Tourism Impacts & Sustainable Tourism is one of 9 topics in the Grade 12 Tourism CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Which of the following is a positive economic impact of tourism?
Foreign exchange earnings from international tourist spending
Overcrowding of local amenities
Habitat destruction
Loss of cultural authenticity
Answer: Foreign exchange earnings from international tourist spending — Foreign exchange earnings are a key positive economic impact, as international tourists bring foreign currency into the host country's economy.
Easy
2. The multiplier effect in tourism describes:
How tourism spending circulates through the local economy, magnifying its initial impact
How tourist numbers always double every year
How tourism always causes inflation
How exchange rates are calculated
Answer: How tourism spending circulates through the local economy, magnifying its initial impact — The multiplier effect describes how the initial tourist spending gets re-spent by wage earners and local suppliers, magnifying the total economic impact of the original spending.
Medium
3. Leakage in tourism economics refers to:
Tourism revenue that does not stay within the local economy, such as profits sent abroad by foreign-owned hotel chains
Money that tourists lose while travelling
Tax revenue collected from tourism businesses
The multiplier effect of tourism spending
Answer: Tourism revenue that does not stay within the local economy, such as profits sent abroad by foreign-owned hotel chains — Leakage occurs when tourism revenue exits the local economy rather than benefiting local businesses and communities, for example through profit repatriation by foreign-owned businesses.
