Tourism

Tourism

1. Case Studies

   • Castleton
     • Honeypot site - A special place that attracts swarms of people. It becomes very crowded at certain times of year
     • Peak District
       • National Park - A protected area of natural beauty which can include areas of mountains, moorland, heathland, woodland and coasts
       • Peak District - The second most visited National Park in the world with 22 million visitors a year. Approximately 38,000 people live in it
     • It is located in the North-West of England between the dark and white peak in Derbyshire
   • Jamaica
     • People are attracted by the large number of beaches and there are caves, museums, a national park, a bird sanctuary, golf courses and lots of hotels
     • Mass Tourism
       • Mass Tourism - Tourism on a large scale to one country or region.
       • Infrastructure - Basic services such as roads, power lines, water supplies and sewers
       • Community Tourism - Staying with local people in their home/village. During your stay food/drink is provided by local businesses. People learn about the local way of life.

2. Effects

   • Social
     • Increased income for locals
     • Increase jobs for locals
     • Increase crime rates
     • Better education of various cultures
   • Economic
     • Big companies claim majority of income
     • Money is invested in oversea economies
     • Infrastructure is developed to allow for more tourism
     • Jobs are only seasonal
     • Taxes are spent on local economy
     • Jobs in the primary/tertiary sector
   • Enviromental
     • Helps towards conservation of nature
     • Tourists generate lots of litter
     • Employment allows reduction in deforestation

3. Extreme Tourism

   • Extreme Enviroments - Locations with particulary difficult enviroments where the development of tourism has only recently occured due to a niche market demand for somewhere different with physical challenges
   • Extreme tourists - Often around 30 years old, unmarried, without children and have a well paid job

4. Sustainable Tourism

   • Sustainable Development - When something meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
   • Stewardship - The personal responsibility for looking after things, in this case the enviroment. No one should damage the present or future enviroment (Large scale)
   • Conservation - The careful and planned use of resources in order to manage and maintain the natural enviroment for future generations (Small scale)
   • EcoTourism - Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the enviroment and improves the well being of local communities

5. The Butler Model

   • 6.Decline
   • 6.Rejuvination
   • 5.Stagnation
   • 4.Consolidation
   • 3.Development
   • 2.Involvement
   • 1.Exploration

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