Turismo: ¿Quién se beneficia realmente?
Explora cómo el turismo afecta el empleo, la vivienda, los espacios públicos y el medio ambiente, y por qué más visitantes no siempre significan mayores beneficios para la comunidad local.
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1. Elige la respuesta correcta.
¿Estas vacaciones cuentan como turismo?
A family spends a week on vacation in another region of its own country.
- No; tourism requires crossing an international border.
- Yes; tourism can take place within one country.
- Only if the family pays for a guided tour.
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- Yes; tourism can take place within one country.
El turismo interno incluye viajes dentro de tu propio país. Los negocios locales pueden beneficiarse de estos visitantes, así como de los viajeros internacionales.
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2. Elige la respuesta correcta.
¿Qué tipo de beneficio genera esta reparación?
Tourist revenue helps repair a public boardwalk. Residents use it to reach shops, and visitors use it to reach the beach.
- A shared benefit for visitors and residents.
- A benefit restricted to tourism businesses.
- A benefit available only to paying visitors.
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- A shared benefit for visitors and residents.
La inversión respaldada por el turismo puede mejorar la vida cotidiana cuando financia instalaciones públicas que los residentes también utilizan.
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3. Completa el espacio en blanco.
A beach hotel hires staff on summer-only contracts. These jobs provide ___ rather than year-round income.
- a guaranteed annual salary
- wages throughout the winter
- seasonal earnings
The work lasts for only one part of the year.
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A beach hotel hires staff on summer-only contracts. These jobs provide seasonal earnings rather than year-round income.
Seasonal jobs can bring valuable income, but workers may need another source of earnings when the tourist season ends.
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4. Elige la respuesta correcta.
¿Qué puede mejorar este sistema de reservas?
A small museum introduces one-hour entry slots to manage crowding. Its total number of daily visitors stays the same.
- The amount of physical space inside the museum.
- How evenly visitor arrivals are spread through the day.
- The total number of visitors admitted each day.
Compara el total diario con las llegadas a una hora específica.
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- How evenly visitor arrivals are spread through the day.
La aglomeración depende en parte de cuándo llegan las personas, no solo de cuántas visitan el lugar. La entrada con horario asignado puede reducir los picos de afluencia sin reducir la asistencia diaria.
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5. Elige la respuesta correcta.
Why might these visits generate less local spending than overnight stays?
Cruise passengers spend the afternoon in a port, then return to their ship for dinner and to spend the night.
- They are unable to spend money in the port's shops.
- Their cruise fare automatically pays for rooms in local hotels.
- Their dinner and overnight accommodations are provided on the ship.
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- Their dinner and overnight accommodations are provided on the ship.
Visitor numbers alone do not show spending levels. The length of a stay and where visitors eat and sleep also matter.
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6. Completa el espacio en blanco.
Apartments once rented to residents are converted into vacation rentals. No new homes are built, so this conversion ___ the supply of long-term rental housing.
- decreases
- increases
- does not change
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Apartments once rented to residents are converted into vacation rentals. No new homes are built, so this conversion decreases the supply of long-term rental housing.
Si la demanda de vivienda se mantiene estable, una menor oferta de alquileres a largo plazo puede ejercer presión al alza sobre los precios de alquiler.
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7. Elige la respuesta correcta.
¿Qué requeriría asignarles a los hoteles una mayor proporción?
During a drought, all of a town's limited daily water supply is already allocated. Hotels request a larger share for their swimming pools.
- Keeping every other user's share unchanged.
- Reducing the share available to other users.
- Increasing every user's share without increasing the supply.
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- Reducing the share available to other users.
Cuando un recurso es limitado, las instalaciones turísticas pueden competir con los residentes y otros negocios por el mismo suministro.
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8. Elige la respuesta correcta.
¿Por qué el alto gasto de los visitantes genera ingresos locales limitados aquí?
Visitors spend heavily at a resort that imports most of its food and sends profits to owners overseas. Only a small share of its revenue pays local workers or suppliers.
- Most of the resort's profits are paid to nearby suppliers.
- Imported food purchases mainly support local food producers.
- Much of the money leaves the local economy.
Considera dónde compra sus suministros el complejo turístico y adónde envía sus ganancias.
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- Much of the money leaves the local economy.
El dinero que sale del destino a través de las importaciones o de las ganancias enviadas al extranjero suele denominarse fuga de ingresos turísticos. Los ingresos elevados no garantizan grandes beneficios locales.
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9. Elige la respuesta correcta.
How does this arrangement help tourism support conservation?
A wildlife park uses visitor fees to fund patrols against illegal hunting. Visitors must stay on marked trails to limit damage to habitats.
- Visits fund protection, while access rules reduce environmental damage.
- Charging admission removes the need to manage visitor behavior.
- Visitor spending protects habitats without any need for patrols.
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- Visits fund protection, while access rules reduce environmental damage.
Nature tourism can help pay for conservation, but funding works best alongside measures that limit harm from visits.
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10. Elige la respuesta correcta.
What trade-off does this change illustrate?
A community festival adds performances to match tour-bus arrivals. Performers earn more, but ceremonies are moved away from their traditional times.
- Higher earnings preserve the traditional schedule without changes.
- Higher earnings can come at the cost of traditional timing.
- The extra performances reduce what performers earn.
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- Higher earnings can come at the cost of traditional timing.
Tourism can make cultural performances financially viable while also changing how or when traditions are practiced.
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11. Elige la respuesta correcta.
¿Qué vacío persiste en este sistema de impuestos a los visitantes?
A town charges an overnight visitor tax to help pay for trash collection in its busiest tourist area. Day visitors also use the area but pay no visitor tax.
- Overnight visitors use the area without paying the visitor tax.
- The visitor tax can fund only waste collection inside hotels.
- Day visitors create cleanup costs without contributing through this tax.
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- Day visitors create cleanup costs without contributing through this tax.
Un impuesto sobre las pernoctaciones no abarca a todos los visitantes. Los visitantes que no pasan la noche pueden contribuir mediante otras compras, pero no mediante este impuesto en particular.
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12. Elige la respuesta correcta.
What cost of building the terminal is not shown on its construction bill?
A town can afford either a new cruise terminal or repairs to a flood barrier, but not both. The terminal may attract tourist spending; the repairs would reduce flood risk for homes.
- Giving up the reduced flood risk that the repairs would provide.
- The construction materials already included in the bill.
- The tourist spending that the terminal may attract.
Consider what the same budget could fund instead.
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- Giving up the reduced flood risk that the repairs would provide.
This is an opportunity cost: the value of the best alternative the town cannot pursue when it spends its budget on the terminal.