Mass tourism                        large
numbers of visitors, often on package holidays, with accommodation and travel
arranged for them
 infrastructure for
tourism    support
structures and services for visitors such as airports, hotels, electricity,
tour agencies
 ecotourism                            it
involves protecting the environment and the ways of life of local people, and
spreading the benefits of tourism to them
 multiplier effect                   spin-off
from one business growing, allowing other businesses to grow as well
 stewardship                          entrusted
to look after and manage places and areas
 fragile environment               place
where wildlife and landscape are easily damaged by outsiders, often because it
is a struggle for life to survive there
 adventure holidays                more
active tourism, with more risk, often off the beaten track, in more unusual
destinations
 positive effects                    advantages,
benefits, things that help economies and people
 extreme environment            difficult
places for humans to live in or visit, often due to hostile climate, sometimes
due to inaccessible terrain
 national park                         area
set aside to protect landscapes and habitats, and managed to stop visitor
damage
 negative effects                   disadvantages,
costs, things that damage the environment or badly affect the economy and
people
 sustainable development       growth
of activities working with the environment for a long future, looking after the
needs of future generations
 conservation                         measures
taken to preserve what is there, to maintain landscapes and ecosystems, to look
after historic buildings
 external factor                     something
unrelated to tourism, which affects tourist numbers, such as the economy,
exchange rates, wars and terrorism
 management strategies         ways to
control development and change, to preserve and conserve, to plan for a
sustainable future
 
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