Macro Midterm Flashcards
is a tourism and
hospitality network, which includes both
the public and private sectors.
The travel industry The travel industry
Businesses and corporations are regarded
as components of the travel industry
classified as
direct providers, support
services, and developmental
organization
Includes businesses that are associated
with travel, such as airlines, hotels,
restaurants, ground transportation, travel
agencies and retail shops.
Direct Providers
Lends support to direct providers. It
includes specialized services such as tour
organizers, travel and trade publications,
hotel management firms, and travel
research firms.
Support Services
It includes planners, government
agencies, financial institutions, real estate
developers and educational and
vocational training institutions.
Developmental Organization
- Tourism and Hospitality Supply
Components
- Natural Resources
2 . Infrastructure
- Superstructure
Includes elements in an area for the use
and enjoyment of visitors such as climate,
landforms, terrain, flora, fauna, bodies of
water, beaches, natural beauty and water
supply for drinking, sanitation and similar
uses.
Natural Resources
Consists of all underground and surface
Infrastructure
Infrastructure -
Consists of all underground and surface
developmental construction such as:
a. water supply systems
b. Power
c. communication systems
d. sewage disposal systems
e. Healthcare
f. Streets/ Highways
g. Transportation terminals
h. Security
Types of Accommodation:
- Hotels
- Condominium
- Motel or motor hotels
- Inns
- Apartments
- Paradores
- Pension house
- Bed-and-breakfast accommodation
- Hostels
- Campgrounds
Classification of hotel according to size
a. Small- less than 50 guest rooms
b. Medium- 50- 250 guestrooms
c. Large- 250 guestrooms
Classification of hotel according to
location:
a. Airport hotel
b. Downtown or suburban
c. Resort Hotel
Classification of hotel according to
price
a. Deluxe
b. First- class
c. Standard
d. Economy
is a food outlet that serves
food and beverages to dine-in customers
as differentiated from those being served
in take-out counters or vending machines.
A restaurant
Types of Food and Beverage
a. Coffee Shop
b. Fine dining restaurants
c. Cafeterias, Student/industrial canteen
Are meant for people with a low meal
budget. It serves value meals that are
usually displayed in fast food counters.
Cafeterias, Student/industrial canteen
Forms of Transportation:
a. Land travel
b. Air Travel
c. Sea Travel
-general feeling of welcome that the
visitors receive while visiting a destination
area.
Hospitality Resources
refer to the study of how the tourism and
hospitality industries contribute to and
impact the economy.
The economics of tourism and hospitality
• as income in developed countries
increases, the demand for tourism and
hospitality also incomes at a faster rate.
THE ROLE OF TOURISM AND
HOSPITALITY IN ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
are
the income received by businesses like
hotels and restaurants from tourist
spending
Direct effects
happen when this money is used to pay for
supplies and wages, boosting the
economy further.
Secondary effect
shows the total
impact of tourist spending on an economy,
including both direct and secondary
effects.
The tourism multiplier
is a tool used to
compare the advantages gained from an
action or investment with the resources or
money spent on it.
The cost-benefit ratio
