Transcript Advantages and disadvantages of tourism

Lesson 3
The advantages and
disadvantages of tourism
Starter – Odd one Out
Great wall of
China
Trafalgar
Square
Notre Dame
Times Square
The vatican
The coliseum
Grand Canyon
Empire State
Building
Giza Pyramids
Taj Mahal
Niagara Falls
Disneyland Paris Tokyo Disney
Louvre
Fishermans
Wharf
Sydney opera
house
London Eye
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 Island Success 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
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.
3. Write a list of things
that might be
developed for the
tourism industry for
the island and add
them to the best
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!