
o Five Eras
o The Modern Era
 Components of Tourism
 Sectors of the Tourism Industry
 Types of Tourism
 Types of Destinations
 What influences the tourist choice in destinations
 Demand v. Supply Driven Model
 Types of Motivations to travel
 Tourism and Maslow Hierarchy of Needs
o Pearce’s Leisure Ladder
 Plog’s Tourist Psychological Profile
 Types of Tourist
Impacts of Tourism
 Environmental Impacts
o Factors Influencing Impacts
o Negative Impacts
o Positive Impacts
 Social/Cultural Tourism
o Ways that culture is used to attract
tourists
o How tourism impacts cultures
o Factors that promote cultural change
o Doxey’s Irridex
o Demonstration Effect and Acculturation
o Positive and Negative Impacts
 Economic Impacts
o Tourism and Interaction Principles
o Types of Demand
o Barriers to Demand
o Direct, Indirect, Induced Impacts
o Multiplier Effect
o Positive Impacts
o Potential Problems
o Characteristics of the Labor Force