Tuesday 27th February 2024

Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations

Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

3.3: Different types of transport

Success criteria:
LO:
State a description of each type of
To examine a range of transport.
transport options that
Explore factors which affect the type of
are provided by travel transport chosen by tourists.
and tourism
Apply knowledge of content to complete
organisations. practice IGCSE-style question.
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

Starter: 3.2 Recall

1. Define ‘interdependency.’ [1 mark]
2. Explain 1 interdependency which exists
within T&T organisations. [3 marks]
3. Explain how a café located in an airport
is an example of an interrelationship. [3
marks]
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

Can you name different types of transport

which tourists may use?
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

Different types of transport appeal to

different types of tourists:
• Air, water, rail and road.
• Factors affecting transport choice:
- cost: cost-effective/cheaper
- time: time-effective/quick
- sustainability- more eco-friendly, less carbon emissions
- comfort and enjoyment
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

Air transport:
• Used by domestic and international tourists
• Often quicker than travel by water, rail and road.
• Appeals to all types of tourists who want to travel
long distances.
• Air travel can be expensive.
• Budget airlines have made some flights cheaper-
which has increased the number of tourists
choosing to fly.
• Budget flights are often short-haul flights.
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

What are the implications of an increase in

the number of tourists using air transport?
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

What are the implications of an increase in

the number of tourists using air transport?
• Emissions from aviation are a significant
contributor to global warming.
• Airplanes burn fossil fuel which release
huge quantities of CO2.
• Can you explain how an increase in CO2 in
the atmosphere contributes to global
warming?
• State 3 impacts of global warming.
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

Water transport:
• Mostly used for cruise holidays.
• Ferries (boats and ships) link places. They
carry tourists and vehicles such as cars and
buses between destinations.
• Ferries appeal to families who want to
travel to a holiday destination in their own
car and are an efficient way to cross
harbours and rivers.
• Water taxis- small boats to transport
tourists from one place to another.
• Gondolas- traditional boats used by tourists
in the city destination of Venice.
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

What are the

implications of an
increase in the number of
tourists using water
transport?
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

What are the implications of an increase in

the number of tourists using water transport?
• Disney Cruise Lines Based on your
• Royal Carribbean allocated cruise
company, research 3
• MSC Cruise
environmental
implications caused by
this company.
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal
Research South Africa’s luxurious Blue
Train, with a focus on:
- it’s unique selling point
Rail transport: - which type of tourists does it appeal to?
• Trains provide rail transport - why do tourists want to board the Blue Train?
between and within destinations.
• Trains are often quicker than road
transport.
• Trams and underground railway
services appeal to tourists visiting
urban city destinations.
Unit 3: Travel & Tourism Organisations
Topic 3.3: Different types of transport and their appeal

Research- Congestion in London:

London, a popular tourist destination.

Road transport: Research the causes, effects and

solutions to the road congestion in London.
• Car hire, taxis, buses, shuttle-
buses, tuk tuks- examples of
types of road transports.
• Car travel often appeals to
families as a convenient way of
direct travel.
• Luxury coach travel appeals to
older people and budget
travellers.
Apply your knowledge to complete a
past IGCSE question
 Mark scheme annotated:

Which AO is being assessed in each

question?

-Q4a- which skill is being assessed?

-Q4b- what is the examiner asking you to
recall?
-Q4c- you are being required to recall
‘factors affecting choice of transport’ from
the first part of the lesson.