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Tourism Test 3 (CH.12-14)Triple Bottom Line - ANSPeople, planet, profit
Which president is credited for the US National Park service in 1916 - ANSWoodrow Wilson
(Defining Carrying Capacity)
Physical Capacity - ANSThe limit on the number of users that can be accommodated in a region
(Defining Carrying Capacity)
Environmental Capacity - ANSThe limit on the number of users that can be accommodated
before visitors perceive a decline in desirability
(Defining Carrying Capacity)
Ecological Capacity - ANSMaximum level of users that an area can accommodate before
ecological damage is incurred
(Defining Carrying Capacity)
Social Capacity - ANS•The amount of people that a society and its land area can bear without
substantial damage to its culture
Great Wall of China - ANS•Determining carrying capacities (Great Wall of China)
-Number of visitors
-Amount of use by average visitor
-Quality of resource management and facility development/design
-Number of area residents and their quality-of-life needs
-Number of other users; e.g., industrial users, agricultural users
•Carrying capacity changes when any one or more of above variables changes
Infrastructure - ANS•roads, ports and airports, utilities
Superstructure - ANSthose facilities directly associated with serving visitors' needs; e.g.,
welcome centers, hotels, restaurants
UNESCO - ANSUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
•is attempting to preserve many of the world's historic cities and natural and cultural properties
for future generations
World Heritage Site - ANSa natural or man-made site, area, or structure recognized as being of
outstanding international importance and therefore as deserving special protection. Sites are
nominated to and designated by the World Heritage Convention (an organization of UNESCO).
, Ecotourism - ANSTo preserve the environment and still gain the economic benefits of tourism
•Form/philosophy of tourism that emphasizes need to develop tourism that minimizes
environmental impacts and maximizes economic and cultural benefits
Trinketization
Three forms of culture - ANSThe corrupting of local arts and crafts to produce volumes of
souvenirs for tourists. Leakage if it is made in china. it only benefits them if it is made locally.
Material Goods: Distinctive arts and crafts (a lai from hawaii)
Daily life activities: Food, language, way of living (Gumbo)
Special expressions of culture: History, architecture, special traditions (Mardi gras)
Unintended negative effects of tourism on society and culture - ANS-Overcrowding problems
-Clash of unfamiliar behaviors
-Resentment of residents from need to share resources and facilities with visitors
-Impact on authenticity of local cultures
-Tourists choose to purchase souvenirs that are mass produced outside of the region
The Demonstration Effect - ANS-Observation of a behavior
-Analysis of the behavior
-Comparison of the current behavior with the observed behavior
-Evaluation to determine if the behavior can be copied
-A decision to copy the behavior in some form
•Perception of all tourists as wealthy
•Envy of tourists' material goods
•Especially likely to create desires in youth of the culture
•Disproportionate wages from tourism as compared to traditional occupations
1. observe
2. analyze
3. comparison
4. evaluate
5. decision
Expatriates - ANSpeople living or working in a foreign country
•Foreign ownership gives rise to class system, where expatriates fill all high-skilled tourism jobs
and locals all low-level, more menial jobs (a modern form of colonialism)
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