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FlashCards por Grace Evans, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Grace Evans
mais de 11 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Disposable income | the money a person has available to spend after paying taxes, pension contributions etc |
| Ecotourism | tourism that focuses on protecting the environment and the interrelationships that exist between them. |
| Holiday providers | a company organising trips, holidays etc |
| tourist destinations | places or countries people choose to go on holiday to |
| Infrastructure | the basic structure of a place or organisation |
| Butler's model | resort life cycle model. Model says that any tourist resort starts on a small scale, develops into something more significant , then either goes into decline or make changes to maintain its attractions. 6 stages |
| Landmarks | an object or feature of a landscape or town |
| mass-tourism | Tourism on a large scale to one country or region. This equates to the development and consolidation of the Butler model of development |
| National park | An area usually designed by law where development is limited and planning controlled. The landscape is regarded as unusual and valuable and therefore worth preserving |
| Honeypot site | A location attracting a large number of tourists who, due to their numbers, place pressure on the environment and people. |
| Exploration | Small numbers of visitors are attracted to the area |
| Development | More and more visitors come to the area as more facilities are built |
| Involvement | Local people start providing facilities for the tourists |
| Consolidation | Tourism is a big part of the economy but tourist numbers begining to level off |
| Rejuvenation | The area invests into new facilities to attract tourists |
| Decline | Fewer visitors come to the area as it is less attractive |
| "Big Five" | Rhino, lion, elephant, buffalo and leopard |
| Stagnation | Visitor numbers have peaked, facilities as no longer good, there has been negative impact on the environment. |
| Ecosystem | The living and non-living components of the environment and the relationships that exists between them. |
| Sustainable Development | Allows economic growth to occur, which can continue over a long period of time and will not harm the environment. It benefits people of today and will not compromise future generations. |
| Fossil Fuels | Non-renewable energy sources; coal, oil and natural gas |
| Indigenous Tribe | People originating from a particular region or place |
| Extreme Environment | Locations with particularly difficult environments eg. desert, rainforest etc |
| Stewardship | The personal responsibility for looking after things eg. the environment |
| Conservation | The careful and planned use of resources in order to manage and maintain the natural environment for future generations |
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