Yr13 - Impacts of Tourism on Rotorua Revision

If you get a question on the impacts of Tourism you will probably have to draw a map to illustrate these impacts. Make sure you follow the geographic conventions and add in a north point, title and key! The picture below is an example of a map that was drawn in a paper that gained an Excellence.

The impacts of Tourism in Rotorua are listed in another post on this blog but it is always a good idea to add in some up to date figures and information that demonstrates you understand your case study fully. So below are some up to date figures and information that would add detail to your case study knowledge!

Up to date figure on visitors to Rotorua for July 2015 which show an increase in visitors of 18% on the same period last year. With the greatest increase in visitors from North America and Australia.

Snapshot of Rotorua from Stats NZ has some interesting info on the population of Rotorua from the last census. There is still a large percentage of the population working in retail and accommodation, industry linked to Tourism. The average income and wealth is still low in comparison to the rest on NZ. Presumably this is linked to low paid and seasonal Tourism jobs.

Article on Rotorua winning a Tourism award from 2015 - so very new and relevant to this year. Demonstrates how Tourism is increasing this year.

Another article from this year describing, and giving some useful figures, on how much the Chinese market is increasing. Figure below are from this article.

Tourism growth May 2014 - May 2015 (against national average)

* Chinese market spend up 300 per cent .
* International electronic card spend up 28.6 per cent (16.7 per cent).
* Domestic card spend up 8.4 per cent (4.5 per cent).
* Domestic spend up 6.7 per cent (4 per cent).
* International spend up 8 per cent (7 per cent).
* Commercial accommodation visitor numbers up 7.3 per cent (5 per cent)

Another article describing the economic impact of tourism in Rotorua.