The travel and tourism industry — IGCSE Travel & Tourism (0471) questions by topic
Coverage ranges widely here: state how tourists purchase a guided tour at a South African cultural village, define resilience from Jamaican tourism data, extract figures on cruise-supported jobs and peak season in Alaska, or state factors affecting tourism demand beyond a pandemic.
Explain, state, evaluate, identify and describe lead the command words, worth from 20 to 25 marks, across 7 questions from 2023 to 2025 papers. Because generic answers are frequently marked down here, practise naming specific ancillary services or applying reasons directly to the destination in the source, then use instant marking to check whether your point was tied to that context or left too general to count.
What examiners look for
- A recurring criticism is that ancillary services were often given too generically, such as 'transport' rather than the more specific 'airport transfers'.
- Examiners note that reasons for changing tourism demand sometimes went unapplied to the named destination, and objectives were repeated within the same category, such as employment and revenue both counting as economic.
- Reports state that a common incorrect answer named 'Gross Domestic Profit', showing confusion over the correct economic term.
- Strong answers, according to the reports, gave specific ancillary services and identified all three tourist types described in the source.
- Examiners praise responses linking Alaska's short season clearly to its weather and climate, developing this into a description of how it affects a destination's safety and appeal.
May–June 2025, Paper 11
Refer to Fig. 3.1 (Insert), information about the resilience of tourism in Jamaica. Define the term 'resilience'.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2024, Paper 11
Refer to Fig. 4.1 (Insert), a photograph of a travel agent in Greece. Identify two services offered by the travel agent shown in Fig. 4.1.
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 11
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information on the impact of a global pandemic on the tourism industry. Identify the following: the amount of money lost in 2020 the number of tourism…
Answer this question and get it marked →May–June 2023, Paper 12
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about tourism in Alaska. Identify the following: the number of jobs supported by cruise ships in Alaska the month the peak tourist season…
Answer this question and get it marked →Refer to Fig. 4.1 (Insert), a photograph of a guided tour at Lesedi cultural village in Johannesburg, South Africa. State two ways tourists can purchase a guided tour.
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 11
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about the impacts of tourism. Other than a pandemic, state three factors likely to affect demand for tourism.
Answer this question and get it marked →October–November 2023, Paper 13
Refer to Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about the impacts of tourism. Other than a pandemic, state three factors likely to affect demand for tourism.
Answer this question and get it marked →