Tourism
Describe Tourism
Providing products and services such as transport accommodation and activities to customers (Tourist).
Explain Accomodation
A place people can stay, sleep,
Define Short-Haul
typically lasting less than three hours
What type of haul would a traveler have traveling from Orlando to Atlanta?
Short-Haul
Define Customer Service:
Meeting the needs and wants of customers by providing them with products and services
Describe Domestic Tourism:
When tourists visit destinations in their home country or the country they live in. (EXAMPLE; A TRIP FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERED DOMESTIC, BECAUSE IS STAYS WITHIN THE USA)
Explain, a place where ecotourism travelers might want to stay? Explain Eco-lodges?
Camping, Ecologdes, or somewhere that has a fun outdoors and is in natural area.
The definiton of Ecotourism is: Visiting a place or destination without causing damage
Eco-lodges: Small-scale forms of accommodation that are environmentally sustainable, often found in rural destinations.
Describe Outbound Tourism:
WHEN PEOPLE TRAVEL AWAY FROM THEIR COUNTRY. (A TRIP FROM FLORIDA TO COLOMBIA IS ONE EXAMPLE OF OUTBOUND TRAVEL).
What kind of tourism is it when the person is traveling inside the country (Not internationally)?
Domestic Tourism
Define Social Media:
Websites and apps for sharing photos and information
Unpackaged Tourism:
Independent travel where different elements or components of the trip are booked seperately by different providers.
Tell us a place where bussiness travelers would want to stay?
Hotel, motel, guest houses, somewhere where theyre not gonna be a long time, just to sleep.
Describe Inbound Tourism:
WHEN TOURISTS TRAVEL INTO A COUNTRY.
Explain the kind of tourism where a traveler didnt use a travel agent, they planned and coordinated the entire trip themselves.
Unpacked Tourism
Define Market:
The group of buyers or consumers for a particular good or service. in this context the word “tourism market” refers to people who are likely to buy tourism products or services.
Describe Mass Tourism:
When many tourists travel to popular holiday destinations.
Explain what would a well-being tourism traveler want as some accodations?
Hotels with Spas and beaches or in a natural resort with yoga and a lot of greenery
Define Domestic Tourism
WHEN TOURISTS VISIT DESTINATIONS IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY (EXAMPLE; A TRIP FROM FLORIDA TO CALIFORNIA IS CONSIDERED
DOMESTIC, BECAUSE IS STAYS WITHIN THE USA)
Define Components:
Individual parts of the travel stay such as accommodation, transportation and meal plans.
Define Tour Operators:
A travel and tourism business that organizes tour products for customers. Packaged tourism is one example of it.
Describe Packaged Tourism:
Tourist travel and visits organized by a travel and tourism bussiness (agency). For example, a tour operator combines seperate travel and tourism components suck as transport and accomadation to make a single package product, which is sold to customers at a single price.
Tell us where would a adventurous tourist might like to stay?
ski resorts, cabins, and lodges
Define Long-Haul
Lasting between three and six hours or more
What kind of flight is a really long flight, usually lasting more than 6-hours
Long-Haul Flight
Define Pilgrimage:
A visit to a place considered to be special to show respect.