Economic Development and Globalization · Global Systems

Tourism and its Impacts

Evaluating the economic benefits and environmental/cultural costs of the global travel industry.

Key Questions

  1. 1Can ecotourism truly protect the environments it promotes?
  2. 2How does mass tourism alter the authentic culture of a destination?
  3. 3Who actually profits from international resort developments?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Global Connections - Grade 11ON: Interactions and Interdependence - Grade 11
Grade: Grade 11
Subject: Geography
Unit: Economic Development and Globalization
Period: Global Systems

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