Strategies for sustainable tourism
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Introduction
Students learn about different strategies that governments have used to manage the effects of tourism. They also learn that there is a point in time in the tourism life cycle when tourism can be rejuvenated or can decline, depending on the action taken. Students use this information to propose an alternative strategy to tourism taxes to promote sustainable tourism in their region. When deciding on their strategy, students consider the social, economic and environmental effects of tourism.
This activity focuses on the geographical concepts of place, space, environment, interconnection, sustainability and change.
Achievement standard
By the end of Year 9, students explain how peoples’ activities or environmental processes change the characteristics of places. They explain the effects of human activity on environments, and the effects of environments on human activity. They explain the features of biomes’ distribution and identify implications for environments. They analyse the interconnections between people and places and environments. They identify and explain how these interconnections influence people, and change places and environments. Students analyse strategies to address a geographical phenomenon or challenge using environmental, social or economic criteria.
Students develop a range of questions about a geographical phenomenon or challenge. They collect, represent and compare relevant and reliable geographical data and information by using a range of primary research methods and secondary research materials in a range of formats. They interpret and analyse data and information to explain patterns and trends and infer relationships. They draw evidence-based conclusions about the impact of the geographical phenomenon or challenge. They develop and evaluate strategies, predict impacts and make a recommendation. Students use geographical knowledge, concepts, terms and digital tools as appropriate to develop descriptions, explanations and responses that acknowledge research findings.
Content descriptions
Geographical Knowledge and Understanding
The effects on places of people’s travel, recreational, cultural or leisure choices, and the strategies for managing the impacts on these places. (AC9HG9K06)
Geographical Inquiry and Skills
Develop and evaluate strategies using environmental, economic or social criteria; recommend a strategy and explain the predicted impacts. (AC9HG9S05)
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Effects of tourism and responses
Student learning resources
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Strategies for sustainable tourism
Suggested activity sequence
This sequence is intended as a framework to be modified and adapted by teachers to suit the needs of a class group.
- Display and explain information on the visualiser.
- As a class, examine the model on the life cycle of tourism and discuss its predictions of the possibilities for tourism in the long-term.
- Discuss the social, economic and environmental problems that tourism may bring to the region where the students live.
- Students record the ideas using a mind map.
- Use a grouping strategy to organise students into groups of 3 or 4.
- Groups discuss different strategies to manage tourism in their region to minimise the social and environmental costs of tourists visiting the area.
- Groups:
- Choose 3 strategies and analyse the positive, negative and interesting aspects of each strategy and record these on the PMI chart.
- Select the strategy they think is most effective at reducing the social and environmental costs of tourism in their region.
- Share their selected strategy with the class, justifying their selection.