Tourism Analysis

This worksheet helps students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 strengthen analytical writing, geographic reasoning, and critical thinking by examining tourism-related challenges. Students choose one topic-overtourism in Venice, coastal erosion, or environmental pressure on popular sites-and write a well-developed paragraph that explains causes, effects, and possible solutions using evidence, real-world examples, and clear organization. The activity makes the connection between human activity, geography, and sustainability explicit and meaningful.

Learning Goals

• Environmental Geography (Grades 6-8) – Analyze how tourism affects physical environments and human communities
• Tourism & Human Impact – Examine sustainability challenges related to popular destinations
• Cause-and-Effect Reasoning – Explain how geographic conditions and human behavior interact
• Analytical Paragraph Writing – Develop a focused paragraph with evidence, reasoning, and logical structure

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed to align with middle school social studies and ELA standards
• Choice-Based Writing – Allows students to select a topic, increasing engagement and ownership
• Real-World Application – Encourages thoughtful discussion of modern environmental challenges
• Low-Prep Format – Ready-to-print worksheet suitable for classroom or homeschool use

This Tourism Analysis worksheet helps students practice organizing ideas, supporting claims with evidence, and evaluating real-world geographic problems. By focusing on sustainability and human-environment interaction, learners build strong analytical writing skills while deepening their understanding of tourism’s impacts. It’s a meaningful, no-prep resource for classroom instruction or homeschool learning.

This worksheet is part of our Italy Worksheets collection.