MICRO (chap2) Flashcards
is an emergent specialty concerned with the study of touristic motivations, roles, relationships, and institutions and of their impact on tourists and on the societies who receive them
Sociology of tourism
is brought about by the social nature of man
Travel
is concerned with the movement and contact between people in different geographical locations.
Tourism
Socioeconomic Variables and Their Effect on Travel
Age
Income and Social Status
Education
Life Stages of the Family
__tend to select more active recreational activities
Young
___prefer more passive forms of recreation
The elderly
THE RISE OF NEW TRAVEL PATTERN:
A. Travel Clubs
B. Airline Group and Arrangements
C. Special Interest Tours
means an organization that provides its members with access to goods, services, discounts or other benefits on the future purchase of transportation, accommodation or other services related to travel.
Travel Club
Types of tour fares promoted by airlines
1.Groups of 15 or more
2.Charter service
3.Public charter
4.Incentive tours
Tours are arranged for those who are interested in a particular activity
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
PREFERENCES OF THE INTERNATIONAL TOURIST
Relaxation vs Activity
Familiarity vs Novelty
Dependence vs Autonomy
Order vs Disorder
TYPES OF TOURIST ROLES
A. ORGANIZED MASS TOURIST
B. INDIVIDUAL MASSTOURIST
C. THE EXPLORER
D. THE DRIFTER
It is a subsidized system of travel through the interventionof the government, employer, or labor union to achieve social goals.
The International Bureau of Social Tourism (BITS) was organized in 1963
by definition, is a form of tourism that brings travelers to local communities with the goal of not only gaining pleasure from the experience but alsocontributing to the places they’re visiting.
SOCIAL TOURISM
Known as to skip destination from destination.
He tries to live the way the people he visits live.
This tourist usually makes a short stop over.
He arranges his own trip and does not seek the help of atour agency.
D. THE DRIFTER
This type of tourist arranges his trip by himself..
Typically, the explorer’s purpose for visiting a destination if for a specific attraction.
C. THE EXPLORER
This type of tourist is like the organized mass tourist except that the tour is not entirely fixed.
The tourist has certain amount of control over his/her time and itinerary and is not bound to a group
B. INDIVIDUAL MASSTOURIST
Least adventurous type of tourist.
Buys a package tour and the itinerary of his trip is fixed in advance and his stops are well-prepared and guided.
Tourists have no decision
Prefers a familiar environment.
A. ORGANIZED MASS TOURIST
The last two types, the explorer and the drifter, are called __ tourist roles because they are loosely attached to the tourist establishment.
non- institutionalized
The first two types, the organized mass tourist and the individual mass tourist, are called __ tourist roles because they are dealt within a routine way by the tourist establishment, such as travel agencies and hotel chains which cater to the tourist trade
institutionalized
