Yr13 - Tourism Revision - Likely Questions and essay plans

One of the most difficult bits about completing the Tourism paper is making sure you understand what the question is asking you!

You only have to answer one of two questions - so make sure you can understand what you are being asked to do and that you know the case study well enough to answer one of the following questions!

Choose ONE of the questions below and answer it. Your answers must relate to a cultural process, and the environment(s) where this cultural process operates.
Identify your chosen question, cultural process, and the environment(s) where this cultural process operates below, then plan your response on page 3.

In your analysis:

• integrate detailed, specific information about your environment(s)
• draw relevant detailed map(s) and/or diagram(s) on page 4, and/or integrate them throughout your written answer as appropriate.

Question 1. Comprehensively analyse how the operation of your cultural process has shaped your named geographic environment(s).

When answering this question a rough essay plan may look like this;

• A description of the way in which Rotorua has been shaped by Tourism.
• Pink and white terraces/buried village = first tourists. Accommodation built for them. Tourism Rotorua encouraged more.
• Trout introduced to lake
• Development of roads, rail, airport encourage more - improved accessibility
• Most attractions facilities clustered in CBD. Give examples - redevelopment of CBD
• Accommodation located along roads (linear pattern).
• Dispersed fixed attractions - give examples.
• Clustered secondary attractions - give examples.
• New types of tourists = different attractions - give examples.

Question 2. Comprehensively analyse the extent to which the operation of your cultural process has impacted on people and the environment in your named geographic environment(s).

When answering this question a rough essay plan may look like this;

• Impacts on people of tourism - jobs (1in5) 3.2millio visitors, pop of Rotorua only 65'000.
• Jobs seasonal/poorly paid - huge impact on downstream industries (153 million) .City heavily reliant on Tourism = problems if no. of visitors drops.
• large number of people = problems sewage/water supply/congestion/environmental impact on vulnerable environments (lake had to be cleaned) /conflict with locals.
• Tourism pays for infrastructure and improvements.
• Protects and promotes Maori culture but also cheapens.

Question 3

a) Draw an annotated map or diagram of any ONE environment you have studied that illustrates the spatial patterns of features or characteristics resulting from the operation of your cultural process.

(b) Comprehensively analyse how the operation of your cultural process causes spatial variations in geographic environment(s) such as those you have drawn in (a).In your analysis:

• integrate comprehensive supporting case study evidence (other relevant map(s) and/or diagram(s) may be used)

• include an understanding of the links between the elements of the cultural process to draw conclusions.

When answering this question a rough essay plan may look like this;

• Clustering of attractions in CBD - give examples - due to accessibility/sharing facilities/comparison of prices/duel offers. 
• Linear patter of accommodation - give example - due to accessibility/main roads/easily seen/comparison of prices.
• Dispersed attractions - give examples - fixed attractions/based on natural features/need large areas of space/most people now have own transport and can reach
• Clustering attractions - give examples - share facilities/cheaper/offer combined entry fees/share parking/limited space by main roads.