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GCSE GEOGRAPHY
COURSEWORK CROSS-UNIT TASK
An investigation into
tourism in St Lucia
Your task is to produce the front page of a newspaper
special for
St. Lucia.
The newspaper is covering some of the important issues facing St.
Lucia today. The stories and features you include must be carefully
chosen to allow you to show how far you understand the economic and
environmental problems and opportunities that are facing
the country.
You will be using your research into St. Lucia and
its environment to provide knowledge of the Caribbean
Island, its relief and climate, its important ecosystems
(eg: tropical rainforest and marine), its economy,
population distribution and profile, major tourist sites and
activities, current environmental issues and its future
economic development and in particular the role that tourism
may play in the future of St. Lucia.
St. Lucia has a
problem with deforestation as farmers clear land to grow bananas
which is producing some flooding.
It also has a problem
with pollution of the sea by sewage created by tourists who put
a considerable strain on the infra-structure of the island.(It has
been calculated that tourists to the Caribbean use 1.6 times as much
water and 27 times as much electricity as the locals).
It also has a high
unemployment rate(15%) .It is important that you recognise and
show in your articles that different groups of people may have
different views about the issues.
Think about the
farmers, the charcoal burners, the fishermen, the
unemployed, old and young people, workers in the tourist
industry, multi national tour companies and conservationists.
Here are some
suggestions of what to include in your newspaper:
Features:
these could include
information about the rainforest, agriculture on St. Lucia, fishing
and tourism. These should be informative pieces showing your knowledge
of these subjects. Answer the questions: What? Where? When? Who?
Why?
Maps/ Photos/
diagrams:
these could help explain the articles on your front page.
 Interviews:
these will
give you an opportunity to express the views of different people about
the issues.
Adverts:
might allow you show what tourist activities are carried out on the
island and the type of job opportunities are available.
A weather forecast:
this will allow you to write about the climate of the St. Lucia
An Editorial:
this will allow
you to express your views about the issues.
USEFUL VOCABULARY
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Rainforest
Deforestation
Water pollution
Ecosystem
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Employment
Unemployment
Primary industry
Agriculture
Fishing
Tertiary industry
Tourism |
Development
Sustainable
Bio-diversity
Conservation
Ecotourism
LEDC
MEDC
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Useful websites to
get you started:
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geog/st.html
This is the CIA
site and includes masses of background information.
www.globaleye.org.uk
This site is run
by the government development agency and includes back issues of their
magazine ‘Global Eye’.
The spring 2002
issue contains articles about St. Lucia and about tourism in LEDCs.
www.jungletoursstlucia.com
This site is one
of the many offering tours into the jungle ( rainforest) of St. Lucia.
www.stluciatravel.com.lc
This site had
some good maps on it.
www.slucia.com
This site may
give you some interesting links.
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