Today, saw twenty seven Year 13 students from Southland Girls' squueze into the 1880s schoolroom and hear a talk on the 'tourism timeline' of Queenstown. 

The talk supplemented by historic photos explained the spatial and temporal changes in Queenstown's tourism. Students completed a worksheet and a mapping exercise to illustrate these changes. Dividing progress into three periods students could also see the impact of tourists on Queenstown. As some commented tourism can be a double-edged sword, in some respects fantastic for the region - bringing in valuable $$$, but in other respects not so good - increasing visual and noise pollution....

We hope you all gained some valuable knoweldge for your NCEA Level 3 Geography course (tell us about your visit on this blog!) and wish you all the best for the rest of 2012.