Mass tourism involves large scale tourism focused on a single destination for a specific purpose, such as skiing. It fits into the development phase of the Butler Tourism Life Cycle model. Many LEDCs view mass tourism favorably as it provides an economic boost through jobs, tax revenue, and local spending. However, mass tourism is also seasonal and can negatively impact the environment and landscapes that attracted tourists originally through overuse.

1. What is Mass Tourism?
Understand what the Multiplier Effect is.
Know what the impacts of mass tourism is
on the economy and the environment.
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2. Multiplier Effect
• The Multiplier
Effect is when
there are a number
of _____ on
effects from
tourism, e.g. more
_____ means that
they will need more
food to ___ so the
farmers sell more
____.
Food Eat
Tourists Knock
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3. In pairs discuss what some of the
multiplier effects could be in this resort?
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4. What is Mass Tourism?
• Mass tourism is tourism on a ____ scale to just one
country or one region. It is normally for just one ______ ,
e.g. skiing on a particular mountain.
a. small, holiday b. large, person c. large, purpose
• It would fit into the _________ and Consolidation phase
of the ______Tourism Life Cycle model.
a. Rejuvenation, Butler b. Development, Rogers
c. Development, Butler d. Exploration, Butler
• Many _____ want it as it is a quick boost to their
_______.
a. MEDC’s, restaurants b. LEDC’s, economy
c. LEDC’s, weather d. pupils, sun tan
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5. What are some of the
advantages of mass tourism?
Economy Environment
Jobs created for local people.
Construction workers, farmers
earn more money selling more food
to restaurants.
Some areas are given protected
status (e.g. Machu Pichu - World
Heritage Status)
Local workers spend their money
earn from tourism in local
businesses.
Taxes are paid to the government.
They can spend this on large scale
projects to encourage more
tourists e.g. a new airport.
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6. What are some of the
disadvantages of mass tourism?
Economic Environmental
Seasonal. Jobs only in winter or
summer.
Landscape that has attracted
tourists is at risk of being
ruined by them (loved to death)
Jobs in tourism are not well paid.
Profits go back to outside of
country to large travel
companies headquarters
elsewhere.
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7. Annotate the following photo
to show any positive or
negative impacts of tourism on
the environment

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9. Your Turn
In pairs;
1. Number yourself 1 and 2.
2. Number 1 – Label the economic
impacts you can see, number 2 – label the
environmental impacts
(REMEMBER: try to think of positives and
negatives)
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12. IMPACTS of tourism DVD
• Make
notes
about the
impacts
from the
DVD on
your
handout.
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13. Homework
(either 1 OR 2)
EITHER
1. Find a photo of a
tourist area and label
at least 5 different
multiplier effects that
are evident OR
OR
2. Find and label a
photo of a tourist area
that has evidence of
environmental OR
economic impacts
(positive and negative)
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14. Recap
• What is Mass Tourism?
• What are some of the environmental
and economic benefits / problems?
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