Geography Tourism Case Studies

Jamaica 

Advantages

• Economy benefits: Jobs in the area increase, Temporary construction Jobs, 200000 Jamaicans 20 % of population work in the tourism indusrty.
• New Infrastrucutre Benefits Locals and Tourist
• Tourists spending increases 
• Increased awareness of conservation
• Multiplier Effect Increase in Jobs increase in Money Spent 
• 2 million Peolpe per anum visit Most popular Caribbean Country

Jamaica 

Disadvantages 

• Farmers sell land for development reduced local food production destruction of culture 
• Cuture clash drugs and alcohol
• Seasonal jobs 
• Infrastrucuture harms enviroment 
• Money earnt by big companies doesnt stay in Jamaica 

Masai Tents Kenya 

Advantages

Economic

• Money Earnt goes directly into the Masai
• Money revenvested into infrastructure [schools,healthcare] Benefits local people

Enviromental

• Wildlife protected stay in natural surroundings
• less visual air pollution
• less soil erosion less buildings and transport

Social

• Tourists experince culture [live in traditonal buildings eat traditional food]
• Creates jobs for Kenyans
• Tourists pay large amounts to stay in tents

Masai Tents Kenya

Disadvantages

Economic

• Masai can be exploited
• Culture an be changed
• Areas of natural beauty may be destroyed
• Can be seasonl work 

Facts

• Three tented camps owned and run by Kenyans
• Location Masai Mara National Park Kenya
• Main Camp 16 tents 32 beds 
• Activies include  Day Game drives, nature walks, tree planting
• 25000 trees planted since 2000
• 43 Staff 95% local  10 women

Antartica

Advantages

• Creates Jobs for tour operators 
• Creates a wider enviromental awareness for tourists when return home may want to become more green
• Income reinvested into area 

Negatives 

• Seasonal Can be dark for many months 
• Many animals live on verge of extinction
• Litter that won't break down in area left 
• Sewage deposited in sea 
• Seas polluted due to tourists being brought to the island 

Westward Ho!

Solutions

• One way systems put in place to reduce congestion Car parks put further way from honeypot sites reduce air pollution
• Areas have been grassed ove in the centre of the honeypot to increase scenic value 
• Place more litter bins to encourage people not to throw litter on floor 
• High end restaurants have been developed in the honeypot to offer higher ends meal and encourage tourists to spend money in the town 
• A higher level of accomodation has been built in the area 
• Areas of natural beauty have been conserved Notham burrows 

Masai Tents

Sustainbility And Conservation

• This Iniative promotes cutural conservation
• Use of local material structures temporary leave no footprint
• Use tree top viewig less need to drive
• Use of solar energy 
• Composting is used for waste 
• Water is used to water plants 

Antartica 

Facts and Figures 

• Began in 1950s small scale 
• 1969 specially designed ship made to take tourists first visit to Antartica
• Huge increase in numbers 9000 in 1992 46000 in 2007
• 100 Tourist companies involved 
• 30000-40000 Summer Tourists

Why People Visit 

• Unique landscape 
• Wildlife Penguins Whales Seals
• Oustanding Natural beauty 
• Sense of Achievemnt 

Solutions

• Limit amount of tourists and where they can visit Special SSIs put in place Special Scienctific Interest
• Treaty made by IAATO limiting number of tourists boats can take to 500 peole

Westward Ho!

Advantages

• Big Increase in amount of people employed in Summer Months 14,000 people employed 
• Money used from parking used to create better roads into village 
• Huge food demand so farmers and fisherman benefit 
• Local Businesses kept busy make money to be spent in village
• Infrastrucutre of local area developed 
• People emloyed in area spend money in shops locally MULTILIER EFFECT

Disadvantages 

• Traffic and Congestion 90% of visiters arrive by car 
• Increased pressure on public services Hospital Emergency Service Water supplies Power supplies streched
• Lots of people come all at once drop in income when all gone
• Damge to honeypot sites Pollution
• Erosion of walk ways