Exam 6: Mass Tourism

Sun, sea, and sand destinations

Greening tourism and sustainable tourism are basically the same thing.

Tourists generally use about the same amount of water and electricity as local residents.

It is important to report sustainability accomplishments to stakeholders and the general public.

It is necessary to use a holistic view when analyzing tourism because the holistic approach acknowledges the variety of mass tourism types.

The aggressive development of standardized travel packages that result in tens of thousands of visitors going to the same destination

Which of the following describes as the most common path of development for sustainable mass tourism today?

Determines which topics, or significant impacts, are relevant and important

Which of the following characterizes mass tourism?

Which of the following is a negative environmental impact of ski tourism?

Greening strategies are most commonly used in mass tourism businesses because they can decrease operating costs.

Mass tourism has had little impact on the landscape of natural areas.

Tourism is described as a system because:

Communities that neighbor national parks and nature areas

Contextualizing the information in the Global Reporting Initiative's report includes describing how an organization contributes, or plans to contribute in the future, to the improvement or deterioration of economic, environmental, and social conditions at the local, regional, or global level.

Materiality determines which topics, or significant impacts, are relevant and important and, therefore, essential to the Global Reporting Initiative's report.

The transformation of goods, services, ideas and people into commodities, or objects of trade

In the Global Reporting Initiative, the actual impacts resulting from business operations are explained in which section?

3S tourism stands for:

The act of becoming more aware and attempting to mitigate the environmental consequences of economic activities