Tourist Destinations and Attractions

What this unit covers

This unit sits in the Destinations and Travel strand of Tourism and hospitality. It mixes ideas about what makes a place appealing with many worked destination examples. All of it was made by GoConqr users.

Start with the big ideas

Begin with the mind map Types of tourism Destinations. It explains honeypot tourism as tourism that draws large numbers of people to a site's scenic beauty, with examples such as the Grand Canyon, Halong Bay and Victoria Falls. Next, open Destination Attractiveness and Destination types to see how places are grouped and compared.

The mind map Travel & Tourism- Marie walks through the stages of the TALC, from exploration and involvement to stagnation, decline and rejuvenation. It is a handy frame for judging where a destination sits.

Move on to case studies

Jordan has the most material here. You will find flashcard decks such as The Appeal of Jordan, plus mind maps on its natural, heritage and purpose-built attractions. The Natural Attractions of Jordan map covers Wadi Rum, the Red Sea, Mount Nebo and the Dead Sea.

The Cayman Islands have their own fact-file flashcards and the grand cayman deck. For city examples, try New York, Case Study - LONDON, Sydney, Barcelona, Dubai, Rio and Cape Town.

Using quizzes and maps together

1. Read a mind map and note the main attractions and features.
2. Test yourself with a flashcard deck on the same place.
3. Take a quiz such as Quiz 2: Major European Cities to see what you can recall.
4. Go back to the map for anything you missed.

The quiz on funding for attractions covers public, non-profit and private models, which is useful for a different angle on the topic.

Make it your own

Choose one destination from the list, work through its map and cards, then try a quiz. If you spot a gap, you can sketch your own version and keep refining it.