PART 2: Tourism in a Territory Helpful or harmful?

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PART 2 Tourism in a TerritoryHelpful or harmful?
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Tourism

• It is one of the largest economic activities
  worldwide.
• REASONS FOR GROWTH IN TOURISM
• Employers offer paid holidays in industrialized
  countries
• Higher standard of living
• Improved transportation (access to airplanes,
  buses, etc.)
• Affordable travel (cheap plane tickets,
  all-inclusive, etc.)

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Characteristics of Tourism

• Business or pleasure
• The destination is more than 80 km from home
• You are at the destination for more than 24
  hours, less than one year.
• Money spent before the trip (bathing suits,
  suntan lotion, etc.) and it is spent on
  activities services at the destination (hotel,
  transport, theme parks, souvenirs, restaurants,
  etc.)

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Characteristics of Tourists

• 80 of tourists live in industrialized (wealthy)
  countries.
• 2009 880 million tourists from Europe, North
  South America Japan
• Have more money more holidays
• They also travel within their own country or
  their neighbouring country.

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Types of Tourism

• Beach vacations (ex Florida)
• Winter tourism (ex Canada)
• Nature (ecotourism/green) tourism
• We learn about nature the importance of
  respecting it.
• This type of tourism has little/no impact on
  environment.
• It also benefits the local economy.
• Adventure tourism risky activities like sky
  diving!
• Cultural tourism (educational)
• Visiting museums historic sites
• Entertainment (recreation amusement)

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Those affected by tourism

• Organizations (public, national local) are
  established to promote tourism in a specific
  destination.
• Businesses directly involved in tourism
• Hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, etc.
• Media is responsible for
• Promoting a specific destinations attractions
  (museums, amusement parks, shopping centres,
  restaurants etc.).
• Reporting positive news (may increase the tourist
  population in that particular destination).
• Reporting political unrest (may cause less
  tourists to travel at that particular
  destination).
• Take note that media can either factual or
  suggestive (persuasive).

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• 4. Local population
• Have a say in how many tourists can visit
  (Venice)
• 5. Permanent seasonal workers
• 6. Tourists

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Impacts of Tourism

• Host territories need
• Larger airports
• More facilities services
• Accommodation
• More hotels
• More restaurants
• Entertainment
• Transport

• These affect the layout/organization of the region

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Characteristics of Sustainable Tourism

• Sustainable tourism is attempting to make as low
  an impact on the environment (affecting or
  altering the environment as little as possible.)
  and local culture (way of life) as possible,
  while helping to create future jobs for local
  people.
• The aim of sustainable tourism is to ensure that
  development brings a positive experience for
  local people, tourism companies and the tourists
  themselves.

http//video.nationalgeographic.com/video/sus-dest
-geotourism
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Is the term 'sustainable tourism an oxymoron?

• The term 'sustainable tourism', like
  'ecotourism', is considered by many to be an
  oxymoron.
• Tourism in general depends upon and increases air
  transportation, contributing significantly to
  greenhouse gas emissions from combustion placed
  high into the stratosphere where they immediately
  contribute to the heat trapping phenomenon behind
  global warming and climate change.
• The overall effect of sustainable tourism is
  negative.

What's an 'oxymoron'? It's a pair of back-to-back
words or phrases that mean exactly the opposite.
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• 1. Economy Promotes local economy
• 2. Environment Protects local environment
• 3. Social Protects local culture
• 4. Low (negative) impact of visitors

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Possible negative impacts of tourism

• Pressure on environment
• Natural It is something that could affect the
  health/life of an animal. (Ex a shortage of
  water, food, space, and predators)
• Urban (city) Air emissions, noise, solid waste
  and littering, releases of sewage, oil and
  chemicals, even architectural/visual pollution.
• Blocked transportation (traffic)
• Demand for water energy
• Tourists consume water and use energy during
  their visit. Because of this, the local
  population may not have enough water energy!

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• 4. Loss of culture/traditions
• Acculturation partial or total assimilation of a
  culture after coming in contact with another
• 5. Deterioration of environment
• Water, air, visual pollution

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Positive Forces Negative Forces

• Tourism is good when
• Raises awareness about natural cultural
  preservation
• Contributes to growth of local community
• Source of income for protected territories
• Encourages the protection sustainable
  development of the environment

• Tourism is bad when
• Contributes to deterioration of natural
  landscapes wasting of water resources
• Contributes to poverty, relocation of locals, or
  loss of culture
• Threat to native species /or biodiversity
• Causes marine /or coastal pollution

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Global Code of Ethics for Tourism

• -2001 United Nations General Assembly
  established guidelines to ensure responsible
  sustainable development of tourism
• Reference for rules of visiting tourist areas
• -Adopted by 57 countries
• -Available in 50 languages

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Vocabulary

• Mass tourism form of tourism that allows a large
  number of people to travel support the tourism
  economy
• Tourist destination region that attracts a large
  number of tourists
• Sustainable tourism tourism that respects the
  resources of a territory contributes to the
  development of local communities cultural
  fulfillment of the people involved
• Multinational companies with activities in more
  than one country