Tourism

Tourism

1. Blackpool

   • Growth
     • South Pier (1893)
     • North Pier (1863)
     • Pier 2 (1868)
     • Blackpool Tower (153m high, 1973)
     • Pleasure Beach
     • Winter Gardens (1870)
     • Big Lights (Christmas Light Display)
     • Golden Mile
     • Change in attractions every year
     • Indoor attractions (Aquarium, Ballroom, Circus)
     • The train line (1866, Cheap access for working class)
   • Decline
     • The reliance on return visitors
     • Plane industry
     • People would generally have more free time
     • People had a more disposable income
     • Competition (Multi cultural areas)
     • Overcrowded
     • Cheap Package Holidays

2. Kenya

   • Mass Tourism
     • $0.8 billion from 540,000 visitors in 2015
     • Drugs and crime are increased
     • Disease and problems such as Aids is a major problem
     • Activities Can disturb the animals
     • Tourism encourages building and repairing of facilities
     • Cultures can be offended or troubled by other cultures
     • Tourism has created all year round jobs fro many people
     • Damage and harm can be caused to sea life
     • Can educate all cultures
     • Stimulation of farming by increse in damand for food.
     • Many people have been forced out of there homes for the creation of facilities
     • National Parks have been created to help the envornment
     • Leakage of income
     • Pollution from minibuses and Transport around parks
     • Animals could start scavenging
   • Responses to Problems with tourism
     • They use natural ways of transport such as horse back, camel back or on foot
     • Kenya are improving there security so that terrorism and disease are brought to a minimun
     • National parks and local areas are using bins with special casing to stop animals from scavenging
     • Companies such as magical are marketing online
     • They are educating people on local tourism
     • They are preserving water and power
     • they are giving local business grants so they can compete with bigger companies

3. Ecotourism

   • Benefits
     • Fair to locals
     • Brings money to an area as well as looking after the environment
     • Educates the locals
     • Gives tourists a chance to see the culture in raw form
     • The landscape is preserved
     • Gives people a chance to earn a living
     • Enhances community spirit
     • Creates a unique experience
   • Disadvatages
     • Not everyone's choice of holiday
     • Limited in what is offered
     • More expensive
     • More iscolated
     • Not necessarily a family holiday
     • People may not warm to the culture
     • Hard and expensive to maintain
     • Local businesses might not profit
   • The Amazon Ariau Towers
     • Connected lodges over water
     • The amazon rainforest
     • This gives you an rare chance to mix with the locals and wild animals
     • A once in a life time experience
     • An education for the locals and tourists
     • An amazing location

4. Antarctic

   • 70% of the worlds water is held in the ice
   • It has a population of 1,000 made up of scientists and travellars
   • The ice is 2,000 meters thick and covers an area twice the size of australia
   • The Antarctic treaty was signed in 1961 to preserve parts of the Antarctic for example they are not allowing people to undergo industrial work
   • Certain countries own certain parts of Antarctica and it is there job to preserve and keep that part safe
   • Ships are no longer allowed to carry heavy concentrated fuels
   • They have made more people aware of Antarctica and they have made it more affordable and easier to access so more people visit
   • people wish to visit Antarctica before it changes
   • Amazing sights and views
   • A once in a life time experience
   • the chance to interact with rare and maybe endangered species
   • It gives you a chance to say you have done something only a few others have done
   • there can be a limitation on what you do and tourism can be harmful to the environment