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SECONDARY THREE HUMAN GEOGRAPHY CHAPTER ONE: GLOBAL TOURISM (GATEWAY 3)

Geographer’s name: __________________________ ( ) Class: 3 ____ Date: _______________

MANAGING THE IMPACTS OF TOURISM

Management:

Making decisions that benefit both the natural environments visited by tourists & the lives of local population This to ensure that a particular site & its features remain in prime/good condition.

(1) Promote & Practice Sustainable Tourism

Definition of sustainable tourism o A organized form of tourism that allows tourism to continue without:

• causing damage to the environment • leaving negative impacts on the surrounding society & culture

o Also involves minimizing leakages from tourist revenues by: • Training locals to perform skilled tourism jobs

(eg. management & marketing) • Developing homestay accommodations

(eg. visitors pay local people directly for accommodation) • Promoting local food & drink in restaurants

provide market for local F&B industry

(2) Conservation Definition of conservation o Careful management and use of resources so that these resources

will not be depleted. o It includes protecting fragile environments (eg. coral reefs /

mangroves / other environments easily affected by change)

UNESCO (organisation that is very involved in conservation) What is a UNESCO site?

o A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place (eg. a forest / mountain / lake / island / desert / monument / building / complex / city) that is listed by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as of special cultural or physical significance.

What’s the big deal about UNESCO sites?

o The status as a UNESCO site gives the place a special cultural or physical significance that makes people think that they should visit it.

o If the place is special enough to fulfill the criteria of the UNESCO selection, there must be something really extraordinary or meaningful about it that would make people want to visit that place to discover and learn about its cultural or physical significance.

How is UNESCO involved in conservation? o Provides funding to threatened sites to conserve them.

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Tensions in Managing Tourism Impacts (TB pg 69-71) Tensions are caused by differences between the needs & expectations of different groups:

(a) Tensions between Tourists & Locals (b) Tensions between Tourists & the Environment Describe: how does tensions between tourists & locals arise?

Support with the example of Bali (describe the impacts of tourist visits on the local people):

i. Congestion ii. Deprivation of water supply

iii. Cultural insensitivity

Describe: how does tensions between tourists & the environment arise?

Natural attractions/scenic environments may be dependent on tourist income for conservation. Yet tourist inflow may, instead, contribute to damage of the attraction itself.

Support with the example of Machu Picchu (describe the impacts of tourist visits on the environment):

i. Erosion of trails (footpath erosion) ii. Littering iii. Noise pollution

iv. Damage to land & artifact

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THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS GROUPS (with reference to AUSTRALIA’S GREAT BARRIER REEF)

It’s tough balancing the

needs of various groups!!!

- Tourism revenue

- Jobs for locals

- Low business traffic

- Restrict harmful tourism-

related projects

- Limit no. of tourists

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What makes the Great Barrier Reef a tourist hotspot (ie. a popular tourist destination)?

What are the impacts of tourism on the local population?

What are some issues affecting the health of the reef? Why?

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Which organization did the Australian Government establish to protect the site?

State and describe the approach that the GBRMPA adopts to manage the reef.

Describe a specific area in which the GBRMPA has attempted to bring about improvements for the reef (eg. coping with climate change/declining water quality etc)

Give examples of how the tensions between tourists & the locals / tourists & the environment are being managed (refer to TB p.71 Measures to manage the tensions)

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Describe the RESPONSIBILITIES of the different groups

involved in protecting the Great Barrier Reef

What are some STRENGTHS of this group’s involvement in

protecting the reef?

What are some LIMITATIONS of this group’s involvement in

protecting the reef?

a) Fisheries

b) Sea Country Partnerships

c) Local communities

d) Commercial Shipping Industry

e) Research Groups

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What are some other groups that the GBRMPA can involve to protect the reef? (refer to TB p. 72-75) Describe the RESPONSIBILITIES of these different groups & how they can help to protect the reef

What are some STRENGTHS of this group’s involvement in

protecting the reef?

What are some LIMITATIONS of this group’s involvement in

protecting the reef? f) Tourists

g) Tour Operators

g) Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)