Destinations — IGCSE Travel & Tourism (0471) questions by topic
Source material spans water shortages in Bali, places of interest in Colombo, cultural built attractions from a Swiss parade, and climate and extreme weather in India, so reading figures and short passages precisely underpins nearly every answer.
Explain, state, identify, evaluate and discuss lead the command words, worth from 20 to 25 marks, across 11 questions from 2023 to 2025 papers. Because vague or generic wording is repeatedly penalised here, practise naming the specific transport type, attraction or impact asked for rather than a broad category, then use instant marking to check whether 'cruise ship' or 'rainy weather' style precision was present in your answer.
What examiners look for
- A recurring criticism is that answers on transport appeal were too generic rather than applied to the specific transport type named.
- Examiners note that explanations of managing the demonstration effect often stayed generic, such as 'give the tourists a leaflet' rather than specifying what the leaflet should explain.
- Reports state that candidates commonly confused overcrowding with overtourism, and gave repetitive examples such as naming both boat and ship rather than a specific vessel type like cruise ship.
- Strong answers, according to the reports, correctly stated three cultural built attractions and successfully described both tourist types given in the source.
- Examiners praise responses identifying why destinations change over time, most often citing shifting fashions and trends or natural disasters, developed into evaluation of the effect on the destination.
May–June 2025, Paper 21
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about the water problems in Bali, a small island in Indonesia. State three causes of water shortages in Bali.
Answer this question and get it marked →Refer to Fig. 3.1 (Insert), an advertisement for Park City Mountain Resort in the United States. State three special interest tourists likely to visit Park City Mountain Resort.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 13
Refer to Fig. 2.1 (Insert), a photograph of young tourists on an ecotourism holiday in a rainforest. State two topographical features of destinations.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 21
Refer to Fig. 3.1 (Insert), information about tourism in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Identify from Fig. 3.1 three places of interest to tourists.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 23
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about Tuvalu, an island in the Pacific Ocean. Identify three reasons for the appeal of Tuvalu.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 11
Refer to Fig. 4.1 (Insert), information about a traditional parade in Switzerland. State three cultural built attractions.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 13
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about visitor attractions in the United Kingdom. State two types of natural attractions.
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 12
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about tourism in Venice. Identify the following: the continent Italy is in the number of visitors to Venice per year the number of islands…
Answer this question and get it marked →Refer to Fig. 3.1 (Insert), information about festival tourism in Maharashtra. State the following: the continent that India is in the climate of India one type of extreme weather…
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 22
Refer to Fig. 3.1 (Insert), an advertisement for a multi-centred holiday. Identify two features of Dubai that make it a suitable destination for tourists.
Answer this question and get it marked →Refer to Fig. 4.1 (Insert), information about tourism development in Vietnam. State four features of Vietnam that would appeal to adventure tourists.
Answer this question and get it marked →