IGCSE Geography: Tourism Concepts and Case Studies

Vocabulary flashcards covering the growth, impacts, management, and key case studies of tourism based on Cambridge IGCSE Geography notes.

Leisure Activity

An activity done purely for enjoyment during free time.

Tourism

When a person travels to another destination for more than $24\text{ hours}$ but less than once a year.

Domestic Tourism

Tourism that takes place within an individual's home country.

International Tourism

Tourism that takes place in a country other than an individual's home country.

Circular Migration

A temporary movement of people with no intention of a permanent move, undertaken for work, medical, educational, or pleasure reasons.

Seasonal Workers

Circular migrants who work in a specific location and return home after completing a short contract.

Multiplier Effect

The economic phenomenon where tourism as a service industry indirectly impacts and stimulates all other economic sectors in a country.

Primary Sector (in Tourism)

Economic activities supplying basic materials for tourism, such as agriculture providing food or mining materials to build hotels.

Secondary Sector (in Tourism)

Economic activities involved in manufacturing physical goods used in tourism, such as chairs, beds, towels, and gifts.

Tertiary Sector (in Tourism)

Economic activities that directly provide services to tourists, including hotel staff, flight crews, bus drivers, restaurant staff, and lifeguards.

Quaternary Sector (in Tourism)

Knowledge-based service activities such as research and development aimed at improving tourist facilities or management.

Economic Leakage

The loss of tourism revenue when earnings go to large foreign businesses or external corporations rather than remaining within the local economy.

Sustainable Tourism

Tourism designed to sustain environmental, social, and economic standards without negatively impacting current regions or depleting finite resources.

Ecotourism

A form of sustainable specialty tourism that takes small groups to fragile or protected natural environments to minimize carbon footprints and benefit local communities.

High Value, Low Volume Tourism

Bhutan's national tourism strategy designed to generate exclusivity and cash for development while limiting visitor volume to protect environmental and cultural heritage.

Sustainable Development Fee

A mandatory daily fee of $\$200$ ($167\text{ GBP}$) required from tourists in Bhutan to offset carbon footprints, upskill workers, and protect national heritage.

Tourist Hubs

The concentration of tourism infrastructure and activities into one particular area of a region to contain environmental and social impacts.

Quotas (in Tourism Management)

Strict upper limits set on visitor numbers to ensure tourist levels do not exceed a sustainable threshold, often administered via lottery systems or permits.

Preservation

Keeping a natural or cultural environment exactly as it is, with no option permitted for development.

Conservation

Managing an area to allow development to occur, providing it does not detract from the character of the area.

Partition of Cyprus

The geopolitical division of the island of Cyprus into the Turkish Northern Cyprus and the Greek Cypriot Republic of Cyprus.

Cyprus Sustainable Tourism Initiative (CSTI)

An organization founded in $2006$ to promote sustainable tourism, safeguard Cyprus's environment, reduce tourism-related carbon emissions, and support disadvantaged communities.