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Excursionist

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any person visiting a country other than residence and remains there for less than 25 hours, all visitors may be excursionists

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stayover

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stay more than 24 hours other than usual residence all visitors are not tourists

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nature based tourism

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a broad term that covers all tourism experiences on wild or nature environments

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Cultural tourism

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offers cultural attractions, about a countries or regions culture, tourists emersed in local culture etc

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Adventure tourism

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 tourism that usually takes place in wilderness environments. Often the natural environment is a venue or backdrop for adventure activities and the focus is on the activates rather than the environment

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Alternative tourism

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small groups of people or individuals traveling to places that aren’t popular tourist destinations

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Mass tourism

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organized movement of large number of people to specialized locations

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What are the two combination forms of ecotourism?

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ACE and NEAT

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*The opposite of the Dominant Western Environmental Paradigm is the _______ _________

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Green Paradigm

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  • a soft ecotourist is likely to take a ____ trip
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short trip

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*ecotourism that fosters steady state sustainability is classified as _______

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passive ecotourism

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*The acronym ACE torusim refers to ?

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Adventure, Culture, and ecotourism

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  • Soft ecotourists are typically _____ than hard ecotourists
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younger

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  • A hard ecotourists likely to make own travel arrangements (T/F)
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True

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*what are the three S’s?

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Sun Sea and Sand

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*The green paradigm is associated with?

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  • cooperative structures
  • Matriarchal and female
  • humans and nature are equal
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*From Rays 1996 study of consumers what percentage were cultural creatives or green consumers?

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25%

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*Ecotourism that has an objective preserving the existing situation is called

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Steady state sustaimability

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  • the acronym NEAT combines two fields
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of nature based ecotourism and Adventure- based toruism

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*Which of the following is least typical of hard ecotourists and what would be associated with them?

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they wouldnt have onsite services but they would have a biocentric focus, challenging expierences, and personal contact with the nature

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  • Early division in the environmental movement was between the resource conservationists and resource _____________
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preservationists

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*Which group is more likely to take an ecotourism trip

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Urban

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*ecotourism that promotes sustainable development is classified as _____ _____

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active tourism

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  • the savanna biome is described as large expanses of grasslands with small patches of trees and shrubs(T/F)
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True

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*Wilderness as defined by the wilderness Act is land that is to be managed more by a ________ approach
Preservation
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*Which of the following is a function of a protected area?
-recreation, preservation, conservation
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* the term for the large exotic tourist attracting animals is _______ megafauna
charismatic
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* what is the acronym for the organization responsible for monitoring the trade of endangered species?
CITES
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*The festival of birds draws many ecotourists to which national park?
Point Peele
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*Which category in the ICUN park classification system has the highest level of environmental protection?
I
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*Tourists primarily interested in vieiwing large animals are described as ________
minimalist ecotourists
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* many protected ares in less developed regions are protected areas in which regulations arent adequately enforced, a term for this is ?
paper park
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* what is the african big five?
1. Lion 2. Elephant 3. Buffalo 4. Leopard 5. Rhino
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*Another term for the fact that the vast majority of all visits tend to be confined to only a small proportion of the protected area is the ______ rule
95-5 Rule
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*What organization does the acronym IUCN represent?
World conservation union
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*Which african country has outlawed hunting since the 1970s?
Kenya
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*Weaver describes the ecotourism area that includes the serengeti plain south through to south africa as the _______
safari corridor
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*Which IUCN category is least compatible with hard ecotourists?
V
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*the process of restoring native vegetation to a site can also be called
site softening
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*the distance at which a person can pass wildlife without disturbance is called the _______ distance
tolerance
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*the process of channeling park use to specific areas to reduce impacts is called?
zoning
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*an increase in the number of visitors that starts to impact on the experience of other ecotourists is an example of physical carrying capacity (T/F)
False
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* the distance at which wildlife will move away from a resting position or their home is called?
flushing distance
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*what are solutions to pressures on a fixed carrying capacity?
- visitor quota - increased entrance fees - redistribution of facilities
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*on hiking trails tree damage and soil erosion shows which type of relationship?
linear
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* in the video of the rockies which of the following was not discussed as a tourist opportunity
snow denning
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* standardized construction along *Mediterranean coastlines is an example of aesthetic pollution (T/F)
True
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*which of the following bests descries induced environmental recon structuring?
rural sprawl
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* the loss of biodiversity is a warning that the | ________carrying capacity has been exceeding
ecological
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*the construction of boardwalks is an attempt to increase the physical carrying capacity (T/F)
True
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*Another term for non native species that are introduced to a new region is _____ -______
invasive species
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*the three components of the assesment section of an environmental impact assesment are establishing a baseline, prediction and _______
significance
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*what is the term for the destruction of vegetation along a hiking trail?
trampling
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* the first phase of island rehabilitation in the seychelles involved the removal of ______
rats
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*island states account for approximately what percent of the worlds countries?
15%
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*the process of recovering the original landscape by planting natural vegetation is called ecological __________
restoration
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*the percentage of lost revenues globally through revenue leakage is estimated to be about
10
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* the EEZ is another term for the :
exclusive economic zone
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*The indirect economic benefits accuring to a destination through the internal circulation of direct tourist expenditures is called _________ ________
multiplier effects
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*Endemism results from genetic drift that occurs when an area is isolated for a long period of time
true
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*Which of the following is an example of a social cultural direct cost ?
elite alien value system, local inequaties, erosion of local control
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*Following the creation of protected areas in belize support for these protected areas increased. In a mid 1990s survey it was found that the portion of community support that was attributable to ecotourism increased from ___ _______
from 45%-75%
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*when a region is physically separated from other similar regions for a long period of time, there is eventually a change in the species of the isolated region. This is known as ______ _____
genetic drift
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An indirect benefit of ecotourism is that it fosters a broader sense of environmentalism (T/F)
True
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*The term for need to import goods for the ecotourist is revenue uncertainty (T/F)
False
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*Once who travels to enhance their own status environmental credentials is called an _____ _____
EGO tourist
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*using the terms primitive, traditional and unspoiled in marketing a site is a good initiatice to reduce the problem of neo colonialsm in hard ecotourism (T/F)
False
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*Species of flora and fauna are particular to a place and are not found anywhere else are said to be ______
endemic
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*The size of the ecotourism operation will increases because of
Familiarity and participation in the tourism distribution system
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*Rain forests cover approximately what percentage of the earths land?
7%
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*Ecolodges are located in ______ ______________
destination region
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* A FIT traveler is most likely to depend on a tour wholesaler (T/F)
False
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*Which of the following sectors has greatest importance in the ecotourism industry
Private sector
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*Almost all transportation is part of the specialized ecotourism industry (T/F)
False
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*A virtual internet tour of a rainforest could be called ___________ interpretation
off-site
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* the tree house lodge is an example of a _________ building
vernacular
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* in developed countries such as canada ecoutourism industries are associated mainly with the private sector
True
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*Business plans typically begin with a broad _______ _________ that describes the essence of the business its fundamental purpose and its vision for the future
Mission Statement
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*Which of the following is not an example of on site interpretation?
Websites
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*Which of the following sectors has the least importance in the ecotourism industry?
Public Sector
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*Which country's have a rainforest ?
costa rica, bornea, brazil
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*Which are part of the SWAT analysis?
1. Strengths 2. weaknesses 3. Threats
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*Which are reasons for failure of ecotourism industry?
lack of prior buisness knowledge, Strong connection or lifestyle centred on environment,
Ecotourism
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