Travel and Tourism
with Mr. David Spencer

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Unit # 2

Topic: The Significance of the Travel and Tourism Industry


Answer the following questions in sentence form in your Geography notebook. Be sure to include portions of the question in your answer. If you have any questions about this unit please phone or contact Mr. Spencer via
e-mail.

Hand in Unit #1 and see David to sign out the Textbook "Canada Travels: Issues and Destinations" by Graham Draper, Wayne Andrew, Lew French, Ethel Johnston and Todd Pottle, Irwin Publishing, Toronto, 2002, ISBN: 0-7725-2908-6

Part A: Video Notetaking
Visit this web page http://education.davidspencer.ca/geography/travel/significance and click on the following links.

a) Watch the video and make jot notes about "Tourism Enriches: A Global Awareness Campaign for Tourism" Communication __/5 marks

b) Watch the video and make jot notes about "The Power of Tourism in Florida" Communication __/10 marks

 

Part B: Textbook and Web Assignment
Refer to your textbook and the web links below and answer the following questions. Each of your answers should be in sentence form and include a portion of the question. Copy down the headings for each section.

Economics of the Travel and Tourism Industry

Ontario Tourism
"In 2003 a study of "The Economic Impact in Province of Ontario from Tourism Receipts" revealed that

$22.1 billion in tourism receipts
3.3% or 299,091 jobs in Ontario came from tourism
$10,831,930,000 in wages and salaries were distributed to workers in tourism in Ontario
$ 8,344,824,000 in federal, provincial and municipal taxes were received from tourism spending in Ontario
5160 establishments in Ontario provided accommodations for tourists in Ontario

In 2003, over 6.7 million American tourists (43 % of all Ameri-can tourists coming to Canada), as well as 1,350,000 tourists from abroad (31 % of the total) chose Ontario as their Canadian destination.

source: Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, 2005

Sources of Ontario's Tourism Receipts:

Ontario 61.6%
U.S. 20.5%
Overseas 11.0%
Canadian Provinces 7.0 %

source: Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, 2005

Canadian and International Travel Surveys 

World Tourism
"Tourism is firmly established as the number one industry in many countries and the fastest-growing economic sector in terms of foreign exchange earnings and job creation. International tourism is the world's largest export earner and an important factor in the balance of payments of most nations. Tourism has become one of the world's most important sources of employment. It stimulates enormous investment in infrastructure, most of which also helps to improve the living conditions of local people. It provides governments with substantial tax revenues. Most new tourism jobs and business are created in developing countries, helping to equalize economic opportunities and keep rural residents from moving to overcrowded cities. Intercultural awareness and personal friendships fostered through tourism are a powerful force for improving international understanding and contributing to peace among all the nations of the world. -
World Tourism Organization

Total Tourism Receipts ($B) US$ 4,854 As a percent of world GDP 9.0%

Tourism Employment 79,131, 000 jobs As a percent of world employment 2.8%
- source:
Ontario Ministry of Tourism

"By some estimates, tourism is now the world's largest industry. In 2000, it generated an estimated $3.6 trillion in economic activity and accounted for one in every 12 jobs worldwide. " - 2002 World Tourism Organization

Our forecasts predict 1.6 billion international tourists by the year 2020, spending more than US $2 trillion annually- or US $5 billion every day" - Francesco Frangialli, Secretary-General, World Tourism Organization

By mid 2006, 11.1 % of all jobs will be related to tourism.

The travel and tourism industry generates 5.5 million new jobs annually.

World's Top International Tourism Destinations and Spenders

Destinations

Earners

Spenders

Arrivals (Millions)5P

International Receipts ($B)6P

International Expenditure ($B)6P

France (1)

75.1

USA (1)

US$74.5

Germany (1)

US$71.0

Spain (2)

53.6

Spain (2)

US$45.2

USA (2)

US$65.6

USA (3)

46.1

France (3)

US$4.8

UK (3)

US$55.9

Canada (11)

19.2

Canada (12)

US$12.8

Canada (8)

US$16.0

Ontario (N/A)

  9.2

Ontario (N/A)

  US$3.5

Ontario (N/A)

  US$6.5

Source: Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Recreation, 2005

Questions

Read pages 232-240 and answer the following questions:
1. (page 232) Refer to and quote some of the statistics above and the textbook. Write two (2) sentences to describe the significance of tourism in Ontario and the world for each of the following:
a) economic impact (financial importance, size of the tourism industry)
b) employment impact (How many people are employed in tourism?)
c) social and cultural impact
d) most popular tourist destinations

2. (page 232) List the six (6) characteristics of the travel and tourism industry.

3. (page 233)
a) Copy and label the chart Fig 9.6 "The Components of the Tourist Industry"
b) Put a star * beside two areas that would interest you for your future career.

4. (page 233)
a) Provide some examples of direct payments that occurred with your money during a trip you took.
b) List the companies that benefit indirectly from tourist dollars according to the handout package.

5. (page 234) List the international travel and tourism components governments and businesses try to measure.

6. (page 234) With headquarters in Madrid, Spain, and a membership comprised of 145 countries, what is the WTO?

7. (page 234) What is the WTTC?

8. Describe the technology used to gather this information for these groups.

9. (page 234) How did terrorism, affect the travel and tourism industry? Provide three (3) proofs.

 

Tourists

10. (page 235) Provide a complete definition of a tourist.

11. (page 235) Why are migrants not called tourists?

12. (page 235) Copy and label Fig. 9.8 "Classification of Travellers".

Tourism is and Elite Activity

13. (page 236) "Spending on tourism is just a dream for some." Explain.

14. Two thirds of the world's tourist dollars are spent by _____________, ____________ and ___________ .

 

New Trends in Tourism

15. (page 237) Describe the reasons for changing tourism trends in Asia and Eastern Europe.

 

Who Wants to Be a Tourist?

16. (page 237) List the two (2)factors that seem to shape people's interest in tourism.

 

Characteristics of Tourists

17. (page 238-239) Create and organizer chart with the following components:

Traveller Group

Percentage
Description

Planned Travellers

 

 

Independent Travellers

 

 

Reluctant Travellers

 

 

Travel Preferences

18. (page 240) List the three (3) factors that may influence people's travel preferences. Provide examples for each.

Why Do People Travel? and Travel Variables

19. (page 6) Summarize the four (4) travel motivators.

20. (page 7-8) Summarize the six (6) important travel variables.

21. Refer to (page 8) and from your own knowledge
  a) Describe a group of people in our society who are not able to enjoy travel and tourism because of physical limitations.
  b) Suggest two ways to help these groups participate.

22. (page 8) Copy down and label the mind map Fig. 1.6 " Barriers to Travel".

Regions as Geographic Tools

23. (page 35) The five (5) maps on this page show characteristics of an area in a large city called "Little India."
List the descriptions shown as a caption for each map.

24. (page 36) List the five (5) characteristics of a region. (see the margin)

25. (page 36) In relation to regions, define the term homogeneous and transition zone. Refer to the Glossary on pages 344-347.

26. (page 37) Define the geographic concepts that can be used to help analyze or describe a region.

a) Patterns
b) Movements
c) Interactions

27. (page 38) Why do people identify a region? Explain.

28. (page 38-39) Define each of the following and provide examples.

a) single-factor regions
b) multifactor regions
c) functional regions

29. (page 39) Copy down Fig 2.11 and title it "Identifying Regions".

30. (page 40) Examine Fig 2.12 Which region would you like to visit some day? Why? Provide three reasons.

 

Glossary Part One

31. (page 344,345) Neatly write in your geography notebook
a) Define each term.
b) Use each term in a sentence that proves you understand the meaning of the term.

a) adventure travel

b) biodiversity

c) capital costs

d) commodification

e) direct tourist spending

f) discretionary money

g) gastrointestinal infections

h) heritage conservancy

i) indirect tourist spending

j) infrastructure

 

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