General Knowledge
Types of Tourism
Benefits
Disadvantages
Ecotourism
100
Travelling for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
What is tourism?
100
Attractions such as the Great Barrier Reef or Kakadu National Park.
What are natural attractions?
100
Benefits such as an increase in cultural awareness, learning local customs and traditions.
What are social benefits?
100
Starting fights, or disrespecting a country's traditions or customs.
What is a social disadvantage?
100
Environmentally friendly tourism, where conservation efforts and the preservation of wildlife are supported.
What is ecotourism?
200
Walking to MacDonald's for lunch.
What is NOT tourism?
200
Travelling to visit The Gold Coast or the Daintree Rainforest, flying out of Melbourne Domestic Airport.
What is domestic tourism?
200
A country can increase the number of jobs in the tourist industry (hotel workers, tour guide, taxi drivers).
What is an economic benefit?
200
Tourists consume more than twice the amount of water than local residents.
What is an environmental disadvantage?
200
The conservation of the environment, supporting wildlife, and helping out local people.
What are benefits of ecotourism?
300
Adding jobs to a country's economy, preserving historical sites, and educating people about the environment or local people.
What are the positive impacts of tourism?
300
Going to see attractions such as the Sydney Opera House, the pyramids of Egypt or the Melbourne Arts Centre.
What are cultural attractions?
300
Natural features can be protected with the tourist dollar.
What is an environmental benefit?
300
Tourists on a safari in Kenya distrub the animals so much that the animals sometimes neglect their young.
What is an environmental disadvantage?
300
Going on an ecotour, or staying in an ecolodge. Hiking, birdwatching, and camping are all also eco-friendly.
What are activities you could do on an ecotourist holiday?
400
In the past most of the tourists to Australia have been from European countries, but now this country is taking over that spot.
What is China?
400
Flying out of Melbourne International Airport, to visit Thailand for a holiday.
What is international tourism?
400
The tourist dollar can support local businesses.
What is an economic benefit?
400
A large percentage of the money spent in developing countries goes back into the pockets of overseas companies.
What is an economic disadvantage?
400
Whale watching in a high-powered boat owned by an international tourism company.
What is NOT ecotourism?
500
France, China and the United States all feature on this list.
What is are the top tourist destinations?
500
Seeing attractions such as the F1 races in Melbourne, Sydney Fashion Week, The Grand Finals, or Comic Con in California.
What are event attractions?
500
Tourists can see local performances, music, dances and ceremonies.
What is a social benefit?
500
Many tourists to Uluru ignore the wishes of the traditional owners of the land and climb to the top of this sacred site.
What is a social disadvantage?
500
Turtle spotting in a small non-motorised boat with a local diver and a biologist.
What is an example of ecotourism?
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