Secondary 1 - Geography Unit  

Tourism  Student Notes Booklet  

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Unit Plan for Tourism  
 
Class 1: Introduction to Tourism 
- Vocabulary & Definitions 
- Categories of Tourism 
- Quebec Tourist Regions 
- Eastern Townships Tourism Sectors  
- Introduction to the Final Project  
 
Class 2: Notes  
- Guided Notes  
- Project Work time 
- Project Topics due 
 
Class 3: Ethics of Tourism 
- Notes  
- Project Work Time 
 
Class 4: Issues in Tourism 
- Notes 
- Video Watching & Questions - Ethics of Travelling  
- Project Work Time 
 
Class 5: Work Class for Project 
- Bring a draft of your poster to class!  
 
Class 6: Presentations  
- Winner(s) will be crowned! 
 

   
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Vocabulary & Definitions  
 
Tourism:

Use the following terms to complete the sentences below.  

Globalisation - Acculturation - Mass Tourism

Tourist Flow - Tourist Destination

1. _____________________________ refers to the movement of tourists from

one place to another.

2. When an area has one or several attractions that draw millions of visitors every

year, we refer to that place as a ______________________________________.

3. The partial or total assimilation of one culture that comes in contact with

another is called _______________________________________________.

4. _______________________________________ is accessible to a large number

of people which leads to many people going to some tourist sites.

5. ___________________________________ is the spread of commercial

activities and communication throughout the world, regardless of borders.

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Categories of Tourism 
While most regions offer a great variety of activities, each person has their own interests and
those interests determine which activities they will want to complete while on vacation and as
tourists. Use the following space to complete a mind map of the categories of tourism.

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Quebec Tourist Regions  

 
1. How many tourist regions are there in the Province of Quebec?

2. Which region are we in right now?

 
 
3. Which section did we study in the Aboriginal unit? Use the traditional name.

 
 
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Eastern Townships Tourism Sectors 

 
1. How many sectors are there in the Eastern Townships?

2. Which sector are we located in?

3. Which sector is the Granby Zoo located in?

4. Which sector do you live in?

 
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Guided Notes 
 
Who is Thomas Cook? ______________________________________________

What is the most popular form of tourism? _____________________________

Define the 4 types of travelers:

Migrants

Tourists

Vacationers

Visitors

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Guided Notes (continued)  
What are 4 types of infrastructure that are needed to have a tourist destination?

What are the 5 most visited tourist locations (worldwide) in 2017?

Where are the most tourists from?

   

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 Tourist Code of Ethics  

1 ."Travel in spirit of humility and with a 2. "Cultivate the habit of listening and
genuine desire to learn about the people observing, rather than merely hearing
of your host country." and seeing."

3. "Be sensitively aware of the feelings 4. "Instead of looking for that beach
of other people, preventing what might paradise, discover the enrichment of
be offensive behaviour on your part.” seeing a different way of life through
your eyes."
Source: Tourism and Development: Concepts and Issues by Richard Sharpley & David J. Telfer

Now that you have learnt about the code of ethics for tourists, explain in your
own words what it means to be a good tourist.

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 Issues in Tourism 
Tourism can be positive and negative for a region.
Here are 3 examples of tourist locations with major issues:
1. Machu Picchu, Peru
2. Galapagos Island, Ecuador
3. The Great Wall of China, China

What do the three examples have in common?

Positive Impacts of Tourism Negative Impacts of Tourism

Sustainable development in Tourism

“Tourism that takes full account of its current and future ___________________,

_______________________ and ____________________ impacts, addressing the

needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities"

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 Video: The Ethics of Traveling  

Watch the Ted Talk on youtube called “The Ethics of Traveling” by Christof Winter (Can be
found at ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE7sRJXNA2A​) until 8 mins.
Answer the following questions about the video.

1. How many jobs worldwide are created by tourism? (The answer is a fraction)

2. Why is where you decide to travel an ethical question? Think about the example of Kenya
and Europe that the speaker introduces.

3. How can you increase a person’s happiness by a lot (described as 0.3 points in the video)?

4. Why should this affect where you decide to travel?

5. Why does tourism create ‘happier’ jobs in poor regions of the world? Think about the miners
who changed jobs to be tour guides.

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