Year 9 Unit 5: Tourism -
Tick each bullet point when you can explain or do them
At the end of the unit you will understand many of the following:
  • What tourism is, and why it’s important
  • What a place needs, to develop a tourism industry
  • What people need, to become tourists
  • That tourism changes over time, and shows
  • Trends and patterns, which you can discover from data
  • That tourism can change a place, for better or worse
  • That LEDCs can be exploited by mass tourism
  • What sustainable tourism is
  • How sustainable tourism can help people in LEDCs escape from poverty
  • That tourism can be good – and bad
At the end of the unit you should be able to -
  • Define tourism; explain that it brings in money to a country or place;
  • Explain that it provides employment, with examples
  • Say that tourism needs tourist attractions, and accommodation, catering, and transport for tourists
  • Explain that people need time, money and inclination, to become tourists
  • Draw, and analyse, graphs for tourism data; give an
  • Give an overview of tourism in the UK, with examples of trends/patterns, and explanations for them
  • Describe how the package tour changed Benidorm
  • Explain why Gambia gets only a small share of the money tourists pay to take holidays there; explain that tourism can be seen as ‘bad’ by local people, and give examples and reasons
  • Define sustainable tourism and give an example
  • Describe how sustainable tourism is helping the Masai
  • Give good and bad points about tourism
Key words to learn:

Tourist, tourism, tourist attraction, accommodation, catering, transport; trend, domestic holiday, foreign holiday, UK resident; resort, domestic holidays, tourist nights, seasonal employment; package holiday, aquifer; sustainable, reserve, Masai. Ecotourism, sustainable tourism.

/ Year 9 Unit 5: Tourism -
Tick each bullet point when you can explain or do them
At the end of the unit you will understand many of the following:
  • What tourism is, and why it’s important
  • What a place needs, to develop a tourism industry
  • What people need, to become tourists
  • That tourism changes over time, and shows
  • Trends and patterns, which you can discover from data
  • That tourism can change a place, for better or worse
  • That LEDCs can be exploited by mass tourism
  • What sustainable tourism is
  • How sustainable tourism can help people in LEDCs escape from poverty
  • That tourism can be good – and bad
At the end of the unit you should be able to -
  • Define tourism; explain that it brings in money to a country or place;
  • Explain that it provides employment, with examples
  • Say that tourism needs tourist attractions, and accommodation, catering, and transport for tourists
  • Explain that people need time, money and inclination, to become tourists
  • Draw, and analyse, graphs for tourism data; give an
  • Give an overview of tourism in the UK, with examples of trends/patterns, and explanations for them
  • Describe how the package tour changed Benidorm
  • Explain why Gambia gets only a small share of the money tourists pay to take holidays there; explain that tourism can be seen as ‘bad’ by local people, and give examples and reasons
  • Define sustainable tourism and give an example
  • Describe how sustainable tourism is helping the Masai
  • Give good and bad points about tourism
Key words to learn:

Tourist, tourism, tourist attraction, accommodation, catering, transport; trend, domestic holiday, foreign holiday, UK resident; resort, domestic holidays, tourist nights, seasonal employment; package holiday, aquifer; sustainable, reserve, Masai. Ecotourism, sustainable tourism.

/ Year 9 Unit 5: Tourism -
Tick each bullet point when you can explain or do them
At the end of the unit you will understand many of the following:
  • What tourism is, and why it’s important
  • What a place needs, to develop a tourism industry
  • What people need, to become tourists
  • That tourism changes over time, and shows
  • Trends and patterns, which you can discover from data
  • That tourism can change a place, for better or worse
  • That LEDCs can be exploited by mass tourism
  • What sustainable tourism is
  • How sustainable tourism can help people in LEDCs escape from poverty
  • That tourism can be good – and bad
At the end of the unit you should be able to -
  • Define tourism; explain that it brings in money to a country or place;
  • Explain that it provides employment, with examples
  • Say that tourism needs tourist attractions, and accommodation, catering, and transport for tourists
  • Explain that people need time, money and inclination, to become tourists
  • Draw, and analyse, graphs for tourism data; give an
  • Give an overview of tourism in the UK, with examples of trends/patterns, and explanations for them
  • Describe how the package tour changed Benidorm
  • Explain why Gambia gets only a small share of the money tourists pay to take holidays there; explain that tourism can be seen as ‘bad’ by local people, and give examples and reasons
  • Define sustainable tourism and give an example
  • Describe how sustainable tourism is helping the Masai
  • Give good and bad points about tourism
Key words to learn:

Tourist, tourism, tourist attraction, accommodation, catering, transport; trend, domestic holiday, foreign holiday, UK resident; resort, domestic holidays, tourist nights, seasonal employment; package holiday, aquifer; sustainable, reserve, Masai. Ecotourism, sustainable tourism.