MACRO: CHAPTER 1-2 Flashcards
is a social, cultural and economic
phenomenon, which entails the movement of people to
countries or places outside their usual environment for
personal or business/professional purposes
Tourism
means extending a welcome to travelers or
offering a home away from home
Hospitality
Hospitality is derived from the Latin word ‘hospes’ meaning?
Visitor or Stranger
INDUSTRY SECTOR OF HM AND TM
- Hotel
- Restaurants
- Cruiseliners.
- Night club
- Spas
CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
- The product is not brought to the consumer rather the consumer has to travel and go to the product to purchase it.
- They do not exhaust the country’s natural resources.
- Labor intensive industry
- People-oriented industry
- Multidimensional phenomenon
- Seasonal
- Dynamic
IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
- Contribution to the balance of payments
- Dispersion of development
- Effect on general economic development
- Employment opportunities
- Social benefits
- Cultural enrichment
7.Educational significance
8.A vital force for peace
COMPONENTS OF TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
- Recreation and Entertainment Component
- Food and Beverage Component
- Lodging Component
- Travel and Tourism Component
This component includes a wide range of establishments that
operate facilities or provide services to meet varied cultural,
entertainment, and recreational interests of their patrons.
Recreation and Entertainment Component
When working in F&B, providers are selling products
and services with tangible and intangible characteristics
that will be judged by the consumer
Food and Beverage Component
involves providing overnight or even long-term
services to guests.
Lodging Component
are used together as an
umbrella term to refer to those businesses that
provide primary services to travelers.
Travel and Tourism (Component)
TYPES OF TOURISM
- Domestic Tourism
- International Tourism
It is referred to when people visit a foreign country.
To travel to a foreign country, one needs a valid
passport, visa, health documents, foreign exchange,
etc.
International Tourism
2 TYPES OF INTERNATIONAL TOURISM
- Inbound Tourism
- Outbound Tourism
This refers to tourists of outside origin entering a particular
country. Traveling outside their host/native country to another
country is called _____________for the country where they
are traveling.
Inbound Tourism
This refers to tourists traveling from the country of their
origin to another country. When tourists travel to a foreign
region, it is ____________ for their own country because
they are going outside their country
Outbound Tourism
It refers to the tourism activity of the people within
their own country.
Domestic Tourism
6 NATURE OF TOUR
- Domestic Tourism
- International Tourism
- Package Tour
- Independent Tour
- Independent Inclusive Tour
- Group Inclusive Tour
sometimes called inclusive
tour, is an arrangement in
which transport and
accommodation is bought by
the tourist at an all-inclusive
price and the price of
individual elements cannot be
determined by the tourist.
Package Tour
an arrangement in which the
tourist buys the facilities
separately, either making
reservations in advance
through a travel agent or en
route during his or her tour.
Independent Tour
one in which the tourist travels
to his destination individually
Independent Inclusive Tour