Quiz

Test you understanding of key chapter concepts by working through this quiz. You can check your answer by clicking on the arrow to the right or on what you think the correct answer is.  The correct answer will then be revealed to you for that question.

1. Criticism of the contribution of tourism to greenhouse gases is

  1. unfounded as technological improvements will compensate for increasing emissions
  2. a valid issue as it hampers CO2 emission reduction targets
  3. unrealistic as other industries also create emissions
  4. unfounded as the industry has made changes

 

Answer:

B. a valid issue as it hampers CO2 emission reduction targets

 

2. Tourists, particularly air travellers, are

  1. prepared to take responsibility for the effects of CO2 emissions
  2. prepared to pay higher taxes to compensate for CO2 emissions
  3. reluctant to pay higher taxes to compensate for CO2 emissions
  4. willing to fly less to reduce CO2 emissions

 

Answer:

C. reluctant to pay higher taxes to compensate for CO2 emissions

 

3. Negative effects of tourism activity are

  1. overstated
  2. minor
  3. usually due to deliberate actions
  4. often due to carelessness by tourists

 

Answer:

D. often due to carelessness by tourists

 

4. Tourists are

  1. always willing to pay additional fees to protect the general environment
  2. not willing to pay additional fees to protect the general environment
  3. willing to pay additional fees when revenue goes to a specific habitat
  4. willing to pay additional fees when revenue goes to general environmental issues

 

Answer:

C. willing to pay additional fees when revenue goes to a specific habitat

 

5. Awareness-raising of environmental issues is unlikely to be effective because

  1. tourists know about these issues
  2. tourists do not care about these issues
  3. awareness is necessary but not of itself sufficient to change behaviour
  4. tourists will become confused regarding what behaviour to change

 

Answer:

C. awareness is necessary but not of itself sufficient to change behaviour

 

6. Wildlife tourism seldom changes long-term behaviour because

  1. tourists are not enthusiastic about wildlife conservation
  2. enthusiasm for wildlife support declines over time
  3. people don’t want to change their behaviour
  4. specific behaviours are targeted

 

Answer:

B. enthusiasm for wildlife support declines over time

 

7. Volunteer tourism is unethical if

  1. volunteers do not respect their host communities
  2. volunteers are organised by commercial organisations
  3. volunteers do not spend money in their host communities
  4. the local infrastructure is undeveloped

 

Answer:

A. volunteers do not respect their host communities

 

8. Sex tourism

  1. is inherently unethical
  2. is exploitative
  3. is illegal
  4. covers a wide spectrum of behaviours

 

Answer:

D. covers a wide spectrum of behaviours

 

9. Authenticity is

  1. critical for all tourists
  2. often secondary to enjoyment
  3. difficult for tourists to determine
  4. reliant on recreating one period in time

 

Answer:

B. often secondary to enjoyment

 

10. Cause-related marketing is

  1. inherently unethical
  2. unethical if it attracts media coverage
  3. ethical only if it is successful
  4. unethical if it is based primarily on image-building

 

Answer:

D. unethical if it is based primarily on image-building