Substrand: "8.13 Developing Our Resources for Tourism" (8 periods)

This sub strand highlights how our current natural attractions can be used for tourist attractions without destructions to the natural environment with huge benefit to the national economy and operators.

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

Learner's should:

8.13.1 understand what tourism is and its importance in the country (u)

8.13.1.1 define the terms tourism and tourist
8.13.1.2 explain the importance of and reasons why tourists come to Solomon Islands
8.13.1.3 explain the benefits and disadvantages of tourism
8.13.1.4 observe a tourist area or a potential tourism area near the school and list its main features, and suggest how it could be developed
8.13.1.5 recognize different types of tourism from photographs
8.13.1.6 explain why it has been difficult to attract tourists to Solomon Islands
8.13.1.7 examine case studies of tourism industry in overseas countries

8.13.2 be able to construct a bar graph of tourists coming to Solomon Islands per year (s)

8.13.2.1 construct a graph from statistics of tourist arrivals in Solomon Islands for any one year and interpret this information

8.13.3 locate on a map where most tourists come from and main tourist destinations in the country (s)

8.13.3.1 identify and locate on a map the countries where most of the tourists to Solomon Islands come from
8.13.3.2 locate on a map of Solomon islands the main tourist destinations in the country

8.13.4 form opinions about the benefits and problems of tourism in Solomon Islands (a)

8.13.4.1 discuss some of the problems caused by tourism in Solomon Islands and how it should be addressed