Edexcel GCSE Geography Specification A Revision Guide Sample

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Resort development The Butler Model for resort development is a way of describing how tourist resorts grow and develop over time. It has 6 different stages. This graph shows the stages of the Butler model. Stage 6

Number of tourists

Stage 5 Stagnation Stage 4 Consolidation

Rejuvenation

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Stabilisation Decline

You can use this phrase to help you the different stages: Elephants....................Exploration In.................................Involvement Dubai...........................Development Can..............................Consolidation See...............................Stagnation Doctor..........................Decline Stephen…………………….Stablisation Raymond......................Rejuvenation

Stage 3 Development

Stage 2 Involvement Stage 1 Exploration

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What happens at each stage?

Visitor numbers INCREASE and hotels are built. Transport and accessibility is improved and majority of locals work in tourist industry. INVESTMENT is needed to improve facilities. Often rebranding is done.

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Resort continues to operate but very RUN DOWN and STRUGGLING to survive.

Describe what happens to a resort when it is in the stagnation stage (Stage 5) of the Butler Model. (4 marks) Blackpool reached the stagnation stage just after World War 2. The introduction of the package holiday and cheaper air travel meant people could go the Mediterranean for less money. As a result visitor numbers to Blackpool dropped, and businesses started to close as they were becoming rundown due to a lack of interest. Blackpool did attempt to come out of the stagnation stage by building Blackpool Zoo.

Only A FEW RICH PEOPLE visit so income is low.

Some ATTRACTIONS are built, and community becomes involved.

Facilities and services DECLINE so visitor numbers drop.

To get all 4 marks for this question you need to make 4 separate points. You only need to describe what happens. You don’t need to explain why. You can get extra credit in your exam by giving a specific example in your answer.

Tourist numbers DROP and so locals lose their JOBS.

Students have struggled with exam questions similar to this - be prepared!

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B-A Describe the characteristics of a resort at Stage 4 of the Butler Model.

(4 marks)

You could use an example from your own knowledge to help illustrate your answer. Blackpool and Benidorm are good examples .

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1 Look at the diagram of the Butler Model which shows resort development. Give the correct (2 marks) names for Stage 2 and Stage 6 by putting a cross in the correct box.

Number of tourists

Stage 5 Stagnation

Stage 3 Development

Stage 6 Rejuvenation

Stage 4 Consolidation

Stage 6 Stage 1 Exploration

Stage 2 Stabilisation Rejuvenation Growth

Stabilisation Rejuvenation Decline Development

Involvement Time

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2 Which stage of the model has the least number of visitors?

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3 Explain why the stage you named in question 2 has the least number of visitors. (2 marks)

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4 What are the features (characteristics) of the rejuvenation stage (Stage 6)?

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One of the main features of the rejuvenation stage is that tourist resorts may be forced to rebrand – in 2003 a new art centre on the South Shore in Blackpool was built to help tourist numbers. Another feature of the stage is HIGHER

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Make sure you extend your point using an example or more detail.

5 Explain why tourist numbers increase from the development stage (Stage 3) to the consolidation stage (Stage 4). (3 marks)

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