Lesson 3

The advantages and disadvantages of tourism

Starter – Odd one Out

Great wall of China

Times Square Niagara Falls

Trafalgar Square

Disneyland Paris

Tokyo Disney

Notre Dame Louvre Fishermans Wharf

The vatican The coliseum Sydney opera house

Grand Canyon Empire State Building

London Eye

Taj Mahal Giza Pyramids Magic Kingdom, Orlando

Advantages and Disadvantages of tourism

Objective:

To know how tourism can affect people, places and the economy in a positive and negative way.

Holiday IslandSuccess Criteria

1. Make your island. It does not have to be the same but must have natural features that attract tourist and be completely undeveloped.

2. Write a short description about why your island is going to be good for tourist development

3. Write a list of things that might be developed for the tourism industry for the island and add them to the best places on you map.

4. Add annotations to you all your labels explaining the positives and negatives of each development.

5. Decide whether each one is Environmental, Economic or Social.

Individual Tasks

1. Complete the worksheet about advantages and disadvantages.

2. Explain how tourism can damage the environment

3. Explain how it can be good for the local people

4. ‘Tourism is a double-edged sword’. Explain this statement.

Plenary

Just a minute:

One person has to speak for one minute about the advantages of tourism without; repetition, deviation or hesitation!