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S5 Geography | Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Paper 1 (Foundation)
S5 Geography | Tourism and Sustainable Tourism Paper 1 (Foundation)
Paper 1 sets the arithmetic base: tourism receipts and their share of GDP, hotel room-nights and revenue, capacity overshoot, peak concentration, the employment multiplier, eco-site accounts and trip emissions.
Separate arrivals, room-nights and money Allow about twenty-five minutes; decide whether each answer is arrivals, room-nights or money before applying a formula.
01 Paper details (check answers afterwards)
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Questions | 10 items |
| Suggested time | About 25 minutes |
| Difficulty mix | Foundation 4 · Intermediate 3 · Challenge 2 · Error redo 1 |
| Chapter | Chapter: S5 Geography | Tourism and Sustainable Tourism |
| Level | S5 (Secondary 5) Geography |
02 Questions (10 items)
- FoundationA city receives 1.2 million visitor arrivals in a year with average spending of $6,500 each. What are total tourism receipts?
- FoundationThe same city has a GDP of $280 billion. What share of GDP does tourism represent?
- FoundationA hotel has 300 rooms at an average occupancy of 82%. How many room-nights are sold in a year?
- FoundationWith an average room rate of $900, what is annual room revenue?
- IntermediateA beach has a comfortable carrying capacity of 2,500 people a day. In a 30-day peak season 90,000 arrive. How much is the daily average over capacity, in people and per cent?
- IntermediateOf 1.2 million arrivals, 420,000 fall in July and August. What is the peak-season concentration?
- IntermediateTourism directly employs 12,000 people with an employment multiplier of 1.8. What is total employment supported?
- ChallengeAn eco-site charges $80, receives 1,200 visitors a day for 300 days, and spends $9,600,000 a year on maintenance. Find net income and net margin.
- ChallengeHalf a million visitors each emit 0.15 tonnes of CO2 per trip. What are total tourism transport emissions?
- Error redoLow season brings 80,000 arrivals a month and peak season 320,000. A student says “peak is 240,000 more, that is 4 times”. What is wrong?
03 Answers and one-line notes
| # | Answer | One-line note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $7,800,000,000 (7.8 billion). | Receipts equal arrivals times spending per head; keep the units consistent before multiplying. |
| 2 | 2.8%. | Divide receipts by GDP and multiply by 100, using the same year and currency for both. |
| 3 | 89,790 room-nights. | Room-nights are rooms times occupancy times 365; convert the percentage to a decimal first. |
| 4 | $80,811,000. | Multiply room-nights by the average rate, which already blends the different room types. |
| 5 | 3,000 a day, that is 500 over, or 20%. | Average the arrivals over the days first, then express the excess as a percentage of capacity. |
| 6 | 35%. | Concentration is peak arrivals over the annual total; two months holding a third signals strong seasonality. |
| 7 | 21,600 jobs. | The multiplier scales direct jobs up to total jobs; a value above 1 counts indirect and induced posts. |
| 8 | Net income $19,200,000, net margin 66.7%. | Total ticket income comes first, then maintenance is deducted; the margin divides by income, not by cost. |
| 9 | 75,000 tonnes. | Multiply visitors by emissions per head; if the figure is given in kilograms, divide by 1,000 first. |
| 10 | Peak is 4 times low season; 240,000 is only the difference, not the ratio. | A multiple needs a ratio, not a subtraction: 320,000 / 80,000 = 4, while 240,000 is just the absolute gain. |
04 What to do after marking
- After marking, redo only the wrong items and write down which step went wrong (formula, unit, or misread number).
- Repeat the same item two days later; move to the next paper only when both attempts are correct.
- Parents only need the answer and note columns; there is no need to explain every item.
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