Deck 3: Tourism Organizations, Policies, and Impacts

Question 1

WTTC headquarters is located at:

A)london
B)madrid
C)quebec
D)paris

Answer 1

london

Question 2

Where did the first meeting of WTTC held?

A)london
B)madrid
C)quebec
D)paris

Answer 2

paris

Question 3

PATA was founded in the year:

A)1951
B)1952
C)1971
D)1972

Answer 3

1951

Question 4

Ministry of Tourism (India)was formed in the year:

A)1951
B)1967
C)1956
D)none of the above

Question 5

Which among the following is not a function of Ministry of Tourism (India)?

A)infrastructure & product development
B)research, analysis, monitoring and evaluation international co-operation and external assistance
C)approval and classification of hotels and restaurants.
D)recruitment of staff for various tourism institutes.

Question 6

Which country enjoys a permanent seat on executive council of UNWTO?

A)spain
B)france
C)germany
D)portugal

Question 7

The PATA Travel Mart was first launched in:

A)bangkok
B)manila
C)singapore
D)new delhi

Question 8

What is the full form of IATA?

A)international air trade association
B)international air transport association
C)interline air transport association
D)interline air trade association

Question 9

What is the official slogan of KTDC?

A)god's own country
B)official host to god's own country
C)official host of god's own country
D)none of the above

Question 10

Which among the below is the first step during policy formulation?

A)decision making
B)evaluation and review
C)setting policy agenda
D)implementation stage

Question 11

The Government of India, realizing the need for a national tourism policy, announced the first Tourism Policy in:

A)1962
B)1972
C)1982
D)1992

Question 12

When Ministry of Tourism (India) did unveiled second Tourism Policy?

A)2001
B)2011
C)2002
D)2012

Question 13

Countries where most of our tourists come from is referred to as:

A)destination markets
B)source markets
C)market segmentation
D)marketing areas

Question 14

This is an example of a social benefit of tourism

A)local people looking after the environment
B)local people being employed in tourism businesses
C)local people become entrepreneurs
D)local people preserve and protect their culture.

Question 15

In which Five Year Plan Tourism became a part of the Indian Planning?

A)first five year plan
B)second five year plan
C)third five year plan
D)fourth five year plan

Question 16

The IATA has divided the world in how many Traffic Conference areas?

A)2
B)3
C)5
D)6

Question 17

Tourism is a business activity which requires;

A)long-term planning
B)medium-term planning
C)short-term planning
D)all of the above

Question 18

The group set by the Planning Commission of India to suggest possible recommendations for increasing the share of the FTA.

A)tourism fta group
B)tourism working group
C)tourism planning group
D)tourism increasing group

Question 19

ITDC was established under the MoT in the Year;

A)1956
B)1966
C)1976
D)1986

Question 20

Which among the below is not an International Tourism Organization?

A)wttc
B)taai
C)pata
D)uftaa

Question 21

Which among the below is not a GDS?

A)galileo
B)amtrak
C)worldspan
D)amadeus

Question 22

An example for negative impact of tourism is;

A)employment generation
B)displacement effect
C)higher gdp growth
D)poverty alleviation

Question 23

An example for positive economic impact of Tourism is;

A)balance of payment
B)pressure on resources
C)inflation
D)none of the above

Question 24

The maximum ability of the local community to absorb the inflow of people for a period of time is referred to as:

A)cultural sustainability
B)social sustainability
C)economic sustainability
D)none of the above

Question 25

If the value of tourist spending is less than the value of imports necessary to supply the front-line service providers, it is called;

A)inflation
B)leakage
C)ripple effect
D)recession