questions &answer

CASE PROBLEMS 1.

Suppose that you are a high school economics teacher. You plan to visit your principal’s office and

convince her that tourism should be included as part of one of your courses. What arguments would you

use?

2.

You are the minister of tourism of Jamaica, an island country. Identify the instructions you would issue

to your statistics department concerning collecting data on tourist arrivals and expenditures.

ACTIVITY 2 Site Name: National Trust for Historic Preservation

URL: www.preservationnation.org

Background Information: The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a privately funded nonprofit

organization that provides leadership, education, and advocacy to save America’s diverse historic places

and revitalize our communities.

Exercises

• 1. What are National Trust historic sites?

• 2. Where does the National Trust get its operating funds?

• 3. Does the National Trust decide which buildings are historic

Chapter 3: If you were to get a job in the tourism industry, which area would you focus

on and why? Also, discuss how would you go about searching for the position you

would be interested in.