Global Tourism (KQ1) Flashcards
What are tourists?
- people who go to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than 24h but no more than 1 consecutive year for leisure, business or other purposes
What is tourism?
- it refers to the activities of tourists and can be categorised into either international or domestic tourism
What is international tourism?
- tourism outside of a tourist’s own country
What is domestic tourism?
- tourism within a tourist’s own country
What are the 5 different tourist activities in tourist destinations that attract people to visit them?
- places of scenic beauty
- places with good facilities
- places with rich culture
- places of conflict
- space tourism
What is the type of tourism associated with places of scenic beauty?
- honeypot tourism
What is honeypot tourism?
- refers to tourism that attracts large numbers of people due to a site’s scenic beauty
What are the different environments present in honeypot tourism?
- natural environments such as mountains, valleys, waterfalls and islands
- human enviornments such as towers or gardens
What are some characteristics of places with honeypot tourism?
- overcrowded during peak hours
- wide range of tourist facilities available to attract more tourist arrivals
- such as hotels, shopping centres and transport stations
What are some examples of places with natural environments?
- grand canyon, arizona USA
- halong bay, Vietnam
- victoria falls, Zambezi river (between the borders of Zimbabwe and Zambia in Africa)
- northern light, Norway
- great barrier reef, Australia
What are some examples of places with human environments?
- eiffel tower, France
- keukenhof flower gardens, the Netherlands
What are the types of tourism associated with places with good facilities?
- MICE
- medical tourism
- theme parks
What does MICE stand for?
- meeting
- incentives
- conventions
- events
What is MICE tourism?
- refers to a type of tourism that brings in large groups of people for certain activities
What are some characteristics of MICE locations?
- have venues to hold large scale events
- good supporting infrastructure and services such as roads, international airport, hotels, retail shops, entertainment and transport services
What are some examples of large scale events held at MICE venues?
- air shows
- international conference
- sports events
Why do organisers hold large scale events?
- to attract business travellers and international tourists
What is an example of a MICE location?
- Singapore topped the list of convention cities in asia pacific for 10 consecutive years
- marina bay sands EXPO and convention centre emerged as asia’s best MICE hotel in 2011 and 2012
What is medical tourism?
- refers to people travelling to a place to undergo medical procedures that would enhance or restore health
Who would typically travel for medical tourism?
- people from developed countries
- people from less developed countries
What are the reasons someone would seek medical procedures in a foreign country?
- avoid long waiting periods for medical treatment in their own country
- avoid paying high medical costs for medical treatments in their own countries
- to seek better quality medical procedures
What are some examples of countries popular for medical tourism?
- south korea is famous for its cosmetic surgery
- singapore is famous for complex medical procedures
What are theme parks?
- theme parks are places with amusement park settings or are attractions that have a central subject or theme which can be based on films, history and education
Who often sets up theme parks?
- large-scale enterprises that are part of an international chain
Who do facilities in a theme park cater to?
- tourists of different age groups
What are some examples of theme parks around the world?
- disneyland (USA, china, japan, france)
- window of the world, shenzhen china
- universal studios (USA, singapore, japan)
What are the types of tourism associated with places with a rich culture?
- heritage tourism
- film-induced tourism
- pilgrimage tourism
What is heritage tourism?
- refers to people travelling to places to experience the culture and to better understand their history
How can both international and domestic tourists benefit from heritage tourism?
- international tourists can learn about and appreciate a country’s identity, culture and history from heritage sites and activities
- domestic tourists can reinforce their national identity when visiting these sites
How does the UN educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO) select world heritage sites?
- sites of cultural significance to the world and their own countries
What are some examples of places with heritage tourism?
- melaka and george town, the straits of malacca, malaysia
- machu picchu, peru
- tower of london, UK
- buckingham palace, UK
- ban chiang archaeological site, thailand
- the great wall of china, china
What is film-induced tourism?
- refers to people travelling to visit locations featured in films
Why do people take part in film-induced tourism?
- they want to find out how these locations inspired part of the film
- or they are influenced by films to visit these locations which they might not have considered before
What are some examples of locations with film-induced tourism?
- ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ influenced many to visit New Zealand
- ‘Avatar’ has made zhangjiajie national forest park in china a popular tourist destination
What is pilgrimage tourism?
- refers to people travelling to a place to take part in religious activity
What places are most commonly visited by people taking part in pilgrimage tourism?
- sacred places such as a shrine
- mosque
- temple
- church
When do religious places attract many tourists?
- major religious holidays or events
What are some examples of places with pilgrimage tourism?
- the vatican city (catholic christianity)
- jerusalem, israel (christianity, islam, judaism)
- varanasi, india (hinduism)
- mecca, saudi arabia (islam)
What is the type of tourism associated with places of conflicts?
- dark tourism
What is dark tourism?
- refers to people travelling to a location associated with death or tragedy
Who typically takes part in dark tourism?
- usually survivors
- relatives of those affected
- friends of those affected
- others who may be interested to better understand an event
Who typically takes part in dark tourism?
- usually survivors
- relatives of those affected
- friends of those affected
- others who may be interested to better understand an event
What are some examples of places with dark tourism?
- cu chi and vinh moc tunnels, vietnam
- pompeii, italy
- tuol sleng genocide museum, cambodia
- nanjing massacre memorial hall, china
- auschwitz, poland
What is the role of the government in tourism?
- influences the number of visitors and the length of stay
- Plan, fund and build tourism infrastructure
- authorise air landings
- authorises construction of tourism facilities
- ensures safety and security of tourism sites
- set up tourism agencies that devise strategies to promote tourism
What is an example of a tourism agency that devises strategies to promote tourism?
- Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
What does the Singapore Tourism Board do?
- facilitates tourism-related businesses to invest in Singapore
- encourages development of new attractions
What is the role of the media in promoting tourism?
- influences the decisions of tourists
- positive vs negative reports
What is the role of international organisations in promoting tourism?
- generates reports that either encourage or discourage tourism in certain places
What are some examples of international organisations that promote tourism?
- OECD
- UNWTO
- WHO
What has been the trend of international tourism?
- upwards/increasing trend
Where is international tourism most popular?
- no.1: Europe
- no.2: Asia-pacific
What is the trend of domestic tourism?
- increasing/upwards trend
Where is domestic tourism the most popular form of tourism?
- Philippines
- china
