New
Key Geography for GCSE Links - Chapter 16 - Tourism
What
is the tourist industry? - pages 230 and
231
Star
UK website
http://www.staruk.org.uk/
This is the official website of the UK Research
Liaison Group. The group is made up of representatives
of the national tourist boards for England, Scotland,
Northern Ireland, Wales, Britain and the Department
for Culture, Media and Sport. You can access a wide
range of statistical data about tourism in the UK,
including information about the origin of overseas
visitors, top tourist attractions in the UK etc.You
could use this site to produce a UK version of Table
G on page 231 of the pupil’s book.
World tourist destinations - Activity
Sheet 16.1
Visit
the World Tourist Organisation website
http://www.world-tourism.org/
to find out:
a) the aims of the organisation
b) the latest news about world
tourism
c) the latest statistical data
about world tourism
What are National Parks? - pages
232 and 233
Design a poster promoting National Parks
- Activity Sheet 16.2
The
Council for National Parks website
http://www.cnp.org.uk/
provides a wide range of information about the parks
as well as links to the websites of each national
park to provide more detailed information.
The Lake District National Park website
- Activity Sheet 16.3
http://www.lake-district.gov.uk/
Mountain holidays – Nepal
- pages 238 and 239 & Activity Sheet 16.4
Tourism
Concern are promoting their campaign for fair working
conditions for mountain porters on their website.
i) visit the website http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/campaigns/campaigns.htm
ii) summarise the problems faced
by mountain porters
iii) identify a list of measures
that can be taken to protect these people.
The
following statement was taken from the Tourism Concern
website “Sustainable tourism means more
than just eco-tourism. To be truly sustainable,
tourism also should not harm local communities.”
– explain what this means (pages 242 and 243
in the pupil’s book will help you).
What is ecotourism? - pages 242
and 243
Lagamar
Expeditions
http://www.lagamar.com/
Lagamar Expeditions is a company specialising in
adventure travel in the Amazon, Pantanal, and Foz
do Iguaçu regions of Brazil. Their aim "is
to help widespread the understanding of our environment
and importance of our environments biodiversity,
by sharing secrets and mysteries surrounding us
and our world". They are committed to rain
forest conservation. This site includes some useful
information about the characteristic features of
Tropical Rainforests, as well as a collection of
rainforest photos used to promote their holiday
programmes. The site is also very useful to use
later in the unit as an example of ecotourism and
the possibility of sustainable development of the
rainforest.
The Traveller’s Code - Activity
Sheet 16.6
Friends
of Conservation
http://www.foc-uk.com/
Tourism
Concern
http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/
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