option E international scale Flashcards
niche tourism
special-interest tourism
-caters for relatively small number of tourists
types of niche tourism
heritage tourism
ecotourism
agro tourism
business
medical
adventure
wilderness
media
adventure tourism
involves travelling to remote areas and some level of perceived risk
-attracts high value customers
movie location tourism
-tourists visiting sites of locations where a specific movie or tv show was filmed
-locations created to cater to peoples desire to experience life in the movie (Disneyland, wizarding world of Harry Potter etc)
heritage tourism (cultural)
travel to experience the place, artefacts, historic sites and indigenous people of an area
TNC
transnational corporation
corporations that do not identify with any one country
examples of heritage (cultural) tourism
Machu Picchu
Mecca
Jerusalem (Church)
reason for needing TNCs in LICs
many LICs do not have the infrastructure to develop own tourist industry so rely on TNC’s to produce, market, and resource the products.