Geo SBA Jehvoun Tyrell Draft 1 2016 - Copy - Copy

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Jehvoun, I must be frank with you and tell you that what you have submitted isquite inadequate. I dont know what you have been doing over the break but if youwere unsure you could have contacted me. Neither have you attended classestowards the end of the term. You must come and see me to discuss this paper . IT II!"#$ITI%# T&'T Y() ## !#

tatement of "urpose Tourism is the business activity connected with providing

accommodation, services and entertainment for people who are visiting aplace for pleasure, business, health or research. The level of developmentdepends on the economic foundation of the host country, infrastructure andpublic services provided.

The government and private sector of a country to promote the positiveoutput of the tourism product of a country.your tatement of purpose is not complete. You have not stated your aims whichare, *. to investigate the perceived social and economic impact of tourism on thetown of (cho $ios, t. 'nn, Jamaica+.to determine the stage of development of (cho rios as it relates to utler-s Touristlifecycle

You are to mention the method of data cllection her which is mainly questionnaires."lease the handout given on -structure and mark scheme- to guide you.

!ethodology This study was conducted on the +th of January +/*0. The location of

the study was (cho $ios, t. 'nn, Jamaica. The primary source of informationwas through questionnnaires. They were distributed among aprovided by asample of +1 business employers and +1 residents who were was randomlychosen. 2ikewise for a series of face to face interviews were to be conducted. These interviews were conducted under the topics of "ositive#conomic impact, Negative #conomic impact, "ositive ocial impact andNegative ocial impact. There was a number scale, used to grade theimmediate e3ect4impact of each result under each topic of the interview. They were graded on a scale of *51 with 1 meaning 6ma7or e3ect8, 9 being6moderate e3ect8, + being 6minor e3ect8 and * being 6No impact8.

)nder the topics of positive economic impacts, the questions askedranged from 7ob creation to increased foreign e:change among others whileunder the negative economic impacts questions ranged from higher cost ofgoods to the disparity of peoples income. (n the other hand, as according tothe social impact, the questions under positive social impact questions


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ranged from the degree of residents valuing the culture and environment tothe introduction of recreational facilities. 's for negative social impactsquestions ranged from the state of sections of the town to the alienation oflocals to businesses within the town.

Limitations of the study

;hen doing interviews in businesses, there were some businesses that theemployers4managers were not available. Thus many of the interviews were donewith employees. This may have hampered the results in some way that was notrecognisable during the study itself. 'lso in general for both residents and businessowner or workers, some questions where left unanswered due to uncertainty of thestate being or lack of knowledge on the topic suggested by the questions. Thoughthey understood the questions, lack of knowledge on that or a questions topic theywere not able to answer.


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s answers and the e3ect that each posed as seen by the residents.

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The residents showed high dissatisfaction with the economic e3ects thattourism had on them. The bar chart below will clearly show this =nding.


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