1 / 23

Tourism

Tourism. Geography of Canada www.CraigMarlatt.com/school. Tourism. Tourism in Canada Tourist Movement Patterns World Heritage Sites. Canadian Tourist Destinations. Can you identify this tourist destination?. Canadian Tourist Destinations. Can you identify this tourist destination?.

sonja
Download Presentation

Tourism

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Tourism Geography of Canada www.CraigMarlatt.com/school

  2. Tourism • Tourism in Canada • Tourist Movement Patterns • World Heritage Sites

  3. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  4. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  5. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  6. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  7. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  8. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  9. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  10. Canadian Tourist Destinations • Can you identify this tourist destination?

  11. Tourism Economy in Canada • Tourism spending in Canada reached $82.1 billion in 2003, a 2.0% decline compared to 2002. • Canadian residents accounted for 70% of the money spent on tourism in Canada, while foreigners accounted for the remaining 30% • Tourism accounted for 2% of Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) • Foreigners made 17 million overnight trips to Canada in 2003, a 13% drop over 2002. • Americans accounted for 14 million of those trips

  12. Tourism Economy in Canada • Why is there a decline in visitors to Canada in 2003?

  13. Who is Coming to Canada? • Germany • Dominican Republic • Cuba • France • United Kingdom • Mexico • United States of America • Australia • Austria • China • Japan • Switzerland • Spain • Netherlands • Italy

  14. Where are Canadians Going? • What do you think are the top ten most visited tourist destinations in Canada? • Make a list and explain why it is a “tourist destination”. • Rank your destinations according to popularity.

  15. Where are Canadians Going? • Niagara Falls • Parliament Hill • CN Tower • Banff National Park • Ville du Quebec • West Edmonton Mall

  16. World Heritage Sites • The World Heritage List includes 812 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. • These include 628 cultural, 160 natural, and 24 mixed properties in 137 States Parties.

  17. World Heritage Sites

  18. World Heritage Sites

  19. World Heritage Sites in Canada

  20. World Heritage Sites in Canada

  21. World Heritage Sites in Canada

  22. World Heritage Sites in Canada • Cultural • Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (1981) • Historic District of Québec (1985) • L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (1978) • Old Town Lunenburg (1995) • SGaang Gwaii (Anthony Island) (1981)

  23. World Heritage Sites in Canada • Natural • Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (1984) • Dinosaur Provincial Park (1979) • Gros Morne National Park (1987) • Kluane / Wrangell-St Elias / Glacier Bay / Tatshenshini-Alsek (1979) • Miguasha National Park (1999) • Nahanni National Park (1978) • Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (1995) • Wood Buffalo National Park (1983)

More Related