This document provides sample exam questions and model answers related to tourism. It includes questions about why tourism has become a global industry, how tourism can impact local environments, how international travel impacts the global environment, how tourism can help raise standards of living, how management can reduce conflicts in tourist areas, how tourism can help reduce development gaps, how tourism can be made sustainable, and an example of ecotourism in Bolivia. Model answers provide 3 or more points for each question and include relevant keywords and case studies.

1. Tourism Model Answers Exam Practice
Explain why more people are going on holiday?
Explain why tourism has become a global industry?
4/ 6 marks
Key words: Short haul/long haul/package
holiday/mass tourism
Explainthree points:
Advertising->‘whathappensinvegasstaysinvegas’
Disposable incomes ->minimumwage hasincreasedto
£6. 70 per hour-> UK
Improvedtransportfacilities ->planesare larger->
economyof scale -> cheapertickets
Explain how the growth of tourism can create local
environmental problems. Use examples you have
studied.
8 marks
Key words: pollution/watertable
Explainthree points:
Trafficcongestion ->reducesairquality ->Lake District
Water shortages ->drought-> Las Vegas
Animal Migrationpatternsdisturbed ->safaris->Kenya
Deforestation ->hotelsbuilt->habitatsdestroyed ->
landslides/riskof flooding
Water pollution ->humanwaste ->healthrisks
Suggest two ways in which international travel has an
impact on the global environment.
4 marks
Key words: greenhouse gases
Explaintwo points:
International airtravel ->greenhousegases ->global
warming
->extreme climateeventse.gtropical storms
-> riskof floodinge.gBangladesh
Explain how tourism can help to raise standards of
living and income.
6 marks
Key words: qualityof life/multiplier
effect/developmentindicators
Case Study: Mombasa, Kenya
Explain3 points:
Jobs-> income -> qualityof life->improve housing
Jobs->taxes-> improvededucation/healthcare
Jobs->spendmoneyinlocal community ->create more
jobsfor local people
Explain how management and planning can reduce
conflict in a tourist honeypot
6 marks/8 marks
Key words: honeypot site/national parks
Case study: Lake District national park authority
Explain3 points:
Residential parking->reduce conflictbetweenlocals
and tourists
Footpaths andstyles ->stop tramplingonpathsand
leavinggatesopen ->reduce conflictbetweenfarmers
and tourists
10 mph speedlimit ->reducingwaking->erosionof the
lake banks -> reducingconflictbetweenlocalsand
tourists
Suggesthow tourism helpsto reduce the development
gap between rich and poor countries.
6/8marks
Key words: developmentindicators – e.gHDI, GDP,
literacy rate
Case Study: Kenya
Explain3 points:
Jobs->betterqualityof life ->improve housing
Jobs->taxes->infrastructure ->multipliereffect
New businesses ->createsmore jobs
Betterinfrastructure ->increasestrade andforeign
investment
Taxes-> bettereducation ->more jobopportunities
Taxes-> betterhealthcare->more people working
Describe two ways in which tourism can be made
sustainable.
4 marks
Key words: Corporate responsibility
Describe 2 points:
Growingfoodlocally ->reducingairmiles ->reducing
global warming
Usingcompaniesthe minimisewaste,energy
consumptionandwateruse -> Virginholidays ->e.g
recyclingorusingnon-renewableenergy
Using an example you have studied, explain how
ecotourism is good for people and the environment
6 marks/8 marks
Key words: sustainable/indigenous/ecotourism
CASE STUDY: Chalalan, Bolivia
Local indigenousgrouprunslodge ->providesjobsfor
local people ->improvesqualityof life
Local people doguidedwalks ->educatestouristsabout
theirimpacton the environment
Small numberof touristsallowed ->reducesdemand
for energy,waterconsumptionandwaste produced

2. Tourism Model Answers Exam Practice