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GCSE	Edexcel Geography Specification A syllabus no.1312
B7 Managing Tourism	8  MEDC sustainable tourism - case study:Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Chapter 7  page 160-162	Tomorrow's Geography  Mike Harcourt and Steph Warren, published by Hodder and Stoughton 0 340 79965 X
7.3 An example of conservation and sustainable tourism in an MEDC.
students should - Define the terms conservation and sustainable tourism Identify the major area of concern. Describe and explain the management policies that have been implemented to try to conserve the area. Analyse the success and assess if sustainable tourism has been achieved. Decide if the attitudes of decision-makers have influenced the policies. Decide if attitudes are affected by the level of development in the country.
Tourism - case study: conservation and sustainable tourism - Yosemite National Park, USA   (3 lessons)   Yosemite National Park site   CNN article
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