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What is tourism?
Travelling to a destination, outside your immediate environment,
for longer than 24 hours, but shorter than a year spending money.
Name a few tourism related terms
Tourists, attractions, accommodation
Who was Thomas cook?
worked out a special train route between Leicester and Langborough in England
Discuss the brief history of how tourism started
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List the three main factors why tourism has grown?
Economic, social and environment
What is GDP?
(Gross domestic Product-the total value of goods produced and services provided in a country during one year)
Name a few reasons why tourists visit a country.
Leisure, friends and family
What is sustainable tourism?
tourism organised in such as way that its level can be sustained in the future without creating disruptive/bad environmental, social and economic damage to the
What is a destination footprint?
The environmental impact caused by an individual tourist in a particular destination
How can you decrease your destination footprint?
Fly less and stay longer
Consider slow travel
Name factors of sustainable tourism.
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Explain what ecotourism is?
form of tourism where people experience untouched natural environments and ensure that their visit does no further damage to the environment
What is the difference between ecotourism and sustainable tourism?
Ecotourism is a sub-component of the field of sustainable tourism.
What is the difference between protection and preservation?
conservation seeks the proper use of nature, while preservation seeks protection of nature from use
How can tourism influence the local community?
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What is a tourist hub?
Concentrate tourism and its impact in one area so that most of the community does not feel the negative impacts/effects of tourism.
