micro (overview of HT industry) Flashcards
tourism as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for business, leisure, and other purposes.
The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines tourism
It refers to travel for commercial, governmental, or educational purposes with leisure as a secondary motivation.
Business Travel
It refers to any provider of mass transportation, usually used by an airline.
Carrier
It refers to a negotiated hotel rate for a convention, trade show, meeting, tour, or incentive group.
Group Rate
It refers to any product or service bought by or sold to consumers of trade, including accommodations, attractions, events, restaurants, and transportation.
Travel Product
It is an airport or city that serves as a central connecting point for aircraft, trains, or buses from outlying feeder airports or cities.
Hub
It refers to the price without the travel agent’s commission.
Net Rate
It refers to travel offered as a reward for the top-performing workers with a huge contribution to the development, marketing, and operation of a company.
Incentive Travel
The travel industry business cycles include peak season, the primary season for travel, and off-peak season when slow business occurs. There is also a shoulder season term, referring to the travel period between the peak and off-peak seasons.
Travel Seasons
different types of tourism can be recognized depending on the length of stay, mode of transport used, distance traveled, the purpose of the trip, and the price paid by tourists.
Carlos Libosada and Carmela Bosangit (2007)
This refers to visitors’ activities within their country of residence and outside of their home.
Domestic Tourism
It refers to the activities of a resident visitor outside of their country of residence.
Outbound Tourism
It refers to the activities of a resident who crosses the boundaries of many countries, uses different currencies, faces different languages, and meets different types of people.
International Tourism
It refers to the activities of a visitor from outside of the country of residence
Inbound Tourism
This kind of tourism at coastal resorts often results from an inevitable attraction to the beach.
Beach Tourism
Also known as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) tourism, this caters to LGBT tourists looking to travel to safe and friendly destinations and are mainly concerned with cultural and safety issues.
Gay Tourism
This offers the ability to take a virtual tour of an attraction from home. The combination of videos and still images with multimedia, such as narration, music, and sound effects, offers an immersive experience for the user. This new technology gives travelers the ability to see what they are getting into before taking a trip.
Virtual Tourism
This is another niche segment of the aviation industry seeking to give tourists the ability to become astronauts and experience space travel for recreational, leisure, or business purposes.
Space Tourism
The act of _____ is somewhat
controversial, with some viewing it as an act of respect and others as an unethical practice. Lesser-known dark tourism attractions might include cemeteries, zombie-themed events, or historical
museums. Disaster tourism, which is the act
of visiting locations that have been
subjected to man-made or natural
environmental disasters, is considered a
sub-sector of dark tourism.
Dark Tourism
Destinations have an immense opportunity
to leverage this new market trend by developing authentic and unique shopping experiences that add value to their touristic offer while reinforcing and even defining their tourism brand and positioning.
Shopping Tourism
According to experts, it was around 40 BC when hospitality services for social and religious gatherings were quite common. About this time, Greeks came up with thermal baths designed for recuperation and relaxation. These thermal baths are said to be the origin of what is known as the modern-day spa. Then came the Romans, who provided accommodation for travelers on government premises.
Early/Ancient Hospitality
This era started with English travel and excursions when they built inns as their private residences. They had to garner a permit to import and sell wine which later led to the spread of hospitality elsewhere. These provided resting destinations for caravans (group of travelers on a journey) in Middle Eastern routes along with the monasteries and abbeys. These places became the first establishments to offer refuge to travelers. The Persians along the caravan route developed inns and post houses (a house or inn for exchanging post-horses and accommodating postriders). These were used to provide accommodations and nourishment to both soldiers and couriers.
Medieval Period
In the 16th century, the demand for inns and taverns increased multiple folds. In the early 1800s, “inns” were the only lodging facilities available for tourists. A lot of inns were established before the 19th century. But since lodging was not just about bedding and resting facility anymore, they started providing food and drinks to the travelers. And soon, the element of luxury started to blend in, giving birth to hotels.
Renaissance and French Revolution
is a hot spring hotel certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest hotel in the world. It was founded in 705 and has been owned by the same family for 52 generations.
Nishiyama Onsen Keiunkan, Yamanashi, Japan
