Tourist Types
A tourist travelling alone for personal enjoyment.
What is an individual tourist?
Improvements in online booking systems are an example of this factor affecting tourism demand
What is a technological factor?
Protecting endangered species helps maintain this.
What is biodiversity?
Accommodation that provides only a room with no meals included.
What is room-only accommodation?
Tourism involving travel between countries
What is international tourism?
A tourist whose holiday focuses on environmental conservation
What is an ecotourist?
Increased concern about climate change is an example of what type of factor?
What is an environmental factor?
The process of restoring damaged environments.
What is regeneration?
Flights that operate according to a published timetable.
What are scheduled flights
A destination known primarily for winter sports.
What is a ski resort?
A tourist requiring wheelchair access is an example of what tourist type?
What is a tourist with specific needs?
Governments restricting entry visas would affect tourism demand through which factor?
What is a political factor?
Training local people to make tourism decisions helps achieve this goal.
What is community empowerment?
Accommodation where visitors stay with local residents
What is a homestay?
A destination's traditions, customs and language form part of its what?
What is culture?
Tourists travelling together on an organised coach holiday are known as this type of tourist
What are group tourists?
A rise in the average age of a country's population is an example of this social factor
What is demographic change?
Educating visitors about responsible behaviour helps combat what global issue?
What is climate change?
Trains, buses and taxis working together effectively demonstrate this concept.
What is transport interdependency?
The organisation responsible for setting tourism policies at national level.
What is a government ministry or tourism authority?
Tourists who carefully consider the environmental and social impact of their actions.
What are responsible tourists?
A destination becoming popular because of celebrity endorsements is an example of influence from what?
What are trends and fashion?
Supporting locally owned businesses helps create this within the destination
What is local wealth creation?
Infrastructure such as dedicated cycle lanes is designed to improve this aspect of tourism
What is sustainability?
When several tourism businesses rely on each other to satisfy customers, this relationship is called what?
What is interrelationship?