Tourism

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Marine and Aquaculture Technology 7-10

Leisure - Module 38 Tourism

Marine-based tourism
Students:

• explore the personal, historical, and cultural significance of tourism in marine environments
• identify and compare the features of popular marine tourist destinations
• identify and describe local marine tourist facilities, for example:

– Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander enterprises
– whale watching

• describe ecotourism and its importance in the maintenance of marine area integrity

Impacts of marine tourism
Students:

• identify the impacts of tourism, including environmental, social and economic effects
• describe the economic benefits of increased tourism in marine areas
• investigate marketing methods used to promote tourist destinations
• determine the value of tourism to the local economy
• investigate marine tourism as a diverse employment field
  
• discuss why zoning is necessary in popular tourist areas

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IB Geography

Leisure, Tourism and Sport

1. Changing leisure patterns
2. Tourism and sport at the local and national scale
3. Tourism and sport at the international scale
4. Managing tourism and sport for the future