IGCSE Geography / Globalisation and migration

Making tourism more sustainable revision notes

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 8: Globalisation and migration, specification point 8.3c. Part of the full course.

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Sustainable tourism protects the environment, treats local people fairly and supports the economy, so it can continue into the future. Tourism can be made more sustainable through the choices of individuals, organisations and governments, with approaches shaped by a country’s level of development.

More lessons in Globalisation and migration

• Globalisation and the global economy
• What drives globalisation
• The WTO and the IMF
• Transnational corporations
• Why people migrate: push and pull
• Types of migration: medical, sport, tourism and economic
• Winners and losers of globalisation
• TNCs: benefits and costs for the host country
• The impacts of migration
• Six migrations compared
• The growth of global tourism
• Case study: mass tourism on Spain's Costa Blanca
• Geopolitics: how relations between countries shape movement
• Case study: how the UK manages migration
• Case studies: sustainable tourism in The Gambia and Bhutan
• Case study: sustainable tourism in Cyprus