A person who tries to enter a country by claiming to be a victim of persecution or hardship
Commmodity chains
a sequence of stages in which companies to exploit resources, transform them into goods or commodities and then distribute them to consumers
Economic migrant
a person seeking work in another country
Ecotourism
a form of tourism that tries to minimise its environmental impacts by sing local resources and keeping profits in the area.
Foreign direct investment
where a company or government becomes involved in the economy of another country
Economic globalisation
the increasing integration of nationl markets
Global shift
The present movement of economic production to cheaper locations in the world
Information technology
the use of computers and software to manage and process information
Mass tourism
popular, large - scale tourism of the type pioneered in southern Europe, the Caribbean, and North aamerica in the 1960s and 1970s
Net migration
The balance between the number of people entering and the number of peple leaving a country or a region
Package holiday
a holiday in which travel and accommodation are put togeter by a tour operator and sold s a relatively cheap package.
Push - pull factors
The things that encourage people to migrate form one area to another. The negatives in the area of departure are balanced against the positives (pull) of the destination
Refugee
a person who reasons for migrating are due to fear or persecution or death
Tourism
any leisure time or recreational activity which involves at least one night's bscence from the normal place of residence
Transnational company (TNC)
a large company operating in a number of countries and often involved ina variety of ecomomic activities
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Globalisation & migration end of chapter terms
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terms to memorise at the end of the migration chapter