Download the Tourism Module
This module contains:
- An editable PowerPoint lesson presentation
- Editable revision handouts
- A glossary that covers the key terminologies of the module
- Topic mindmaps for visualising the key concepts
- Printable flashcards to help students engage active recall
- A quiz with an answer key to test knowledge and understanding of the module
Tourism
Tourism is the act of travelling to and spending time away from one’s place of residence. It may be done for various purposes such as business, pleasure, recreation, and relaxation. The people that engage in tourism are called visitors, and tourism is the sum of their activities whilst travelling.
Tourism may be domestic (within the traveller’s country of residence) or international.
This A-Level Tourism module will enable students to:
- Define what tourism is
- Identify the different kinds of tourism
- Describe the relationship between tourism and globalisation
- Describe International Tourism
- Understand the growth of tourism in relation to the physical and human landscape
- Know the benefits and disadvantages of tourism
- Understand tourism’s impacts on some cultures and sustainability
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More Human Geography Modules
Tourism is one lesson in our Human Geography module. The other theory lessons can be found below: