Geography of Japan - Lesson 8
Subject: Geography
Level: Key Stage 3
Age: 11-15 years
Resource Type: Activities / Presentations / Lesson Plans / Worksheets
For the final lesson in this unit, students will learn about tourism in Japan and think about its impacts, including social, economic and environmental factors. There is an optional extension focused on the sustainability of tourism and overtourism in the Japanese context where students can research and make a case for visiting alternative destnations in Japan.
Learning Objectives
- To understand why Japan attracts tourism
- To understand some of the positive and negative impacts tourism is having on Japan
- To recognise how sustainable tourism can be a solution to the problem of overtourism in Japan (optional extension)
Resources
- Lesson Plan: L8 Tourism in Japan
- Presentation: L8 Tourism in Japan (22MB)
- Worksheet: Impacts of Tourism (PDF)
Additional Resources
- Worksheet: Altenative Travel Destination Fact File (PDF)
- Worksheet [differentiated]: Alternative Travel Destination Fact File (PDF)
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