Tourism Flashcards
What is tourism?
The temporary movement of people from their own homes/work to destinations that cater for regional and recreational needs. Tourism is a tertiary economic activity or service industry that generates billions of
dollars annually. 🤑😌 *siri play If I had a million dollars
And okay, so what’s a tourist?
The person that leaves their homes to go to another place for recreational and leisure purposes *packs up we’re leaving
What’s a domestic tourist?
Visit places within their own country (like me ahahah)
What’s an international tourist? And approximately right, how many people travel every year?
People who go out to other countries (aka rich pple aka RICH PEOPLE ) Its over 450 million btw
How many employees are there for tourism?
127 million people (1 in every 15 pple who are employed)
How much money does it generate annually?
$5.5 trillion *woof dayumm
What are some activities that contribute to tourism?
Ayo at least guess anywayssss its: Transport Accommodation Entertainment Food
What are some advantages that those tourists/tourism bring to our country?
The revenue and income and also the employment opportunities. 💸
Nothing comes happily so what are some of the setbacks
Visitor numbers can drop suddenly
The High or on the season- December— April
the high season is where we make bank cuz those people in America and stuff be getting frostbite
The Low or the Offseason- May— November
A little amount of people cuz there’s no point in coming since you ain’t suffering from frostbite. Butt us Caribbean people gotta live somehow so they put Carnival and other festivals in the Off-Season.
Tourism can be………… or …………….
Tourism can be domestic (a “staycation”) or international.
What are some other things that tourism supports
things like local food production need to be increased to cater for what the hotels need. Tourism also supports secondary industries – for instance, those who produce local crafts, furnishings or food. It also supports primary industries such as fishing and
agriculture.
See everyone is special in their own way 👏👏