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TOURISM INVESTIGATION
Suitable for Paper 4 (0460/4)
Note:
*The Management of Amani Nature Reserve is encouraging eco-tourism but the number
of tourists is still small. According to EUCAMP (2002a, 21), about 950 tourists visited
Amani Nature Reserve between July 2001 and June 2002. Therefore, studies involving
'count' of tourists as an enquiry skill may not be appropriate for the time being.
*Visit http://www.geography-site.co.uk for further information on: When to use a
Questionnaire, How to design a Questionnaire, Planning the Fieldwork, Approaching your
Audience, Recording the Data and Data Analysis.
Suitable titles: Are the leisure facilities at Amani adequate for the needs of tourists?
: What is the influence of tourism in Amani?
Hypotheses that can be tested in Amani
Students to formulate relevant hypotheses in line with the title for the study they will have
chosen.
Pre field trip preparation (in class/school)
Students individually or in groups to:
. discuss the type of data they need to test the hypotheses (primary and secondary
e.g. visitor's book) that they will have formulated.
. devise a questionnaire as one of the methods of collecting data which
may include questions (both open and closed) on the: main attractions; method of trans
port; sphere of influence; use of leisure facilities; type of pollution and the quality of the
environment.
The website (www.geography-site.co.uk) has useful information on: When to use a
Questionnaire, How to design a Questionnaire, Planning the Fieldwork, Approaching
your Audience, Recording the Data, Data Analysis.
. discuss how they could conduct a pilot study and sampling techniques if need be.
Field work: collecting information using questionnaire and other data collection methods.
Field trip follow up activities
Students individually or in groups to:
. present data using a variety of illustrative techniques such as graphs, sketch maps,
diagrams, photographs, tables and charts.
. use information as presented in a variety of illustrative techniques to identify the
trends/patterns and make appropriate comments.
. accept or reject the hypotheses they will have set at the beginning of the study.
. look at all the work they have done and make comments on its strength/weaknesses.
. write field trip report(s) using the following outline: Introduction; Aims; Hypotheses; Data
collection; Data presentation; Data analysis; Evaluation and Conclusion.
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