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I can explain the social, economic and political causes of the growth in tourism.

Main activities: Work through activities on PPT1. Interpret tourism growth graph 2. Use the information from textbook to explain the social/ economic and political causes of the growth in tourism

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__**Vietnam growth resources:**__

http://greenfieldgeography.wikispaces.com/Case+study+of+national+tourist+industry

__** Assessment: **__

1. Being able to describe pattern on tourism growth graph (4)- with self assessment of answer 2. •Explain the reasons for the growth in tourism (6) Success criteria: •Categorise the factors into political, social and economic reasons •You have 10 minutes to read the information •You have 8 minutes to write your answer without the aid of the textbook

3 (a) Explain how each of the following factors is responsible for the increase in the number of people taking holidays: • Disposable income • Increased leisure time • Developments in transport and communications • Changes in people’s freedom to travel. (b) Which of these factors would you use to explain why fewer people in LICs are ‘international tourists’?

__EXTENSION EXAM PRACTICE __

1. **Describe** the growth in international tourism. (3)

2. **Outline** the reasons why many people now have more leisure time. (3)

3. **Give** two reasons why holidays have become more affordable. (2)

4. **Explain** how the EU has led to a growth in tourism. (6)