Deck 13: The Future of Sustainable Tourism

Question 1

Futures studies includes all of the following EXCEPT:

A) The development of operational plans with a one- to three-year time horizon
B) The formal and systematic study of possible, probable, and preferable futures
C) The methods of foresight development for individuals, groups, and human society
D) A systemic view based on insights from a range of different disciplines

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is a characteristic of megatrends.

A) They are similar to fads and only last a short time
B) They are generally economic in nature
C) They have the potential to fundamentally alter and upset industries around the world
D) All of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a megatrend of tourism development?

A) The increase in political lobbying around tourism
B) The complexity of tourism policy development
C) The global shift to a resource-efficient economy
D) The ongoing transformation of tourism services

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which of the following is considered the number one trend in tourism currently.

A) Voluntourism
B) Overtourism
C) Ecotourism
D) Sustainable tourism

Question 5

The sustained development of the tourism sector will require which of the following?

A) A reduction in multinational companies
B) A reduction in multilateral agreements
C) Tourism's ability to adapt to emerging trends
D) Tourism's ability to control emerging trends

Question 6

The "the fall of the American empire" refers to:

A) The reduction in fast food restaurants world wide
B) A change in global leadership within the tourism economy
C) The growth in the global middle-class
D) None of the above

Question 7

An increase in younger population (under age 18) is encouraging which of the following?

A) New pro-poor tourism initiatives
B) Rural-to-urban migration
C) Income disparity
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following should be used to counter a potential increase in poverty within tourism destination?

A) Increasing social capital
B) Increase physical capital
C) Decreasing social capital
D) Decreasing birth rates

Question 9

As a technology-intensive industry, future tourism jobs will require which of the following?

A) Critical-thinking
B) More management and business talents
C) Technology-based problem-solving
D) All of the above

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a pressing concern for tourism related to the environment?

A) Climate change
B) An reduction in the price of renewable energy technology
C) The destruction of the coral reefs
D) A reduction in genetic variation

Question 11

The destruction of natural resources leads to which changes in animal populations?

A) A decrease in diseases in animal species
B) More offspring survive to maturity
C) Inbreeding increases
D) None of the above

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true in relation to renewable resources?

A) They cannot be replenished in a human lifetime
B) They are becoming endangered
C) The price of renewable energy has declined recently
D) The cost of infrastructure to collect renewable resources in on the rise.

Question 13

Which of the following is a positive change since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement?

A) Many countries now provide grants, tax incentives, and subsidies for businesses converting to renewable energy
B) Countries must now pay the socials costs of doing business
C) The agreement provides penalties for countries that pollute
D) All of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a way globalization has impacted social norms?

A) Individuals are able to immunize themselves from the sanctions typically employed to enforce norms
B) A community's ability to regulate itself is eroded
C) Globalized community typically suffer from significant disruptions in social relationships
D) Globalization has reduced the prevalence of fake news

Question 15

Which of the following rose in response to the decreasing influence of religion in society?

A) Secularism
B) Nationalism
C) Xenophobia
D) None of the above

Question 16

A person who refuses to serve a same-sex couple in a restaurant is expressing signs of which of the following?

A) Secularism
B) Nationalism
C) Xenophobia
D) None of the above

Question 17

Which of the following is NOT classified as a cyber-attack?

A) Publishing fake news on social media
B) Attempts to disable a company's computer system
C) Attempts to gain unauthorized access to personal information
D) Using someone's credit card to purchase a vacation

Question 18

Which of the following is a reason why tourism is especially prone to cyber-attacks?

A) Tourism has a complicated supply chain
B) Tourism has a large number of small businesses that do not have cyber protection
C) Tourism businesses have access to a variety of personal information
D) All of the above

Question 19

Protection against incidents from deliberate acts describes which type of plan?

A) A safety plan
B) A security plan
C) A business plan
D) A waste management plan

Question 20

Increased visitation to Antarctica is a results of which of the following consumer movements?:

A) Overtourism
B) Voluntourism
C) Last-chance tourism
D) Ecotourism

Question 21

Changes in family travel, women traveling solo, or the changing travel preferences of millennials are examples of which type of marketing segmentation?

A) Geographic
B) Psychographic
C) Demographic
D) None of the above

Question 22

In a time series graph, the type of pattern that shows no net increase or decrease over time is called?

A) Linear
B) Unvarying
C) Flat
D) Constant

Question 23

Tourism, as a major global industry, is one of the oldest industries.

Question 24

Futures studies are very similar to businesses planning.

Question 25

Megatrends typically have decades-long impacts.

Question 26

Often it is the awareness of economic, environmental, and social challenges that directly influence consumer trends.

Question 27

The fastest growing economies are now located in the northern and western hemisphere.

Question 28

A global growth in the middle-class has led to a decrease between the highest income earners and the lowest.

Question 29

Rural-to-urban migration can decrease poverty because urban areas are able to deal with increases in populations.

Question 30

For the first time in human history, more people live in urban areas than in rural areas.

Question 31

Government policies that support rural development have been shown to reduce rural-to-urban migration

Question 32

Tourism is changing from a labor-intensive industry into a technology-intensive industry.

Question 33

The most pressing environmental issue today is animal diversity.

Question 34

Politicians generally support climate change policies, however scientists are in active disagreement about the nature of climate change.

Question 35

One of the best ways to decrease poaching is to decrease poverty.

Question 36

Many of the social trends are a direct response to the global economic trends.

Question 37

The rise of nationalism has directly impacted secularism.

Question 38

With the rise in globalization, xenophobia is decreasing.

Question 39

Tourism is especially prone to cyber-attacks.

Question 40

Overtourism can be attributed to the rise in last-chance tourism.

Question 41

The rise in the need to serve Halal food is a result of overtourism.

Question 42

Travel designed to support persons with disabilities is called inclusive tourism.

Question 43

Trend forecasting is a useful way to look at past sales or market growth.

Question 44

Marketing segmentation can help determine where to look for trends.

Question 45

One advantage of time series analysis is the assumption that what happened in the past in going to happen in the future.

Question 46

Rainfall made sufficiently acidic by atmospheric pollution that it causes environmental harm

Question 47

A change in the statistical distribution of extreme weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time

Question 48

A graphical pattern that occurs when there is no net increase or decrease over time

Question 49

Any attempt to expose, alter, disable, destroy, steal or gain unauthorized access to or make unauthorized use of computers and computer networks

Question 50

A type of organism that is threatened by extinction

Question 51

A graphical pattern that indicates that data is rising at an increasing rate over time

Question 52

The formal and systematic study of possible, probable, and preferable futures, and of methods of foresight development for individuals, groups, and human society

Question 53

The diversity found within a species

Question 54

Travel designed for people with disabilities

Question 55

When tourists increasingly seek to experience the world's most endangered sites before they vanish or are permanently transformed

Question 56

A graphical pattern that occurs when there is a steady increase or decrease in numbers over time

Question 57

Significant, globally relevant, social, economic, political, environmental and technological changes over the long-term

Question 58

The identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations

Question 59

Too many visitors to a particular destination

Question 60

Illegal hunting

Question 61

Tourism that generates net benefits for the poor

Question 62

Energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat

Question 63

When people seek employment and income opportunities in industrialized areas

Question 64

Actions and procedures designed to avoid dangerous situations

Question 65

The process of creating alternative   hypothetical futures relating to particular circumstances that could alter demand in the future

Question 66

The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions

Question 67

A document that defines roles and responsibilities, policies and procedures in the event of security incidents

Question 68

Where the numerical value of data is known over different points in time

Question 69

When a swing in one direction ends and a swing in another direction begins

Question 70

The fear and hatred of strangers, foreigners, or of anything that is strange or foreign