Natural Disasters
This natural disaster is caused by the movement (collision, pulling apart or rubbing) of tectonic plates. One of these hit San Francisco in 1989.
What is an earthquake?
This provincial capital shares its name with its province.
What is Quebec City?
This type of tourism is very popular around the world. Many countries use this type of tourism to attract tourists to their costal resorts.
What is Beach Tourism?
These are the two main conditions for tourism.
What is traveling further than 80 km while spending more than 24 hours but less than a year.
Something that attracts people from one country or region to another. For example, Disney Land or the Statue of Liberty
What is a Tourist Attraction?
This natural disaster is created by volcanic eruptions or earthquakes that occur under the oceans. This forms waves that can be over 40 meters high.
What is a tsunamis?
Its province has the nation's capitol, however this metropolis is the provincial capitol.
What is Toronto?
This type of tourism's main activities are hiking, climbing, and skiing.
What is Mountain Tourism?
The term used to describe a company that has locations in multiple different countries. For example, the popular fast food chain, McDonald's.
What is multinational?
Term given to a city that has 1 million or more people living in it.
What is a metropolis?
This natural disaster is formed on land when hot, humid air pushes cold air down rapidly and repeatedly to create a vortex. They mainly take place in flat regions.
What is a tornado?
This island province is where the founding fathers signed the Canadian Constitution which led to the creation of Canada.
What is Prince Edward Island (PEI)?
This type of tourism focuses on amusement at tourist attractions.
What is Entertainment Tourism?
In 2009, Quebec saw the majority of their tourist come from this northern country.
What is Canada?
Term given to the needed structures (bridges, roads) and facilities (hospitals, sewer systems) for a society to function.
What is infrastructure?
This natural disaster forms when the tectonic plates sink into the mantle where they melt in magma. It then rapidly cools and rises to the surface where it pierces the earth's crust.
What is a volcano?
This Canadian territory's capitol has a coloured kitchen utensil in its name.
What is Yellowknife?
This type of tourism is focused on learning about history, heritage, and religion. These types of tourists go to museums, historical sites or festivals.
What is Cultural Tourism?
The process in which the partial or total assimilation of a culture after coming into contact with another. Could be for economical gains.
What is Acculturation?
This term is used to describe the main business or commercial area of a city or metropolis. Often referred to as the 'downtown'.
What is the Central Business District?
This natural disaster forms in oceans along the equator when air masses of abnormal temperature collide, creating large and powerful vortexes.
What is a hurricane?
This Canadian territory's capitol has a coloured prancing animal in its name.
What is Whitehorse?
This type of tourism is done in rural areas as a way for people to escape the urban life and experience the natural world.
What is Ecotourism?
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What is Nature Tourism?
In 2001 the United Nations created this set of guidelines to ensure responsible and sustainable development of world tourism.
What are the Code of Ethics for Sustainable Tourism?
The careful management of a country's or region's resources in terms of goods, services, and money.
What is the economy?