LEI 3301 Exam 2 questions with
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Positive side of tourism - correct answer ✔✔-Economic benefits
-Employment opportunities
-Renewed sense of community pride
-Preserves aspects of local culture
-Fosters preservation of nature, wildlife and historic buildings/other natural settings
-Deterioration of stereotypes
-Open societies to new ideas
Negative side of tourism - correct answer ✔✔-Undesirable activities
-Crime
-Servile Attitude (Everything for the tourists)
-Tensions (Btwn locals and tourists)
-Crafts and customs become commercialized
-Clash of values btwn hosts and guests
-Prices of goods and services inflate
-Traffic
-Change in traditional way of life
Many of tourism's negatives could be limited/eliminated with better ________ & ____________
- correct answer ✔✔Planning and Smarter Leadership
Host strategies to manage tourism impacts - correct answer ✔✔-Community-wide planning
,-Explanation of tourism issues to residents
-Range of culture contact opportunities
Tourist strategies to manage tourism impacts - correct answer ✔✔-Pre-travel education
-On-site interpretation
-Facility design
-Developing conflict/resolution skills
The relationship tourists have w/ hosts is dependent on the ___________ - correct answer
✔✔Stage in the tourism development life cycle of a destination (Destination Life Style)
Eric Cohen (1972) - correct answer ✔✔-Developed a typology of four different types of tourists
(tourist roles)
*Distinguished different types of tourists based on relationship to tourist biz and host
community*
-Said all tourists are searching for novelty
-Some Tourists are more adventurous and willing to step out of their comfort zone
-Cohen was mostly interested in backpackers (aka drifters)
The Organized Mass Tourist - correct answer ✔✔-Travels as a tour-group member (package
vacation)
-Westernized accommodations
-Itinerary is planned in advance
, -Least adventurous type of 4 tourists
-High familiarity-Minimum Novelty
more familiarity = more impact/change on the host community
Individual Mass Tourist - correct answer ✔✔-Trip is not entirely pre-planned (just some of it)
-Does not travel in a tour group (own transportation)
-Stays primarily in environmental bubble
-Ventures out to see well known sites
-Familiarity is still dominant (novelty is higher)
*predominant type in U.S. society*
The Explorer - correct answer ✔✔-Arranges their own trip (planning is part of the experience)
-Travels alone or with one or two other people
-more likely to converse with locals
-Leaves their environmental bubble to see the unusual sites
-Novelty dominates but the familiarity of home is still there
-Looks for reliable transportation and accommodation
The Drifter - correct answer ✔✔-Totally separate from the tourist establishment
-Considers the tourist experiences as fake
-Immerses themselves in the local culture
-Novelty is at the highest and familiarity at the lowest
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Positive side of tourism - correct answer ✔✔-Economic benefits
-Employment opportunities
-Renewed sense of community pride
-Preserves aspects of local culture
-Fosters preservation of nature, wildlife and historic buildings/other natural settings
-Deterioration of stereotypes
-Open societies to new ideas
Negative side of tourism - correct answer ✔✔-Undesirable activities
-Crime
-Servile Attitude (Everything for the tourists)
-Tensions (Btwn locals and tourists)
-Crafts and customs become commercialized
-Clash of values btwn hosts and guests
-Prices of goods and services inflate
-Traffic
-Change in traditional way of life
Many of tourism's negatives could be limited/eliminated with better ________ & ____________
- correct answer ✔✔Planning and Smarter Leadership
Host strategies to manage tourism impacts - correct answer ✔✔-Community-wide planning
,-Explanation of tourism issues to residents
-Range of culture contact opportunities
Tourist strategies to manage tourism impacts - correct answer ✔✔-Pre-travel education
-On-site interpretation
-Facility design
-Developing conflict/resolution skills
The relationship tourists have w/ hosts is dependent on the ___________ - correct answer
✔✔Stage in the tourism development life cycle of a destination (Destination Life Style)
Eric Cohen (1972) - correct answer ✔✔-Developed a typology of four different types of tourists
(tourist roles)
*Distinguished different types of tourists based on relationship to tourist biz and host
community*
-Said all tourists are searching for novelty
-Some Tourists are more adventurous and willing to step out of their comfort zone
-Cohen was mostly interested in backpackers (aka drifters)
The Organized Mass Tourist - correct answer ✔✔-Travels as a tour-group member (package
vacation)
-Westernized accommodations
-Itinerary is planned in advance
, -Least adventurous type of 4 tourists
-High familiarity-Minimum Novelty
more familiarity = more impact/change on the host community
Individual Mass Tourist - correct answer ✔✔-Trip is not entirely pre-planned (just some of it)
-Does not travel in a tour group (own transportation)
-Stays primarily in environmental bubble
-Ventures out to see well known sites
-Familiarity is still dominant (novelty is higher)
*predominant type in U.S. society*
The Explorer - correct answer ✔✔-Arranges their own trip (planning is part of the experience)
-Travels alone or with one or two other people
-more likely to converse with locals
-Leaves their environmental bubble to see the unusual sites
-Novelty dominates but the familiarity of home is still there
-Looks for reliable transportation and accommodation
The Drifter - correct answer ✔✔-Totally separate from the tourist establishment
-Considers the tourist experiences as fake
-Immerses themselves in the local culture
-Novelty is at the highest and familiarity at the lowest
