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Explore grade boundaries, map reading, and distance questions along with tips for answering challenging exam questions related to tourism. Understand economic benefits, management of tourism problems, and impacts on the natural environment.
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Grade boundaries • 82% - * • 72 – A • 62 – B • 52 – C • 42 – D
Analysis question by question • Map reading and distance on maps • Map reading 6 fig no problem • Come up with 3 more 6 fig questions • Distance – bad! • Tip – piece of string in exam • Come up with 2 more distance questions
Reading the question • 2aiii “Using map evidence, describe why tourists might want to visit the area shown on the map extract” (4) • Read the question
…why touristsmight want to visit the area… • Which ones of these statements answer the question? • Easily accessible by A477 • Extensive beaches for relaxing, playing, good for families • Cliffs, caves and coves for exploring and hiking • Car parks • Picnic areas • Dune systems and nature reserve for observing birds and other wildlife • Museums attracting visitors interested in culture, or if it is wet • Locate on the map
The multiplier effect • 2bii “Explain how tourism can benefit the economy of places such as Pembroke (4) • Linked statements – remember these? • It is not enough to say • Tourism creates the multiplier effect (full stop) • Tourism provides money for the local economy (full stop)
Linked statements • Link these statements together to form three benefits to the local economy • Tourists stay in local hotels • Tourists provide passengers for local transport services • Tourists appreciate the pristine nature of the local environment • Hotels therefore need to employ cleaners, waitresses and cooks which generates income for these people • Local people are employed to maintain the environment, working for organisations such as the National Trust or National Parks Authority • Accessibility for locals is therefore easier – they can network, do business deals, and access shops more easily • Food is brought in from the local area, so local farms and other producers benefit • Wildlife is preserved and flourishes • Locals spend their income in the local area – other businesses benefit • WRITE DOWN ANOTHER LINKED STATEMENT OF YOUR OWN
Economic benefits of tourism • 1 • 2 • 3
Reading the question • 2ci “… Name a place you have studied where tourism creates problems. Explain how the problems are being managed” • Use of appropriate example – specific and localised • NOT “The Lake District” (too big) • Focus on the management, not the problem • 4 or less? Rewrite your answer using the markscheme to help
Evaluation • 2cii How effective has a management scheme been? • Your educated, reasonable opinion of this is what is needed. • Again – evaluate your chosen scheme
Quality of life • 2dii Which of the countries shown in Fig 9 appears to have the poorest quality of life? • 2 marks – list the features from the table • 4 marks – give reasons why
Quality of life: reasons why • Low GNI – • Life expectancy – • Adult literacy –
Quality of life • Make links between indicators
Increasing tourism in Brazil • 2eiii A range of reasons – but make these statements linked • Internet – • Larger planes – • Better local infrastructure –
Environmental impacts • 2f Explain some of the possible impacts on the natural environment of a large scale tourist development • Linked statements, no help • 4 for 8 marks
Environmental impacts • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4
Self-evaluation • Use your tracker sheet to evaluate your own performance • Be honest!