Vocations related to tourism
This lesson addresses the following sylabus dot points:
Identify geographical methods applicable to and useful in the workplace such as
A port development has been proposed at Churchill. You are required to conduct research and then advise public servants about the feasability of the new development. You will need to refer to the secondary information located at the bottom of the page to complete this task.
Task 1: Examine the proposal site
A proposal has been put forward for a port redevelopment at Churchill. Analyse aerial photographs, electronic street directories, cadastral maps, tourist maps and atlases of the area. Create a sketch map of the site and label nearby towns, beaches and tourist sites. Is this an appropriate site for a large port development? Consider the biophysical and ecological factors that influence tourism. How do these factors relate to this specific site? How might the port redevelopment negatively impact on tourism in the area?
Task 2: Customer demographics
Find data related to possible tourist visitors to the Churchill. Who would be interested in coming to the Churchill? How much do they earn? Are they likely to have large amounts of expendable cash? Are they likely to spend much money while they are visiting? Consider the economic and sociocultural factors that impact on tourism. How might a port redevelopment contribute positively to tourism in the area?
To complete this task analyse census data, statistical registers and digests, economic production data and reports. Present your information in a variety of forms including graphs, tables, and paragraphs.
Task 3: Collect and analyse field data about the port development and its impact on tourism
Write a series of survey questions that you could ask local residents to find out their perceptions of the proposal for the port. Write 10 questions that you might ask the local residents. Given your distance from the site, how could you collect this information using online tools?
Task 4: Change over time
Consider how market preferences have changed the pattern of tourism globally. How have the desires of tourists changed over time? Use a range of secondary sources to help you answer this question (articles, statistics, etc). How might this information be used by public servants and politicians to decide whether the port development should take place?
Task 5: Impacts of the port development
What environmental, social and economic impacts might the proposed redevelopment have? Write three paragraphs regarding the impacts to be included in an environmental impact statement.
Identify geographical methods applicable to and useful in the workplace such as
- analysing census data, statistical registers and digests, economic production data and reports
- analysing aerial photographs, electronic street directories, cadastral maps, tourist maps, atlases
- collecting and analysing field data about economic activity
- the relevance of a geographical understanding of people and economic activity to a particular vocation such as: advising public servants, consulting in market and commercial research, contributing to environmental impact statements.
A port development has been proposed at Churchill. You are required to conduct research and then advise public servants about the feasability of the new development. You will need to refer to the secondary information located at the bottom of the page to complete this task.
Task 1: Examine the proposal site
A proposal has been put forward for a port redevelopment at Churchill. Analyse aerial photographs, electronic street directories, cadastral maps, tourist maps and atlases of the area. Create a sketch map of the site and label nearby towns, beaches and tourist sites. Is this an appropriate site for a large port development? Consider the biophysical and ecological factors that influence tourism. How do these factors relate to this specific site? How might the port redevelopment negatively impact on tourism in the area?
Task 2: Customer demographics
Find data related to possible tourist visitors to the Churchill. Who would be interested in coming to the Churchill? How much do they earn? Are they likely to have large amounts of expendable cash? Are they likely to spend much money while they are visiting? Consider the economic and sociocultural factors that impact on tourism. How might a port redevelopment contribute positively to tourism in the area?
To complete this task analyse census data, statistical registers and digests, economic production data and reports. Present your information in a variety of forms including graphs, tables, and paragraphs.
Task 3: Collect and analyse field data about the port development and its impact on tourism
Write a series of survey questions that you could ask local residents to find out their perceptions of the proposal for the port. Write 10 questions that you might ask the local residents. Given your distance from the site, how could you collect this information using online tools?
Task 4: Change over time
Consider how market preferences have changed the pattern of tourism globally. How have the desires of tourists changed over time? Use a range of secondary sources to help you answer this question (articles, statistics, etc). How might this information be used by public servants and politicians to decide whether the port development should take place?
Task 5: Impacts of the port development
What environmental, social and economic impacts might the proposed redevelopment have? Write three paragraphs regarding the impacts to be included in an environmental impact statement.
Source 1: Port redevelopment site - satellite image from Google Maps
Source 2: Fieldwork sources and methods
Primary sources: photographs, observations, transect, sketch map, interviews, surveys.
Secondary sources: aerial photographs, Google maps, newspaper articles, video footage.
Primary sources: photographs, observations, transect, sketch map, interviews, surveys.
Secondary sources: aerial photographs, Google maps, newspaper articles, video footage.
Secondary sources
Port of Churchill
Chinese firm eyes Churchill port
Churchill port, rail line sold to Manitoba First Nationals for $20M
Churchill, Man., weighs risk of climate change on future of port, railway
Port of Churchill
Chinese firm eyes Churchill port
Churchill port, rail line sold to Manitoba First Nationals for $20M
Churchill, Man., weighs risk of climate change on future of port, railway