HSC Geography/People and Economic Activity

global economic activity
===a description of the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of ONE economic activity in a global context. The economic activity selected can be from a wide range of activities such as wheat farming, hydroponics, viticulture, textiles, tourism, advertising, retailing, wholesaling, information technologies, financial and business services industries===


 * factors explaining the nature, spatial patterns and future directions of the selected economic activity such as
 * biophysical: climate, soils, topography, site
 * ecological: sustainability and resource use
 * economic: competitive advantage, consumer demand, mobility of labor and capital
 * sociocultural: tradition, changing lifestyles, labor participation rates
 * organizational: ownership, decision making and control
 * technological: transportation, information transmission and flows, biotechnology
 * political: quotas, tariffs, compacts, agreements
 * the environmental, social and economic impacts of the economic activity such as pollution, resource depletion, labor exploitation, cultural integration, provision of infrastructure, job creation, transfer pricing.

Tourism as an Economic Activity
Nature of Tourism

Defining Tourism

Forms of Tourism

International Tourism

Domestic Tourism

The Global Pattern of Tourism

Factors Affecting Tourism

The Biophysical and Built Environment

Technological Change

Social Influences

Economic Factors

Cultural Influences

Political Influences

The Relationship Between Production and Consumption

The Changing Nature of the Production Process

Internationalization of Tourism

Organizational Developments

Changing Consumer Products and Markets

The Impacts of Changing Patterns of Consumption

The Evolving Tourism Product

Package Tours

Small Group Tours

Individual Travel

Adventure Travel

Cultural and Environmental Travel

Rural Tourism

Growing Market Diversity

Changes in Ownership, Decision-Making and Control

Increasing the Scale of Production

Horizontal and Vertical Integration

Transnational Operations

Data Gathering and Industry Support

Technological Change

Consumer Choice

Transport Technologies

Aircraft

Land Transport

Sea Transport

Keeping Track of People and Possessions

Enhancing the Tourist's experience

Political and Economic Factors

The Changing Political and Economic Environment

The Nature of Government Involvement

Tourism Promotion

Facilitating Visitor Entry

Transport Policy

Regulation and Control

General Economic Policy

Issues Surrounding the Future of Tourism as an Economic Activity

Tourism and the Environment

Social Impacts of Tourism

What of the Future?

local case study

 * a geographical study of an economic enterprise operating at a local scale. The business could be an individual enterprise, firm or company such as a family farm, a mine or mining corporation, a hotel, chain of hotels, heritage or tourist site. The case study should explore
 * the nature of the economic enterprise
 * locational factors
 * ecological dimensions including environmental constraints, climate, and human impacts on the environment such as pollution and ecological sustainability
 * internal and external linkages and flows of people, goods, services and ideas
 * effects of global changes in the economic activity on the enterprise.