THM Final 1-4 | 75 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified

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