Year 8 Tourism

In this week's lesson we have been looking at the tricky question of tourism and development. Tourism and tourists brings money into an area and the tourist industry creates jobs. The facilities and infrastructure (look this word up!) that tourists demand, can be used by the locals.

However tourism can also bring problems (environmetal, cultural and social). Often the money created does not stay in the country.

In the video it was suggested that there is a ''middle way''. We introduced the idea of ''sustainable tourism''

Your homework is to look at the Bloomfield Lodge website. I am interested to see who does this, so please come to the lesson with answers to the following questions:

1. What is the price of a 4 night stay and what does it include?
2. Would you be welcome (a merit to anyone who anwers this in detail!)

3. In which rainforest is Bloomfield Lodge located?

Now write a definition of ecotourism - this link will help you.

I asked you to design an ecotourist holiday - 7 days - this link will get you started

Finally - For a MERIT - some people sometimes call ecotourism ''EGOTOURISM'' why do you think this is?

New India - Year 9

This post provides links for the ''New India'' unit we are currently working on. Most of the links are taken from the Geography Teaching today website.

India factsheet

Key facts from the BBC

Scroll to the bottom of this page for lots of links for Incredible India

From ''Bollywood to a billion'' links here

Struggling with the assessment paragraph on globalisation? Try here for lots of facts and links

Old India/New India?

Hello world

Tomorrow's India