Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Geography YEAR 8
- Weather and Climate
- Tourism in the Phil
- Tourists are people who travel to one place to another
- Tourists go to a place for Education, R&R and/or Business
- International tourists are people who travel beyond their respective countries
- Kinds of Tourists
- Inbound Tourists
- Visitors from the same country going to a place within that countries territory
- Jon --> Boracay
- Outbound tourist
- Visitors from outside of the country
- Jon --> Paris
- What is Tourism
- Tourism is the business that supports the tourists
- Advantages of Tourism
- Economy
- Business for locals
- Jobs for locals
- More investments
- increased trade
- increased sale of local merchandise
- Land owners sell land for higher price
- Land value
- Beautification of the hotspot
- Bohol Beach nourishment
- Palawan UNESCO underground river
- Social
- Increased media attention
- News coverage
- Better known
- Better relations with other countries
- Intermarriage
- positive
- negative
- Disadvantages
- Heightened Traffic
- Accidents
- Slow travel time
- Harrasment
- Pollution
- Trash
- improper handling of garbage
- Tourists
- Locals
- Vandalism
- Graffiti
- Ecological damage
- Increased Construction
- Destruction of Coral Reefs
- Less attraction for snorklers
- Destruction of natural habitats
- Less natural parks to see
- Flattening of Mountains
- Less scenic for long road trips
- Dynamite Fishing
- Illegal fishing
- Overfishing
- Over cultivation of fish in Taal volcanoe lake
- Noise
- International Incident
- 2010 Manila Hostage Crisis
- Chinese tourists boycott Malaysia Airlines as result of MH370
- Vietnamese tourism falls by 45% because of Chinese boycott
- CHINA
- Communist
- One child policy
- Trip to Taal
- Human Rights
- Exams
- In the end of year exam you will be given THREE questions of which you will answer TWO. There will be a question on:
1. Weather and Climate 2. Tourism in the Philippines 3. Human Rights For each answer you will receive a level - see the
mark scheme to the right. You will then be given an average of the two levels as your overall level. The exam is 1hr long -
you should take 30minutes to answer each of the two questions you have chosen. The emphasis is on SKILL but you will
need KNOWLEDGE in order to demonstrate your skills.
- MAIN FOCUS:
- TOURISM IN THE PHILIPPINES
- HUMAN RIGHTS