1. Tourism / tourist industryTourism / tourist industry
The January SDMEThe January SDME
2. Mass Tourism
• Tourism is one of the world's fastest
growing industries.
• 1960 = approx 25.3 million international
tourist arrivals
• 2010 = 1 billion international tourists
• 2020 prediction = 1.6 billion people.
3.
4. Why has tourism increased?
• Use the textbook p248 (or the photocopy)
and find out why tourism has increased so
much
• Think: SO WHAT….
e.g. People have more leisure time now SO
they are able to take more holidays than in
the past
5. What kinds of jobs are
involved?
• Primary industries =
• Secondary industries =
• Tertiary industries =
‘take it’ (e.g. miners)
‘make it’ (e.g. aircraft
engineers)
‘service it’ (e.g. air
hostesses)
6. What are someWhat are some
possible jobs thatpossible jobs that
benefit frombenefit from
tourism?tourism?
Primary jobs:
Secondary jobs:
Tertiary jobs:
7. Exam QsExam Qs
• “Mass tourism has more than doubled
since 1960. Describe and explain why this
has happened.” (3marks)
• “Certain events have a negative effect on
tourism. Name and explain two events that
may cause tourism to decrease.” (4marks)
8. HomeworkHomework
• Research tourism in the UK.
• What are the most popular sites?
• How much tourism does the UK receive?
• What are the possible effects of this
tourism?
• Due:
9. What kinds of tourism are there?
Young
couples
Families
with young
children
Students Retired
older
tourists
Environ-
mentalists
10. Case Study: ThailandCase Study: Thailand
Why do people travel to Thailand?
What are the impacts?
13. Mae Hong Son
Who would go here? ………………..
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What do they want from their
holiday? ……………………………………..
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Chiang Mai
Who would go here? ……………………………………..…..
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What do they want from their holiday?..........
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Kanchanaburi
Who would go here? ………………..
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What do they want from their
holiday? ……………………………………..
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Bangkok
Who would go here? …………………………………………..
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What do they want from their holiday?
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Ko Phi Phi
Who would go here? ………………..
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What do they want from their
holiday? ……………………………………..
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Pattaya
Who would go here? ………………..
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What do they want from their
holiday? ……………………………………..
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Koh Phangan
Who would go here? ………………..
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What do they want from their
holiday? ……………………………………..
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THAILAND
14. Computer task
• Go onto this website:
http://www.geographyteachingtoday.org.
uk/images/activities/thaitourism.html
• Part 1: Look at the information about each
of the different places
• Part 2: Complete the visitor sheet by
matching up which tourist goes where +
why
15. What are the jobs involved for
Thailand?
• Tourism-related jobs employ 4.1 million people
in Thailand, more than 10% of the population.
• What sort of jobs do they do?
• Who do you think makes the big money from
tourism?
•The Thailand tourist industry makes so much money that it earns
6% of Thailand's GDP. But 70% of this money leaves Thailand
for the bank accounts of foreign tour operators, airlines, hotels
and food & drink distributors.
16. Who is Ao and how does tourismWho is Ao and how does tourism
affect him?affect him?
Task:
In pairs or in groups sort the
information cards to:
- work out why Ao works in
Thailand
- find why mobile phone top-up
cards are so important to him
- find why did Ao works in
Phuket?
- decide what is right and wrong
about his situation?
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18. The impacts of tourism
• Poster task
• Use your own knowledge and the
textbooks to produce a poster to show the
advantages & disadvantages of tourism
–Include different stakeholders
