How are holiday destinations impacted by tourists?

Here, students should focus on the 'impacts' and break this down to allow for an efficient essay structure. 'Impacts' necessitates the student being able to show knowledge of both positive and negatives of tourism on destinations of their choice, whilst they should use case studies to cement their knowledge and gain extra marks. In order to achieve the higher grades of around 7/8 marks which is generally the benchmark for A grade GCSE answer, students should split their knowledge into social, economic, political and environmental sections. For example, an economic advantage of tourism can be that jobs are provided and the local economy of an area is boosted by the money that tourists spend, however a contrasting economic point could be that many jobs in holiday destinations are seasonal, whilst the improvement to local economies may only come during summer months, for example.