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Flashcards by amy.brooks12, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by amy.brooks12
over 12 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Leisue | Any freely chosen activity that takes place in non-work time |
| Recreation | A leisure time activity undertaken voluntarily or for enjoyment. |
| Sport | A physical activity involving events and competitions at the national and international scale with professional participants |
| Tourism | Travel away from home for at least one night for the purpose of leisure |
| Tourist attractions for a destination include... | Climate, landscape, culture and sport |
| Tourist deterrents for a destination include... | Hazards, political unrest, disease and exchange rate |
| Changing patterns of international tourism | 130% increase between 2000 and 2020, still most popular in Europe but growing preference in Asia |
| For tourism in an area to grow it must have... | Primary and secondary tourist resources |
| Primary Resources | The pre-existing attractions for tourism or recreation, which were not built for that purpose |
| Secondary Resources | Facilities that have been purposefully built for tourists |
| Sustainable Tourism | Tourism that preserves primary tourist resources and supports the livelihoods and culture of local people |
| Ecotourism | An alternative form of tourism that aims to preserve the environment by managing it sustainably |
| Leakage | Economic loss of tourist money, by tourists using companies not owned by the host country or spending money outside the host country |
| Resort | A settlement where the primary function is tourism |
| Carrying Capacity | The maximum number of visitors or participants that a site or event can satisfy at one time |
| Physical Carrying Capacity | The measure of absolute space |
| Ecological Carrying Capacity | The level of use that an environment can sustain before environmental damage occurs |
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