Recreation and Tourism

Recreation and Tourism A2 Geography RECREATION AND TOURISM PART I Resources Geography A2 Pallister and Bowen Chapter 7 Pages 265 – RESOURCES BASE Read pages 266 to 268 What is the basic definition of?

Leisure Free time from work, can be enjoyed at home and includes watching TV or surfing the net Recreation Activities and pastime that people indulge outside of the home and garden. Most popular in UK are walking, swimming, snooker/pool keep fit, cycling and football. None participant include going to pub or cinema, shopping for non-essential items, eating out.

Tourism Activities that require travel from home and staying away from the home for at least one night. Also includes business trips and visiting friends.

Increase in tourist arrivals (millions) and tourist receipts (billions) by region (1988 – 1997) Region Africa Americas East Asia/Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia World

Arrivals (millions) 10.8 36.2 42.2 120.3 6.4 1.8 217.7

Receipts (billions) 4.0 69.2 52.7 106.6 4.7 2.3 239.5

Exercise Using the data in the table above, plot the increase in arrivals and receipts as dual bars on a base map of the world.

Describe and explain the spread of data using the map.

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Investigation For one town or city in the region where you live, Research types of recreation and tourist attraction and facilities.

Show their location either on a sketch map or on a spatial diagram similar to one used in figure 7.7 Give an explanation of the main features of the spatial distribution you have shown.

Primary and Secondary Resources Read Pages 268 to 276 Define with examples the terms Primary Resources

Secondary Resources.

QUESTIONS 1. Outline the climatic data which supports each of the following statements:2. Many Britons seek a beach holiday in summer prefer Mediterranean resorts to coastal resorts in the UK. 3. Winter is the high season in the Canary Islands but the low season in Majorca.

4. What is a “theme park”?

Justify and explain Orlando’s label as the ‘theme park capital of the USA and the world.

5. For the UK, research and complete the sketch map showing the distribution and characteristics of “ Theme Parks”

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Definition:-

Characteristics? Geographical Location.

Blackpool Pleasure Land

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6. Describe the primary resources for tourism in South America using the following headings • Scenic • Ecological • And historical.

Complete the sketch map showing where the three types of primary resources are most concentrated.

Recreation and Tourism A2 Geography Tourism & Carrying Capacities Tourists put resources, both primary and secondary under pressure.

They can only support a given number of tourists – this in known as the carrying capacity.

There are three types of carrying capacity we need to consider: • • •

Perceptual Physical/Ecological Economic

Use the spaces below to record some thoughts and comments for each type of carrying capacity: Perceptual Exceeded when we have to wait. (Anger annoyance) How we view something Our opinion of reality.

People waiting queuing for service eg Pub, food waitress.

This is the most frequently exceeded

Physical/ecological Habitat loss.

Extinction, volume of people/traffic etc.

It may be exceeded when there are 150 people in a pub that can only hold 100.

Evidence of this being exceededfootpath erosion, Congestion and grid lock Economic Staffing (resources) Carrying capacity which is able to support activity in a financial way Extra staff- Bank holidays/weekends Extra food- Bank holidays/weekends