Chapter 1 Flashcards
Eight major industry sectors
- Accommodation
- Transportation
- Tour operators
- Tour wholesalers - inbound and outbound
- Attractions and theme parks
- Retail travel agents
- Information services
- Exhibitions, meetings, and events
Four identified segments of the
Hospitality Industry
- Food and Beverages, commonly called F&B
- Travel and Tourism
- Lodging
- Recreation
Three Aspects of Tourism and Hospitality
Industries;
- The Environmental (Environment Aspects)
- The Economic (Economy Aspects)
- Social Dimension Aspects
(Society Aspects)
The general understanding of people when the word
environmental sustainability is mentioned is limited to the
protection of the natural and physical environment.
Environment Aspects
Environmental Aspects has 5 description may help in understanding these nuances:
- Natural Resources
- Natural Environment
- Farm Environment
- Wildlife
- Build Environment
This refers to clean air, land, and
water in oceans, rivers, lakes, and seas.
Natural Resources
This refers to the natural landscape,
including natural forests, mountains,
rivers, lakes, and other regional
environmental uniqueness such as
geysers, rapids, clusters of hills, rock
formation, and the like, that is a magnet
for tourists.
Natural Environment
This refers to the altered environment
where man has made his mark and
improvements such as eco farms,
agricultural ecosystems, agriculture resorts
and landscapes, man-made forests,
grapes vineyard, fruit plantation, and
aquatic farms.
Farmed Environment
This refers to the land-based and water-
based living organisms, flora, fauna, birds,
insects, fish, and marine life.
Wildlife
This refers to the architectural
environment, heritage buildings and
structures, old villages and century-built
townscapes, old transport infrastructures
Build Environment
This can be rooted in the clear
effects of tourism footprints in the lifestyle and
resulting profile of the local communities, the arrival
of tourism in a local community,
Society Aspects
Often given little attention
compared to the other issues. Perhaps it is the
financial benefits of tourism and hospitality
enterprises are more evident than of its social
and ecological cost.
Economy Aspects
Enterprises in the tourism and hospitality area
benefits the community on the following economic
parameters:
- Employment generation
- Enterprise creation
- Increase in disposable income
- Increase in the propensity to save
- The influx of foreign investment
Green Ideas in Tourism
- Energy (e-vehicles, solar powered amenities)
- Water (quota limits in aqua sports, protected diving sites)
- Waste (edible cutlery, recycling, all biodegradable)
- Biodiversity (retro-fitting on built tourism, protection of sites
for ecotourism)
Green Ideas in Hospitality
- Energy (solar powered hotels; camping; homestays)
- Water (re-using towels and bed covers)
- Waste (waste management; materials recovery,
refurbishing of furniture and fixtures)
+ Biodiversity (farms-to-market food; organic menu; no-meat
days)
ROLE OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
ENTERPRISES ON THE SUSTAINABILITY
AGENDA
- Sustainable use of natural resources in production processes and in-service provision
- Sustainable consumption of goods and services
- Sustainable management of ecosystems
- Sustainable tourism planning and management
- Sustainable government and social infrastructure to support businesses
Economic issues that have far-reaching effects on this sector
- labor markets
- strategic supply chains,
- funding and investment
- refunneling of profit to community
development.
Cultural commercialization
Loss of community
identity
Labor exploitation
Sexual abuse.
Social Issues
Economics, social, environmental, and legal issues underscore
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Risks can be classified into three types
> Business Risk
Non-Business Risk
Financial Risk
Common Safety Hazards in the Travel and Hospitality Industry
> Slips, trips, and falls.
Injury from incorrect manual handling
Hazardous chemicals
Fires
Food Poisoning
The basic methods for risk management are the following
- Avoidance
- Retention
- Sharing
- Transferring
- Loss prevention and reduction,
The five steps in the risk management
process
Step 1: Identification of the risk
Step 2: Analysis of the risk
Step 3: Evaluation of the risk
Step 4: Treatment of the risk
Step 5: Monitoring and review of the progress of risk analysis action
Businesses within the
tourism and hospital realm will have their natural rise and fall,
but will always be outlined with heavy competition.
Fierce Competition
Oftentimes, technology
is not maximized well enough to augment actual
marketing efforts. The fear of losing a “personal touch”
may sometimes result in inefficient and inappropriate
marketing efforts on the part of the service providers.
Inappropriate marketing actions.
Hotels that early enough
cared to invest in renewable and environment-friendly
energy supply stands to gain in the long run. The profile of
new tourists is tilted toward those who are more.
sustainability-conscious, and are willing to trade off some
modern perks for a more rustic and natural vibe.
Inefficient Energy Utilization.
Image is a crucial selling
point for any tourism and hospitality business. This image
may be enhanced by selling service at a standard that is
just a notch higher. In the same way, this image may be
destroyed with just a single and simple flaw.
Careless Customer Relationship.
The availability of the
right personnel in the service industry is crucial for
mitigating any risk that may arise in this area of business operation.
Insufficient Skilled Service Providers.