Geography 2144A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Dakota, Ecotourism, Swot Analysis
20 Nov 2017
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3 main types of attraction: cultural, natural, entertainment-oriented. User oriented- activity paramount, artificial, distance from user: based on availability, created developments to match activity desires, city parks, pools, zoos, activities include, golf, tennis, walking, seasonal. Intermediate- resource paramount, natural, distance from user: accessible distance to users, more natural than artificial, camping, hiking, swimming, hunting, fishing. Resource based- resource paramount, natural, low-intensity development: natural resources with minimal, low-intensity development, resources determine activity, skiing, hiking, climbing. Indigenous: first level celebrated, inuit art at every canadian airport. Initial early population was pushed into the frontier of the country. Amish heritage, buy the needlework, buy the quilts: you can also tour the hershey chocolate factory/theme park due to how close it is to lancaster. Religious: pilgrimage- religious journey, haj, diaspora- dispersion of jews beyond israel, march of the living, birthright, architectural. Ecotourism: cannot have a tourist business in nature and not change the landscape being observed, not impact-free, kind of a myth.
