Year+9+Geography

=March 25th - Geo Homework read the information sheet. You will have a quiz on it next lesson. Thailand Paradise Lost/Tourism 16th March: Homework Questions The land of smiles - These are all from the Royal Geographic Society Site [|Royal Geographic Society]= Thailand received 13.8 million international visitors in 2006. The Tourism Authority of Thailand hopes that numbers of tourists will have bettered 2006's record by another million in 2007. How might the following events affect their forecasts?
 * In October 2006, Thailand's government was taken over by the army in a military coup. Although there was no violence, the political situation in Thailand remains uncertain.
 * The pound has remained strong against the baht, Thailand's currency.
 * A series of bombs exploded on New Years Eve in different parts of Bangkok.
 * There is mounting pressure on people to avoid long-haul travel and go on holiday closer to home to cut down on carbon emissions.
 * A new outbreak of bird flu has been reported in a remote northern province of Thailand
 * Who would be most affected by these events? Can you go through each event and explain what effects it will have focusing in particular on its effects on the tourist industry.-Answer in your books or in the discussion section of this group.**


 * Lesson 2: Lesson 1: New Unit: Tourism 9th March** Aim: What is the connection between Tourism and Geography? L/O: To be able to describe how tourism is affected by Geography and vice versa Key points
 * Tourism can have positive economic benefits for areas
 * Jobs in the tourist industry can be seasonal
 * Tourism can have negative effects on the environment and local culture
 * Tourism is shaped by the environment and is in turn shaped by it