THM Final 1-4

THM Final 1-4 A number of criticisms have been made about Butler's Destination Life Cycle model and these include that there is a lack of empirical support for the model and that the model is of limited practical use. - True Everyone agrees whether a particular tourism impact, such as creation of entry level jobs, is a positive or negative impact. - False One of the fundamental truths about tourism identified by McKercher is that tourism competes with other resource users and needs to compete to survive. - True The distance traveled is often seen as important in definitions of both tourists and tourism. Additionally, there is agreement that a one-way travel distance of 100 miles is part of the definition of tourism. - False Motivations for travel can include professional activities such as attending meetings and conducting business and other purposes such as visiting friends and relatives. - True Mason listed five major reasons for the growth of tourism. One of these reasons noted changing perceptions of the environment in that locations that were once viewed as hostile were now seen as attractive. - True The goal of the American Hotel & Lodging Association's No Room for Trafficking campaign is to train 20% of US hotel workers how to spot human trafficking. - False The consequences of tourism impacts are difficult to assess for a number of reasons, including that tourism is often included as a part of leisure and / or recreation, so separating tourism impacts from related impacts is difficult. - True Tourism is a fashion industry in which there are close links between tourism demand and the concepts of status and image. - True Christaller's theory of tourism development stated that once they are established, tourism destinations are characterized by stability in attractions, visitors, and activities. - False While there are data collection issues when trying to compare countries that use different definitions of tourism, within the USA there are not similar issues since all 50 states define tourism the same way. - False Sex trafficking and labor trafficking occur in all 50 US states. - True A major implication of Plog's theory regarding psycho-centric and allo-centric tourists is that tourist areas are attractive to different types of tourists at different times in their evolution. - True International sex tourism only happens in South East Asia. - False When you read that there were 1.4 billion international travelers in 2018, that likely means that 1.4 billion different people traveled internationally that year. - False Sex tourism is defined as "traveling with express intent of engaging in sexual activity." - True This process is defined as when two cultures come into contact over a long period of time and at a deep level so that they exchange ideas and products changing each other and becoming more similar to each other. - acculturation theory Which of these statements are true about tourism? - East Asia and the Pacific was the fastest growing tourism region for before the early 1960s tourism was primarily limited to Europe, North America, and a few other places before the early 1960s travel was primarily for the wealthy minority of the world ALL THREE ARE CORRECT A 2017 report by the International Labor Organization estimated that about 25 million people worldwide were victims of human trafficking. A majority of these people were . . . - exploited for labor When tourists place extra demands on local goods and services at the tourism destination this kind of economic impact can happen. - inflation Cohen discussed the behavior of tourists and grouped tourists into four categories or types. Which category can be described as "arrange their own visit/trip. They go off the beaten path. They wish to meet locals. However, they still tend to use facilities?" - explorer There are a number of important activities that take place in each stage of Butler's Destination Lifecycle model. Which stage of his model is characterized by--limited interaction between local residents and the tourism industry leads to the supply of basic services, increased advertising that creates a pattern of seasonal variation in visits, and a definite market area has begun to emerge? - involvement Mason gave a list of 20 places most reliant on tourism, as measured by tourism as a percentage of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). What did these places have in common? (Pick the single best answer from the list.) - they were relatively small in both population and area and many were located on islands In which of these situations is there likely to be more socio-cultural impacts between tourists and residents? - when tourists and residents have very