IGCSE Travel and Tourism Unit 2 Exam Questions With Revised Answers
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IGCSE Travel and Tourism Unit 2 Exam
Questions With Revised Answers
What is a destination? - answerThe place where a journey finally ends.
A physical space in which visitors spend at least one night and is made up of tourism products
such as support services and attractions.
What are the featu...
IGCSE Travel and Tourism Unit 2 Exam
Questions With Revised Answers
What is a destination? - answer✔✔The place where a journey finally ends.
A physical space in which visitors spend at least one night and is made up of tourism products
such as support services and attractions.
What are the features of a destination? - answer✔✔1. A character of their own
2. Accessible location
3. Will have a TIC
4. Will have accommodation and catering
5. Will have a range of attractions
6. Will have shopping facilities for the visitor
7. will have enough parking space
What is the product life cycle of a destination? - answer✔✔A cycle of evolution that each
destination will go through
Stage 1 - Exploration stage - answer✔✔Very small tourist numbers and few, if any, tourist
facilities
Stage 2 - Involvement stage - answer✔✔Small numbers of tourists, mainly independent
travellers, with some local facilities being developed
Stage 3 - Development stage - answer✔✔Visitor numbers rising rapidly with an increase in both
foreign and locally owned facilities and the expansion and upgrading of the local infrastructure
Stage 4 - Consolidation stage - answer✔✔Further increases in the number of tourists, with mass
tourism being the largest component. The addition of facilities reaches a peak as carrying
capacity limit is approached
Stage 5 - Stagnation stage - answer✔✔Tourist numbers reach peak and facilities show signs of
age
Stage 6 - Rejuvenation stage - answer✔✔Tourist numbers rise again due to new innovations and
rebranding of the destination's image
Stage 6 -Decline stage - answer✔✔Mass tourism keeps coming to the destination and the
destination will lose market share and become a very cheap, often party, destination
Reasons why a destination that used to be popular can now decline - answer✔✔1. The carrying
capacity was exceeded
2. the Enviro has been damaged
3. the destination is not longer in fashion
4. Surrounding businesses have closed down
What is a hub airport? - answer✔✔Airline hubs or hub airports are used by one or more airlines
to concentrate passenger traffic and flight operations at a given airport. They serve as transfer (or
stop-over) points to get passengers to their final destination.
How are time zones divided? - answer✔✔The world is divided into 24 time zones each spaced
15 degrees of longitude apart
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) - answer✔✔The time zone that runs through Greenwich at 0
longitude
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) - answer✔✔The time zone at 0 longitude
Daylight Saving Time (DST) - answer✔✔This is when countries change the clock during certain
months of the year. In Western Europe there is GMT during the winter months but the clock is
set forward 1 hour during the summer months (GMT + 1)
International Date Line (IDL) - answer✔✔An imaginary line on the surface of the Earth opposite
the Prime Meridian or Greenwich Meridian where the date changes as one travels east or west
across it. Roughly around 180 ̊ it mostly corresponds to the time zone boundary separating -12
and +12 hours GMT
Equator - answer✔✔An imaginary line drawn around the middle of the Earth an equal distance
from the North Pole and the South Pole
Tropic of Capricorn - answer✔✔The southern tropic (23.5⁰ S)
Tropic of Cancer - answer✔✔The northern tropic (23.5⁰ N)
Latitude - answer✔✔The position north or south of the equator measured from 0° to 90°
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