JACARANDA ESSENTIALS GEOGRAPHY 2
9.5 AUSTRALIA’S DOMESTIC TOURISM
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ACTIVITIES
Understand
1. What factors might impact on Australia’s domestic tourism from year to year?
2. Use an atlas and a blank map of Australia to locate and label the top 10 overnight destinations and the top 10 regions visited. Describe the pattern shown on the map.
3. Draw a graph to show the main activities undertaken by domestic tourists.
4. Use an atlas to locate Phillip Island. How far is it from Melbourne?
5. Describe some of Phillip Island’s attractions to visitors.
6. Describe the change in tourist numbers to Phillip Island from 1999–2006.
Use ICT
7. Imagine you are employed by Tourism Victoria to improve the state’s domestic tourism numbers. Work in small groups to develop some marketing ideas that might attract visitors to Victoria. Access internet sites for ideas and present your work in a multimedia format.
Design and create
8. Work in pairs. Imagine you work in advertising and have been commissioned to boost visitor numbers to Phillip Island. Using the information given plus further research, develop three television advertisements to attract more tourists. Present your planned ads to the class.
Worksheets
9.4 Dolphin facts
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