Theory and Practice
(Author: David Weaver)
CHAPTER ONE
1. Which of the following represents the correct historical sequence of Jafari’s tourism platforms? a) Adaptancy, cautionary, advocacy, knowledge-based b) Advocacy, adaptancy, cautionary, knowledge-based c) Advocacy, cautionary, adaptancy, knowledge-based d) Advantageous, cautionary, adaptancy, knowledge-based e) None of the above
2. Which one of the following observations about the destination life cycle model is not accurate? a) It has been described as the culmination of the adaptancy tourism platform. b) Major negative impacts within a destination appear during the ‘development’ stage. c) The evolution of tourism is described by an S-shaped curve. d) It assumes that unregulated tourism growth eventually leads to its own destruction. e) ‘Rejuvenation’ and ‘decline’ may occur as post-stagnation stages.
3. International stayover growth in tourism from 1950 to 2004 is accurately described by all of the following statements except: a) It has increased by a factor of 30. b) At least some growth has been recorded for each year. c) The 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 did not result in a downturn in numbers in 2002. d) Approximately 750 million international stayovers were reported for 2004. e) Allowing for inflation, associated revenues have increased at roughly the same rate as the growth in numbers.
4. The spatial expansion of global tourism since 1950 a) has been dominated by the flow of tourists from the more developed countries (MDCs) to the less developed countries (LDCs). b) has given rise to the creation of the pleasure periphery around the Asia-Pacific rim. c) is described in the textbook as a four-stage process. d) was initially dominated by the flow of tourists between MDCs. e) is currently dominated by the flow of tourists from LDCs to MDCs.
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