Antigua

Question 1

What is the population?

Answer 1

69,000

Question 2

What is its GDP?

Answer 2

£32,000

Question 3

How many km’s of coastline?

Answer 3

153km

Question 4

How many beaches?

Answer 4

365

Question 5

Live Volcano?

Answer 5

Manzarat

Question 6

History of Antigua?

Answer 6

Slavery and Sugar

Question 7

How to sustain number of tourists? (6)

Answer 7

• Build new facilities or improve existing ones
• Reduce unattractive tourist activity
• Improve transport infrastructure
• Offer new activities to attract tourists
• Advertise and market
• Make it cheaper to visit

Question 8

How to make the future more holistic? (5)

Answer 8

• Tourists stay with locals
• Cultural experience
• Visit traditional villages
• Ecotourism(artificial reefs)
• Attract RICH tourists so FEWER are needed to MEET its needs

Question 9

Location?

Answer 9

Caribbean, part of the volcanic arc

Question 10

What are some positive impacts of tourism in Antigua? (5)

Answer 10

• Passenger buy sovereigns
• 6000 jobs
• Improved roads, communications, infrastructure to locals
• Income from tourism reinvested into local projects(protecting the environment)
• All inclusive

Question 11

What natural resources does Antigua have?

Answer 11

NONE

Question 12

What are some negative impacts of tourism in Antigua? (11)

Answer 12

• Locals don’t get work as its seasonal
• 96c out of $1 goes back to USA
• Tourists are discouraged interactions with locals
• Spend all of money on board
• Echoes of slavery(subservient)
• Low skilled, low paid work
• Pale imitations of culture
• Prettification of entertainment
• Foreign influence of food
• Increased pollution and litter
• Contributes to greenhouse gases

Question 13

What type of tourism is Antigua?

Answer 13

MASS tourism