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Lesson Plan
Grade: Date: 17/01/2026
Subject: Geography
Lesson Topic: Tourism: patterns, impacts, management
Learning Objective/s:
  • Describe global patterns of tourist origin‑destination flows and the factors influencing them.
  • Analyse economic, social/cultural and environmental impacts of tourism.
  • Evaluate management tools and sustainable tourism strategies for mitigating negative impacts.
  • Apply carrying capacity concepts to a case‑study scenario.
  • Communicate key points effectively in written or oral form.
Materials Needed:
  • Projector or interactive whiteboard
  • World map or digital GIS layer showing tourist flows
  • Handout summarising impacts and management measures
  • Case‑study worksheets
  • Markers and flip‑chart
  • Internet access for a short video on sustainable tourism
 Introduction:
Begin with a striking statistic: tourism contributes over 10% of global GDP each year.
Ask students to recall recent trips they or family members have taken and discuss why those destinations were chosen.
Outline today’s success criteria: identify tourism patterns, assess impacts, and propose management actions.
Lesson Structure:
  1. Do‑now (5’) – quick mind‑map of “What is tourism?” on the board.
  2. Mini‑lecture (10’) – present global tourism patterns using the map and discuss influencing factors.
  3. Impact analysis activity (15’) – groups examine handouts, identify economic, social, and environmental impacts for a chosen destination; share findings.
  4. Management strategies workshop (15’) – groups match impacts to appropriate policy tools and sustainable strategies; create a brief action plan.
  5. Whole‑class synthesis (10’) – teacher consolidates key concepts and fills a summary table on the board.
  6. Exit ticket (5’) – students write one management measure they consider most effective and why.
Conclusion:
Recap the main tourism patterns, their varied impacts, and how management tools can promote sustainability.
Collect exit tickets as a quick retrieval check.
Assign homework: research a local tourist site and write a short report evaluating its sustainability using the framework learned.