Tourism

Where do people go on holiday?How is tourism linked to Geography?Why has tourism grown so rapidly?

1. Where have you been recently?

• Complete the tourism survey!

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Can you identify any patterns on your map?

How do you think this pattern would be different if you asked people from outside school, or from a different age group?

So where do tourists go?Top 50 tourist attractions link

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This graph shows holidays taken by UK residents from 1970-2000

Traditional bucket and spade holidays...

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2. How is tourism linked to Geography?

TOURISM

Can you think of any more

reasons?

A tourist must have….

• A tourist is a person who is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure. They need time, money and an awareness of places around the world.

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Why is tourism so important?

• Tourism is now the worlds biggest industry

• It employs 10% of the world’s workforce

• Accounts for over 80% of all money earnt in the Caribbean

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3. Why has tourism grown?

Homework: You choose ...

1. Where in the world:Design a postcard for your

favourite holiday destination. Write your postcard home. Try to include:

• Attractions of this location/ resort.

• What did you do on holiday?

• Recommendations?

2. Intro to Tourism worksheet

Design a work sheet on what you have learnt this lesson that could be used as a homework task by teachers next year.

E.g. 5 big questions with space to answer below.

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