1、Chapter 12 Tourism Policy and Legal Liabilities Text A Tourism Policy Activities: 1. Fill in the blanks with proper words to complete the following statements. (1) Tourism policy provide_________ about the nature and direction of product development. (2) Negative___________ or perceptions of e
2、co-tourism can have a negative effect on the destination. (3) Multi-destination is a growing_____________ of the tourism industry. (4) Tourism policy may encourage___________ the industrial sites into tourist attractions. (5) For tourism business, tourism policy is the basis of development. It i
3、s___________ to the competitiveness and sustainability of a tourism destination. 2. Questions for discussion. Many destinations worldwide are adopting an explicitly Eco-Tourism policy, which is an approach to the management of tourism, aimed at maximizing economic, social and environmental benef
4、its and minimizing costs to destinations. Simply put, it is a tourism that creates better places for people to live in, and better places to visit. (1) How can you be a eco-traveller? (2) How would you travel like a local without a sense of an‘outsider and intruder’ ? (3) How to choose which hol
5、idays to patron? Text B Legislative Requirements for Developing a Destination Activities: 1. Decide whether the following statements agree with the information given in the text. ____(1) A destination,s interest in maritime legislation should not be confined to passenger movements at sea.
6、 ____(2) Maritime pollution could not hurt the tourism product. ____(3) The designation of a buffer zone for ecologically fragile area as government reserve should not be maintained. ____(4) The Town and Country Planning Act and accompanying Fisheries Aquatic Wild Life Regulations, the Wild Bird
7、s Protection Act and the Wild Life Protection Act allow for protection of flora and fauna. ____(5) Legislation should also be enacted that requires new restaurants and hotels, or those undergoing renovation, to have adequate toilet facilities and amenities for disabled persons. 2. Fill in the b
8、lanks with proper words to complete the following statements. (1) Legislation needs to be _____ to establish a Tourism Board for the support of the tourism industry. (2) Following the laws which establish the Tourism Board, a series of regulations should be prepared to ______ those laws. (3) It
9、 is recommended that the destination place its applied international and civil _____ codes with local legislation. (4) Also the destination should sign any of the leading International Maritime Organisation Conventions to safeguard the ____ environment. (5) The _____ of the these acts should be w
10、ide enough to include the protection of both marine and fresh water aquatic fisheries and birds and four-footed wildlife. 3. Questions for discussion. (1) How can the laws be updated periodically based on trends in the world? (2) How could the destination protect hotel owners from claims from vi
11、sitors? (3) How could the destination safeguard the marine environment? (4) Why could building codes for lodges in protected area be expected to vary from those for structures built from established building materials? (5) Why may there be areas in which absolutely no one is allowed to go within
12、 the park? 参考答案 Text A Tourism Policy 1. Fill in the blanks with proper words to complete the following statements. (1) guideline (2) publicity (3) segment (4) transforming (5) critical 2. Questions for discussion. (1) Before you book, before you travel, whilst on holiday and when you g
13、et back, choose a responsible operator; reduce your carbon emissions; read up on local cultures and learn a few words of the local language; buy local produce; if you’ ve promised to send pictures or gifts to local people remember to do so, etc. (2) You feel a little like you really live there f
14、or a short while, and can enjoy the peace and quiet or the pace and excitement of the place as much as the people who really live there do. (3) Choose the tour operators and accommodation providers who have agreed to the policy of Eco- Tourism. Ask them questions about how they have chosen to imp
15、lement it locally, for instance, how they address the community sustainability promises like supporting local projects & people through volunteering, fund raising or charity, offering local people good working conditions, a fair wage, and empower them with training opportunities, and supporting
16、local craft makers and artisans, and promoting cultural attractions and so on. Text B Legislative Requirements for Developing a Destination 1. Decide whether the following statements agree with the information given in the text. (1) T (2) F (3) F (4) F (5) T 2. Fill in the blanks with prope
17、r words to complete the following statements. (1) enacted (2) implement (3) aviation (4) marine (5) scope 3. Questions for discussion. (1) It is recommended that a least the legislation should be enacted to give the Tourism Board the choice of when to adopt and apply new regulations. (2) A good
18、 precedent in law to protect hotel owners from claims from visitors is the English Hotel Proprietors, Act. This law allows an escape from being liable for losses suffered by guests unless they take advantage of the hotel,s security system. (3) The destination should sign any of the leading Intern
19、ational Maritime Organization Conventions to safeguard the marine environment. (4) Building codes for lodges in protected area can be expected to vary from those for structures built from established building materials. It is impractical to develop codes for such resorts because of the new and d
20、iverse indigenous materials that may legitimately be used. The use of such materials is necessary if lodges are going to fit into the surrounding environment. Lodges must, however, be certified by a professional engineer. (5) Within the park itself there may be areas in which absolutely no one is allowed to go, for protection of the area,s biodiversity.






