Importance of the UK as a global destination Flashcards
What is the UNWTO?
United nations world tourism organisation that focuses on the promotion of responsible, sustainable, and universally accessible tourism. They gather information about global tourism and publish it annually.
What are tourist arrivals?
The number of visitors to a destination.
What are tourist generators?
Countries that produce larger numbers of outbound tourists.
What are tourism receipts?
The amount of money a tourist spends in their destination country.
What are balance of payments?
The value of all goods and services produced by a country within a given time period.
What is GDP (gross domestic product) ?
A measure of the economic transactions between the UK and the rest of the world, showing the difference between exports and imports
