Tourism is an important and growing global industry. List all of the places you have visited as a tourist and note the type of holiday you had while there.

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TOURISM - AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL PHENOMENON

Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening ‎diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. ‎Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number ‎of new destinations. These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-‎economic progress.‎

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Today, the business volume of tourism equals or even surpasses that of oil exports, ‎food products or automobiles. Tourism has become one of the major players in ‎international commerce, and represents at the same time one of the main income ‎sources for many developing countries. This growth goes hand in hand with an ‎increasing diversification and competition among destinations.‎

This global spread of tourism in industrialised and developed states has produced ‎economic and employment benefits in many related sectors - from construction to ‎agriculture or telecommunications.‎

The contribution of tourism to economic well-being depends on the quality and the ‎revenues of the tourism offer. UNWTO assists destinations in their sustainable ‎positioning in ever more complex national and international markets. As the UN agency ‎dedicated to tourism, UNWTO points out that particularly developing countries stand to ‎benefit from sustainable tourism and acts to help make this a reality. (Source)

  1. Read and summarise the text above

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TASK

  1. Create a world map showing the places in the world you have visited as a tourist with a brief description of the type of holiday you had there.

  2. Access the resources above and add these facts to your world map.

  3. Research the history of tourism and create a timeline showing the main events which contributed to the growth of international tourism

  4. For a country of your choice, create a poster describing its national tourism industry.

It should include:

  • An overview of the data concerning tourism for your country.

  • A selection of images introducing the main tourism destinations.

  • Examples of positive and negative impacts of tourism in your country.