2. Why is tourism so important?
• Have a go with your neighbour to answer
the question.
• Tourism is now the worlds biggest industry
• It employs 10% of the world’s workforce
• Accounts for over 80% of all money earnt
in the Caribbean.
• Watch this video and write down what
some of the benefits are of tourism in the
UK.
LO: Introduction to Tourism
3. Causes of Growth in tourism
• Use the pictures below to highlight some of
the main reasons why you think tourism has
grown recently.
4. Causes of Growth in tourism
• More and more people are going on holiday due to lots
of different reasons such as;
– More bank ______. There are now 8 Bank holidays in
________ but in 1834 there were only 4.
Holidays England Holidays France
– Faster transport. New technology like the Euro Star means
that it takes less time to travel to places abroad.
Internet Star Transport Star
– People are living longer. This means that they have more
disposable income to spend and want to spend on holidays.
Living save Living spend
– New ________. Advances in ______travel and the internet
means that more people can ______on holiday.
Trains, boat, work Rockets, car, work
Technology, Airplane Travel
5. Growth of tourism
• Use the data below to draw a line graph
to show the total growth of tourism
over time.
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
75M 180M 300M 420M 690M 1000M
6. Effects of Tourism
• What do you think?
• Remember effects can be both good and bad.
• Watch this video clip and make any notes on
the effects you see in Spain. Make notes in
your exercise book.
• If you have time, watch this video too.
Positive Negative
7. Opinion time!
• Now you have seen the positive and
negative impacts. Do you think that
tourism is a good thing or not?
• Yes No
9. This graph shows holidays taken by UK
residents from 1970-2000
LO: Introduction to Tourism
1. Describe the
trends shown in
the graph.
2. Explain the trends
in the graph.
Watch this traditional
seaside holiday
video
