a description of the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of ONE economic activity in a global context. The economic activity selected can be from a wide range of activities such as wheat farming, hydroponics, viticulture, textiles, tourism, advertising, retailing, wholesaling, information technologies, financial and business services industries
[edit | edit source]- factors explaining the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of the selected economic activity such as
- biophysical: climate, soils, topography, site
- ecological: sustainability and resource use
- economic: competitive advantage, consumer demand, mobility of labor and capital
- sociocultural: tradition, changing lifestyles, labor participation rates
- organizational: ownership, decision making and control
- technological: transportation, information transmission and flows, biotechnology
- political: quotas, tariffs, compacts, agreements
- the environmental, social and economic impacts of the economic activity such as pollution, resource depletion, labor exploitation, cultural integration, provision of infrastructure, job creation, transfer pricing.
Nature of Tourism
Defining Tourism
Forms of Tourism
International Tourism
Domestic Tourism
The Global Pattern of Tourism
Factors Affecting Tourism
The Biophysical and Built Environment
Technological Change
Social Influences
Economic Factors
Cultural Influences
Political Influences
The Relationship Between Production and Consumption
The Changing Nature of the Production Process
Internationalization of Tourism
Organizational Developments
Changing Consumer Products and Markets
The Impacts of Changing Patterns of Consumption
The Evolving Tourism Product
Package Tours
Small Group Tours
Individual Travel
Adventure Travel
Cultural and Environmental Travel
Rural Tourism
Growing Market Diversity
Changes in Ownership, Decision-Making and Control
Increasing the Scale of Production
Horizontal and Vertical Integration
Transnational Operations
Data Gathering and Industry Support
Technological Change
Consumer Choice
Transport Technologies
Aircraft
Land Transport
Sea Transport
Keeping Track of People and Possessions
Enhancing the Tourist's experience
Political and Economic Factors
The Changing Political and Economic Environment
The Nature of Government Involvement
Tourism Promotion
Facilitating Visitor Entry
Transport Policy
Regulation and Control
General Economic Policy
Issues Surrounding the Future of Tourism as an Economic Activity
Tourism and the Environment
Social Impacts of Tourism
What of the Future?
- a geographical study of an economic enterprise operating at a local scale. The business could be an individual enterprise, firm or company such as a family farm, a mine or mining corporation, a hotel, chain of hotels, heritage or tourist site. The case study should explore
- the nature of the economic enterprise
- locational factors
- ecological dimensions including environmental constraints, climate, and human impacts on the environment such as pollution and ecological sustainability
- internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas
- effects of global changes in the economic activity on the enterprise.
