Deck 6: Mass Tourism

Question 1

Thomas Cook is considered the Father of Mass Tourism because:

A) He was the first person to package and sell organized tours
B) His business model is still used by tour operatrs today
C) He developed affordable trips for ordinary people
D) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following characterizes mass tourism?

A) Individualized experiences
B) The number of tourists can be substantially larger than the number of residents on any given day
C) Small-scale development of tourism infrastructure
D) Excellent service and attractions

Answer 2

B

Question 3

3S tourism stands for:

A) Sun, sand, and surf tourism
B) Sun, sea, and sex tourism
C) Sun, sea, and sand tourism
D) None of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a sustainability challenge for 3S destinations?

A) There is a large consumption of water and water resources by tourists
B) There is an increase in erosion and pollution
C) There can be an isolation of local communities from their traditional recreational facilities
D) Most of the hotels and resorts tend to be locally owned

Question 5

Which type of mass tourism is described as the fastest growing segment of the travel industry?

A) Cruise ship tourism
B) Cultural Heritage tourism
C) Nature-based tourism
D) Urban tourism

Question 6

Tourism has declined in Hong Kong because:

A) Over-tourism
B) Modern development has changed the character of the city
C) A dependency on tourism revenue
D) The development of new green spces

Question 7

It is difficult to accurately estimate cruise ship impacts because:

A) The cruise industry is largely unregulated
B) Cruise ship passengers do not care about sustainability
C) Cruise companies are multinational organizations
D) There are no multilateral agreements in the cruise industry

Question 8

The Taj Mahal in Agra, India is classified as:

A) A cruise destination
B) A natural area
C) A UNESCO World Heritage site
D) A 3S destination

Question 9

Which of the following is a negative impact caused by UNESCO designation?

A) Increased visitation often isolates local people who have the strongest connection with heritage resources
B) Too many tourists can disrupt the experiences at sacred sites
C) Mass tourism has led to over use
D) All of the above

Question 10

The socio-cultural impacts of national park visitation usually occurs where?

A) Inside the park
B) On the borders of the park
C) In gateway communities
D) There are no socio-cultural impacts with nature-based tourism

Question 11

Which of the following is a negative environmental impact of ski tourism?

A) Increased development affects the migratory process of animals
B) Skier often destroy invasive species
C) Man-made snow can increase fire danger
D) Ski areas are prone to over poaching

Question 12

At which stage of theTourism Area Lifecycle do indigenous populations begin to get isolated from local resources?

A) Development
B) Exploration
C) Involvement
D) Stagnation

Question 13

At which stage of theTourism Area Lifecycle do hotels or hostels build to higher comfort standards than those that service locals, and restaurants begin to cater to the desires of tourists?

A) Development
B) Exploration
C) Involvement
D) Stagnation

Question 14

Which of the following describes as the most common path of development for sustainable mass tourism today?

A) Indirect path
B) Incremental path
C) Induced path
D) Organic path

Question 15

Which of the following is described by a high level of regulation that occurs before mass tourism levels are reached.

A) Indirect path
B) Incremental path
C) Induced path
D) Organic path

Question 16

Tourism is described as a system because:

A) Tourism has many components
B) Tourism is a complex system where decisions in one area can have negative impacts in other areas
C) Tourism results in economic dependency
D) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT a stage for achieving sustainability?

A) Define and establish the concept of sustainable tourism
B) Determine the conditions required to achieve sustainable tourism
C) Develop a set of techniques to evaluate sustainable tourism
D) Publish the goals and objectives of sustainable tourism

Question 18

Which of the following explains the importance of the The Global Reporting Initiative?

A) It is an international mandate that applies to all tourism businesses.
B) It is a required document for sustainability certification and labeling
C) It provides a set of globally recognized standards for comparability across the industry
D) It highlights only the positive accomplishments of an organization and helps support green marketing

Question 19

In the Global Reporting Initiative, report quality provides information on which of the following?

A) The accuracy of information in a sustainability report
B) The steps taken to ensure the report content is accurate and that measurements are unbiased
C) A list of entities or individuals effected by the reporting agency's business operations
D) All of the above

Question 20

In the Global Reporting Initiative, the actual impacts resulting from business operations are explained in which section?

A) Stakeholder inclusiveness
B) Sustainability context
C) Materiality
D) Completeness

Question 21

In the Global Reporting Initiative, the are relevancy and importance of impacts resulting from business operations are explained in which section?

A) Stakeholder inclusiveness
B) Sustainability context
C) Materiality
D) Completeness

Question 22

Mass tourism often results in economic dependency.

Question 23

Tourists generally use about the same amount of water and electricity as local residents.

Question 24

One of the key challenges of 3S destinations is that most of the hotels, resorts, and restaurants are owned by foreign corporations, so very little of the economic impact stays in the local economy.

Question 25

Urban destinations fall within the definition of mass tourism.

Question 26

Southeast Asia receives the most cruise ship tourists

Question 27

Cruise companies struggle to find destinations and must compromise on service to maintain attractive itineraries.

Question 28

UNESCO stands for United Nations Environmental, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Question 29

Cultural heritage tourism includes both tangible and intangible cultural heritage.

Question 30

Mass tourism has had little impact on the landscape of natural areas.

Question 31

Sustainability approaches can move a destination into the rejuvenation stage of the Tourism Area Lifecycle.

Question 32

During the involvement stage of the Tourism Area lifecycle, destinations become dependent on tourism and lose their ability to reap economic benefits from other industries.

Question 33

Greening tourism and sustainable tourism are basically the same thing.

Question 34

Greening strategies are most commonly used in mass tourism businesses because they can decrease operating costs.

Question 35

It is necessary to use a holistic view when analyzing tourism because the holistic approach acknowledges the variety of mass tourism types.

Question 36

It is important to report sustainability accomplishments to stakeholders and the general public.

Question 37

The Global Reporting Initiative is designed to only report both the positive impacts of a business in order to evaluate the success of sustainability initiatives.

Question 38

The purpose of the Global Reporting Initiative's Report Content is to guarantee the accuracy of information in a sustainability report.

Question 39

Contextualizing the information in the Global Reporting Initiative's report includes describing how an organization contributes, or plans to contribute in the future, to the improvement or deterioration of economic, environmental, and social conditions at the local, regional, or global level.

Question 40

Materiality determines which topics, or significant impacts, are relevant and important and, therefore, essential to the Global Reporting Initiative's report.

Question 41

in the Global Reporting Initiative, businesses are expected to present impacts in the reporting period in which they occur.

Question 42

Sun, sea, and sand destinations

Question 43

The transformation of goods, services, ideas and people into commodities, or objects of trade

Question 44

The legacy of physical artefacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations

Question 45

An unending situation in which economies and economic agents rely on one aspect or thing in order to be successful

Question 46

Communities that neighbor national parks and nature areas

Question 47

An economy that results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities

Question 48

The act of becoming more aware and attempting to mitigate the environmental consequences of economic activities

Question 49

The aggressive development of standardized travel packages that result in tens of thousands of visitors going to the same destination

Question 50

Determines which topics, or significant impacts, are relevant and important

Question 51

A type of mass tourism which promotes economic, environmental and socio-cultural enhancements within a destination

Question 52

An interdependent series of elements that interact in order to achieve some end result

Question 53

A description of where impacts occur for each material topic, and in which ways the organization is involved with those impacts