Tourism grade 11

2.  Attractions in provinces of South Africa
 SANParks
 South African fauna and flora
 Types of attractions

3.  Attractions provide the most important reason
for leisure tourism to a destination. Attractions
are the focus for recreational and sometimes
educational activities.
 Natural attractions
Mountains, rivers, lakes, national parks, beaches,
desert anything which has not been made by
man.
 Man-made attractions
They are created for tourism purposes other times
they are created for a significant reason that is not
at all to do with tourism but to make a statement.
Types of manmade attractions include museums,
galleries, statues, castles and buildings, shopping
and leisure centres, theatres and sporting venues.

4. MAN MADE ATTRACTIONS
 Example: EIFFEL TOWER
NATURAL ATTRACTIONS
 Example: GRAND CANYON

5. PYRAMID OF
GIZA
MOUNT
KILAMANJARO
VICTORIA
FALLS
MASAI MARA ROBBEN
ISLAND
TOP 5 in Africa

7.  ANGOLA:
 Kissama National Park (Parque Nacional do
Quiçama)
 1.2 million hectares in size
 Only functioning national park
 Restocked with game from Botswana and SA after
civil war.
 Accommodation is limited to thatched chalets.

8. MANATEE

9.  Botswana
 Okavango Delta- largest inland delta in the world
 17 000 km₂
 Wild life- lion, buffalo, elephant, hippo and
crocodile.
 400 bird species
 Water-bases excursions: motorboats, mokoro

10. Mokoto

11.  DRC- Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Virunga National Park
 790 000 ha and heights up to 5 000m
 Active volcano's, hot springs, swamps and mountains.
 This range in altitudes means the park has the
greatest biodiversity of any parks in SA.
 2000+ plant species.
 3 grate ape species
 Lava spurts up to 305m into the air.
 Flows north to an uninhabitated area.

14. 1. TASMANIA
2. THE GREAT CAROL REEF
3. SYDNEY OPERA
4. FRASER ISLANDS
5. BLUE MOUNTAIN
NATIONAL PARK

16. BEAGLE CHANNEL
DECEPTION ISLAND
DRAKE PASSAGE

18.  Main attraction
 A bit of history
 What would you do there when you visit