IB Geography Option E -
Leisure, Tourism and Sport
Comprehensive Questions and
Solutions Graded A+
Accessibility - Answer: Relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other
place
Adventure tourism - Answer: Tourism activities which focus on adventure activities, usually for
the individual in a challenging natural environment
Bid rent theory - Answer: Geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and
demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District (CBD)
increases.
Carrying capacity - Answer: Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment
can sustainably support
Consolidation - Answer: When travel brands - including airlines, hotel chains, travel agencies
and so on, are actually owned and operated by the same parent company
Concept - Answer: An enduring mental construct or idea - the building blocks for thinking and
learning and help us to make sense of our world
, Context - Answer: Particular geographical circumstances that form the setting for an event or
process
Destination - Answer: Place to which a tourist is going
Development - Answer: Improvement in human well-being through economic and social
advancement
Diaspora Tourism - Answer: Tourism undertaken by people from that place who now live
somewhere else and are 'going home' for a holiday
Disposable income - Answer: Money to spend after taxes and insurance have been taken off the
gross income aka 'take-home' pay
Domestic tourism - Answer: Travelling within one's own country for leisure or holiday
Ecological carrying capacity - Answer: Level of use an area can support before damage is caused
(eg by tourists)
Economy of scale - Answer: Proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of
production
Ecotourism - Answer: Tourism limiting the impacts on people and the environment
Film-induced tourism - Answer: When tourists visit locations where movies were shot or filmed
Gender inequality - Answer: Inequality between men and women in terms of wealth, income,
and status
Leisure, Tourism and Sport
Comprehensive Questions and
Solutions Graded A+
Accessibility - Answer: Relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other
place
Adventure tourism - Answer: Tourism activities which focus on adventure activities, usually for
the individual in a challenging natural environment
Bid rent theory - Answer: Geographical economic theory that refers to how the price and
demand on real estate changes as the distance towards the Central Business District (CBD)
increases.
Carrying capacity - Answer: Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment
can sustainably support
Consolidation - Answer: When travel brands - including airlines, hotel chains, travel agencies
and so on, are actually owned and operated by the same parent company
Concept - Answer: An enduring mental construct or idea - the building blocks for thinking and
learning and help us to make sense of our world
, Context - Answer: Particular geographical circumstances that form the setting for an event or
process
Destination - Answer: Place to which a tourist is going
Development - Answer: Improvement in human well-being through economic and social
advancement
Diaspora Tourism - Answer: Tourism undertaken by people from that place who now live
somewhere else and are 'going home' for a holiday
Disposable income - Answer: Money to spend after taxes and insurance have been taken off the
gross income aka 'take-home' pay
Domestic tourism - Answer: Travelling within one's own country for leisure or holiday
Ecological carrying capacity - Answer: Level of use an area can support before damage is caused
(eg by tourists)
Economy of scale - Answer: Proportionate saving in costs gained by an increased level of
production
Ecotourism - Answer: Tourism limiting the impacts on people and the environment
Film-induced tourism - Answer: When tourists visit locations where movies were shot or filmed
Gender inequality - Answer: Inequality between men and women in terms of wealth, income,
and status
