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GCSE	Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
B7 Managing Tourism	3  Impact on Ayia Napa, Cyprus
Chapter 7  page 141-143	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
7.2 The impact that tourism has had on people and their environment in an MEDC.
students should - Describe the physical and human attractions of a coastal area in an MEDC. Explain the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism, both positive and negative. Discuss the effects of tourism on different groups of people.
Tourism - case study: coastal MEDC - Ayia Napa     (3 lessons)     location of Ayia Napa on Cyprus   The scene in Ayia Napa a comprehensive page, with many photos, about the garage music, resort popularity and visitor behaviour in Ayia Napa, written by an operator in his third year at the resort. see quote above.	Ayia Napa - a coastal resort in a MEDC   "In the year 2000, Ayia Napa exploded and it was the place to be last year. Many feared the over exposure and commercialism would kill it off. The locals were said to be fed up with the drunken antics of holidaying Brits, whom they wished would stay in Ibiza." Make an A4 page on the attractions of Cyprus as a whole to tourists. Use Tomorrow's Geography page 141, and refer to the figures for climate, employment sectors, tourism growth and specialist areas of tourism in Cyprus. Use Tomorrow's Geography page 141and list the attractions of Ayia Napa for young people. Read people's opinion from Tomorrow's Geography page 143 and make the main points for and against the type of tourism at Ayia Napa. Why are hotels only 30% full in winter, and what is the Cyprus Tourist Office (CTO) intending to do about it? .. page 142.   Read Ayia Napa – “in the news” Choose opinions from The impact (effects) of tourism on Ayia Napa. Fill in the speech bubbles of four different viewpoint on the sheet Opinions on tourism in Ayia Napa The opinion exercise above written by Mr Duncan
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