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1、Chapter 10 Economics and TourismText A The Economics of TourismActivities:1. Decide whether the following statements agree with the information given in the text._(1) As a matter of fact, foreign and domestic tourists spend less on a daily basis in theplace they visit than they do while in their hom
2、e country or province._(2) Foreign tourist expenditures in the attractions become imports of this country._(3) Economic benefits and costs of tourism reach virtually everyone in the region in oneway or another._(4) Community decisions over tourism often involve debates between industry proponents to
3、uting tourism,s economic impacts (benefits) and detractors emphasizing tourism,s costs._(5) Sound decisions rest on a balanced and objective assessment of both benefits and costs and an understanding of who benefits from tourism and who pays for it.2. Fill in the blanks with proper words to complete
4、 the following statements.(1) Increased tourist spending produces more financial transactions in this region thereby creating a transactions_ .(2) This should be of particular interest to local and national governments that_ taxes on such transactions.(3) Fixing our eyes solely on the economics of t
5、ourism could lead us to engage in_ that would subordinate nobler time-honored local values to money and what it can buy.(4) Sound decisions rest on a balanced and objective_ of both benefits and costs and an understanding of who benefits from tourism and who pays for it.(5) Economic impact analyses
6、provide_ estimates of these economic interdependencies and a better understanding of the role and importance of tourism in a region,s economy.3. Questions for discussion.(1) What immediately comes to people,s minds when you see foreign tourists in your town orcity appreciating local sights and point
7、s of interest?(2) What kinds of methods are used to estimate tourism,s economic impacts?(3) Why do the tourism activities cause inflationary pressure on local residents?(4) Why do communities need to understand the relative importance of tourism to their region,including tourism,s contribution to ec
8、onomic activity in the area?(5) What makes the decision makers and the general public sometimes have a distorted andincomplete understanding of tourism,s economic effects?Text B What Economic Impacts Does Tourism Have?Activities:1. Decide whether the following statements agree with the information g
9、iven in the text._(1) There are a number of positive and negative sides of tourism,s economic boom for local communities._(2) Tourism industries are labor and income intensive, translating a high proportion ofsales into income and corresponding jobs._(3) Tourism can not inflate the cost of housing a
10、nd retail prices in the area._(4) Changes in tourist spending can impact every sector of the economy in one way oranother._(5) The magnitude of secondary effects depends on the propensity of businesses andhouseholds in the region to purchase goods and services from local suppliers.2. Fill in the bla
11、nks with proper words to complete the following statements.(1) Fiscal impact analysis may determine if government revenues from tourism activity (taxes,direct fees, etc.) will cover the added costs for _ and government services.(2) A multiplier is a factor of proportionality that measures how much a
12、n _ variablechanges in response to a change in some exogenous variable.(3) Economic impact analysis is a(n) _ assessment.(4) The final consumers of tourism goods and services are _.(5) This _ shows the economic impact process.3. Questions for discussion.(1) What are production changes associated wit
13、h the immediate effects of changes in tourismexpenditures?(2) What are the production changes resulting from various rounds of re-spending of the hotelindustry,s receipts in other backward-linked industries?(3) What are the changes in economic activity resulting from household spending of incomeearn
14、ed directly or indirectly as a result of tourism spending?(4) What does an economic multiplier refer to?(5) What steps should be done for Economic Impact Analysis?参考答案Text A The Economics of Tourism1. Decide whether the following statements agree with the information given in the text.(1) F (2) F (3
15、) T (4) T (5) T2. Fill in the blanks with proper words to complete the following statements.(1) multiplier (2) impose (3) endeavors (4) assessment (5) tangible3. Questions for discussion.(1) The answers may be as varied and as interesting as they can be. They may think of the cultural, social, educa
16、tional, religious or environmental aspects of tourism as you please.Or you may think about the economic side of tourism.(2) A variety of methods, ranging from pure guesswork to complex mathematical models, areused to estimate tourism,s economic impacts.(3) As a matter of fact, foreign and domestic t
17、ourists, spend more on a daily basis in the placethey visit than they do while in their home country or province. This increased touristexpenditure causes inflationary pressure on local residents who have to stretch theirspending capacity to be able to buy things sold to tourists at such high level
18、of prices.(4) Tourism,s economic impacts are an important consideration in state, regional andcommunity planning and economic development. Economic impacts are also importantfactors in marketing and management decisions.(5) Media coverage of these studies tend to oversimplify and frequently misinter
19、pret theresults, leaving decision makers and the general public with a sometimes distorted andincomplete understanding of tourism,s economic effects.Text B What Economic Impacts Does Tourism Have?1. Decide whether the following statements agree with the information given in the text.(1) T (2) T (3)
20、F (4)T (5) T2. Fill in the blanks with proper words to complete the following statements.(1) infrastructure (2) endogenous (3) logical (4) households (5) figure3. Questions for discussion.(1) Direct effects are production changes associated with the immediate effects of changes intourism expenditure
21、s.(2) Indirect effects are the production changes resulting from various rounds of re-spendingof the hotel industry,s receipts in other backward-linked industries (i.e., industries supplying products and services to hotels)(3) Induced effects are the changes in economic activity resulting from house
22、hold spending ofincome earned directly or indirectly as a result of tourism spending.(4) A multiplier is a factor of proportionality that measures how much an endogenous variablechanges in response to a change in some exogenous variable.(5) A standard economic impact analysis traces flows of money from tourism spending, first to businesses and government agencies where tourists spend their money and then to other businesses which supply goods and services to tourist businesses.