9 May - 15 May

Kia ora...students.For this week our key focus is to examine the many impacts tourism brings to a host country, especially along coastlines. Here, both benefits and challenges will be examined.Whist we will look at the economic and social impacts, our key focus will be the impacts onto the environment.

Big Idea: Sustainability

Learning Intentions: We are learning to (WALT)...

• examine both the economic the social cultural impacts tourism has onto both hots and visitors
• examine the environmental impacts tourism may bring where mass vs alternative is assessed
• determine the impacts that may be both beneficial or a challenge as a result of tourism
• link all these impacts precisely to our tourism destinations.

Success Criteria: I can/have...

• examined in detail the economic/ social/ cultural and environmental impacts tourism brings onto the host country
• determine how mass tourism has an effect as opposed to alternative responsible tourism

Activities:

1. Provide a map of NZ thats shows important Tourism destinations. Indicate landmarks and resources/ landmarks  attract  tourist here
2. Define what is tourism and why is this important.
3. List the may jobs that link or are found in the tourism industry: 
4. Find a graph that show how NZ has benefited from the tourism industry in term of employment and money entering the country. What are your thoughts here.
5. Examine the image on how westerners exploit local cultures through disrespect of local values.Also, view images on graphs on the white board  Provide your views on this image.
6. See video on the environmental destruction tourists bring to some countries/ focus on NZ as well. Provide your views here. Research in detail the destruction along beaches and coastlines. What impacts will be onto marine life and bird life as well. 
7. Research in detail one coastline in NZ that has experienced the environmental impacts, tourists bring. eg The Hauraki gulf, overfishing and poaching. Use images, posters and newspaper articles  as evidence to support your arguments.FOLLOW TEMPLATE PROVIDED IN CLASS. 
8. Your information should indicate both positive and negative impacts, whilst focusing primarily on the environmental consequences.
9. Examine how does mass tourism contribute to harm and think of alternative ways to reduce this, eg through Responsible tourism.
10. Present your research and ideas in class.

Homework:
Write here...

by A McCrone · 2001 · Cited by 21 — Visitor impacts are defined as: Сimpacts on the natural conservation values of the coastal environment and marine protected areas arising from the presence and ...

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by M Patterson · Cited by 58 — Lifecycle assessment of the environmental impacts of New Zealand tourism ... Swimming from an ocean beach does not require productive activity to transform ...

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T1/06/2018 — 11) of visitors to vulnerable areas, and the impacts of wildlife disturbance, trampling, erosion, pollution, toilet waste, and irresponsible ...

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Positive & Negative Effects of Tourism | USA Today

EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

• • We are EXPLORING...by questioning what is sustainability with links to global issues and New Zealand.
  • We are EXPLORING by investigating the causes of environmental issues that link with oceans/ coastlines and fresh water systems like rivers.
  • We are EXPLORING...by recognising that more effort is required from a Top down approach ie government and world leaders to local communities to take action