SDM Exam 20th January 2011

We’re all going on a summer holiday! How can tourism affect

the physical environment?

Section A: The Background

• Resources 1, 2, 3 & 4?• Tourism facts, Caribbean attractions, tourism and

the environment, problems and responsible tourism

Resource 1 a) & b)• Annotate the graph in your copy of the booklet

with the total number of international tourists for each plotted point.

• Describe the trend of tourism growth shown on this graph.

• Explain why tourism has increased so much in the last fifty years. Divide the reasons into social and economic.

Section A: The Background

Resource 1 c)• Draw a mind map to show the factors showing why

tourism is so important to the global economy. • Give examples of:

- jobs in tourism. - how tourism accounts for 10.9% consumer spending. What else contributes to consumer spending?- how tourism accounts for capital investment (money spent by a business to purchase fixed assets e.g. land, machinery and buildings)

- government spending on tourism

The multiplier effect

Section A: The Background

Resource 2• For each picture on p4 give reasons why 22

million tourists visit the Caribbean. • Explain the impacts tourists may have with each

of these types of tourism.

Resource 3• Explain how each of the factors on the diagram

could affect the impact tourism has on the environment. Give examples in each case (picture clues will help).

Section A: The Background

Resource 4• Investigate how each of the problems associated

with mass tourism can affect tourist destinations.• Explain why each of these factors may be worse

in LEDC destinations.• Explain how responsible sustainable tourism can

address each of these problems.• How could tourism help to protect the coral reef

and Antarctic environments shown in Resource 3?

Section B: The OptionsResources 5, 6 & 7?Benidorm, Butlers model, ecotourism

Resource 5 & 6• How Benidorm has grown from a ‘sleepy fishing

village’ in the 1930s to the ‘Manhattan of Spain’ in 2010?

• Add labels to your copy of the Butler model to show how tourism in Benidorm has changed since 1930.

• What lessons could other resorts at earlier stages on the Butler model learn from Benidorm’s experience?

Section B: The Options

Resource 7• In your own words describe what is meant by

ecotourism.• ‘Ecotourism isn’t a perfect solution to the

problems of tourism.’Discuss this statement. Do you agree? Who would agree with you? Who would disagree?

Section C: The Decision

• Resources 8 & 9• St Lucia fact file, attractions, ecotourism, tourist

developments• How long is the main tourist season in St Lucia?• Other than tourism how else does St Lucia make

its money? How reliant is St Lucia on tourism?• Complete a spider diagram showing the reasons

why tourists are attracted to St Lucia.

Section C: The Decision

• Complete the cost-benefit analysis of the different types of tourist resort on St Lucia.

• Which of the resorts would you like to visit most and why?

• The east of the island is currently undeveloped. Who might want to see it developed and why?

• Who might wish to see it stay as it is and why?• What do you think? Would it be a good idea to

develop this area or leave it as it is?• If the area was to be developed which type of

resort do you think would be best and why?