Test 1

Question 1

Participants in industry

Answer 1

tourists (seeking experience)
business (chance for profit)
gov. (economy, role in policy, promotion of development)
community (employment/ culture)

Question 2

tourism

Answer 2

movement around central axis

Question 3

Complications of defining tourism

Answer 3

multidisciplinary subject

ALL tourism is travel not all travel is tourism

Question 4

3 factors of tourism

Answer 4

purpose of travel
distance traveled - (outside of home environment)
duration - (min 24 hours, max 365 days)

Question 5

visitor

Answer 5

person traveling to another place other than usual environment

Question 6

tourist

Answer 6

visitor staying min one night

Question 7

same day visitor

Answer 7

visitor does not stay overnight in place visited

Question 8

International tourism

Answer 8

inbound- non-resident of country traveling to another

outbound- residents traveling to another country

Question 9

internal tourism

Answer 9

visits by both residents and non

Question 10

domestic

Answer 10

residents of own country traveling w/in own country

Question 11

obligatory travel

Answer 11

business, meetings, family, health, you have to

Question 12

discretionary travel

Answer 12

VFR (visiting frends and relatives)
adventure
heritage
volunteer

Question 13

Tourism market types

Answer 13

activity, budget, footprint (eco tourism), colors

Question 14

colors of tourism

Answer 14

green- eco
black- dark tourism
grey- older people
pink- homosexual (dink- double income no kids)

Question 15

destinations characterized by

Answer 15

natural environment (nature, landscape, climate)
built- culture, infrastructure, tech, governance

Question 16

tourism and geography

Answer 16

climate- shapes attractions
spatial fixity
access to the destination
human element

Question 17

International date line

Answer 17

not a straight line
half way around the world from prime meridian
impacts calendar days
12 hrs ahead/behind GMT

Question 18

Greenwich Mean Time

Answer 18

(GMT) prime meridian

international meridian conference 1884, named Greenwich as longitude 00

Question 19

Why need a GMT?

Answer 19

allow everyone around the world to have the sun at highest point of day at noon
know which train to take and what time to take it

Question 20

tourism org catagories

Answer 20

geographic
ownership
function
industry (can be individual, multiple, both)

Question 21

geographic categories of tourism orgs.

Answer 21

international
regional international
national
regional 
state 
community

Question 22

community tourism orgs.

Answer 22

Wilmington and Beaches CVB also known as DMO (destination marketing org) ***funded by bed tax

Question 23

National/State offices of tourism

Answer 23

• Australia

- Visit NC (each state has at least one, Texas has 2)

Question 24

does the US have a gov. run tourism org?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

Department of State

Answer 25

• issues passports to citizens, visas to visitors
• protects citizens when abroad
• provides travel warnings

Question 26

Dept. Homeland Security

Answer 26

• customs officers - enforce immigration laws
• help safeguard civilian/government computer systems
• prevent terrorism/ enhance national security
• guard agriculture contamination

Question 27

Dept. Transportation

Answer 27

• enforce in-flight smoking rules
• baggage liability
• ADA compliance

Question 28

World Bank

Answer 28

• recognizes economic potential of tourism
• tourism investment program
• low interest/low credit loans to LEDC for tourism development

Question 29

International Air Transport Tssociation (IATA)

Answer 29

-global trade association for airline industry
- 260 member airlines
83% total air traffic

Question 30

FAA (federal aviation administration)

Answer 30

• national aviation authority of the US

- agency of the dept. of transportation = authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of american civil aviation

Question 31

what do the IATA & ATA do?

Answer 31

• help plan/develop international air transport
• ensure safe/orderly growth
• advocate on behalf of airline industry
• involved in prominent aviation issues

Question 32

UNWTO

Answer 32

unted nations world tourism organization

• specialized agency
• worldwide tourism policies
• poverty reduction and foster sustainable development
• global code of tourism ethics

Question 33

WTTC

Answer 33

world travel tourism council

• unites major players- one voice to gov. bodies
• 100+ top travel executives (private sector)
• raise awareness of importance of tourism

Question 34

PATA

Answer 34

(under regional international)

aligned advocacy, insightful research and innovative events to its member orgs.

Question 35

OTTI

Answer 35

office of travel and tourism industies

• admin support
• expertise