1 * Title: Tourism is a leaky business Read your Learning Objective:

1 * Title: Tourism is a leaky business Read your Learning Objective: You will be able to describe how money earned from tourism can leave the host country 3 Challenge Can you think of a place in the UK or abroad which has been spoiled by tourism? Today’s Key Words: Host, tourism, leakage, Gambia 11 10 9 8 12 1 2 1 6 9 2 7 5 3 4 8 min min 3 4 40 50 40 50 20 20 10 50s 40 ss 10 30 40 30 10 ss 20 50 20 30 40 10 20 50 10 30 50 s ss 7 2 6 5 4Use image below to answer title question

5 mark recap. 1. The name of a very popular Spanish beach resort? Benidorm 2. What is the name of the highest mountain in Wales? Snowdon 3. Which airline offers very cheap flights and its logo is in orange? Easy Jet 4. What is the main tourism attraction in Egypt? Pyramids 5. Famous standing stones in Dorset, England Stone Henge

Governments in Low Income Countries often see tourism as a vital source of income, which can be used for development, but tourism can create problems for host countries. Task 1 Gambia is a country in Africa, which borders , it has a coastline with the ocean. Task 2 Using the table below suggest reasons why Gambia would welcome more tourists. Health Spending Average life expectancy GDP per capita United Kingdom 9.1% of GDP 80.8 years 43,600 Gambia 7.3% of GDP 65.1 1,700

Leakage within tourism means . to the international company which owns the hotel the way in which generated by tourism is lost from the holiday destination money

In the study of tourism, leakage means the way in which money generated by tourism is lost from the destination country and goes to the international company which owns the hotels instead.

Use the cartoon to suggest how money is lost from Gambia within the tourist industry

Q1. How is money lost from Gambia in the cartoon, who does it go to? Q2. Give 3 advantages of tourism to Gambia? Q3. What types of jobs do Gambian people do in the tourist industry? Q4. What time of year would be the best to visit Gambia – give the month and two facts. Q5. If you were the president of Gambia what would you change to reduce leakage of money from the tourist industry?

Key: increases (more) decreases (less) If leakage was reduced Pick an option from each answer 2 1 l a i c So Gambian people work in management positions E co nom ic Training courses available to encourage local people Relationship s between tourist and Gambians 3 2 1 tourist earnings and government earning from tax. 4 & Effects on local people’s lives Higher wages Number of schools built. In literacy rates and workforce gains better skills 3