Tourism: Who Really Benefits?

by Vocafy Verifisert

Engelsk (US) B2 12 spørsmål Reise

Explore how tourism affects jobs, housing, public spaces, and the environment—and why more visitors do not always mean more local benefit.

1. 1. Velg riktig svar.

   Does this vacation count as tourism?

   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.

   Domestic tourism includes trips within your own country. Local businesses can benefit from these visitors as well as international travelers.

2. 2. Velg riktig svar.

   What kind of benefit does this repair create?

   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.

   Investment supported by tourism can improve everyday life when it funds public facilities that residents also use.

3. 3. Fyll inn det tomme feltet.

   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.

4. 4. Velg riktig svar.

   What can this booking system improve?

   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.

   Compare the daily total with arrivals at a particular time.

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   • How evenly visitor arrivals are spread through the day.

   Crowding depends partly on when people arrive, not just how many visit. Timed entry can reduce peaks without reducing daily attendance.

5. 5. Velg riktig svar.

   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.

6. 6. Fyll inn det tomme feltet.

   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.

   If housing demand stays steady, a smaller supply of long-term rentals can put upward pressure on rents.

7. 7. Velg riktig svar.

   What would granting the hotels a larger share require?

   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.

   When a resource is limited, tourism facilities can compete with residents and other businesses for the same supply.

8. 8. Velg riktig svar.

   Why does high visitor spending produce limited local income here?

   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.

   Consider where the resort buys supplies and sends profits.

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   • Much of the money leaves the local economy.

   Money leaving the destination through imports or overseas profits is often called tourism leakage. High revenue does not guarantee high local benefit.

9. 9. Velg riktig svar.

   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.

10. 10. Velg riktig svar.

    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.

11. 11. Velg riktig svar.

    Which gap remains in this visitor-tax system?

    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.

    A tax on overnight stays does not cover every visitor. Day visitors may contribute through other purchases, but not through this particular tax.

12. 12. Velg riktig svar.

    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.