Tourism sectors

Question 1

Natural attraction can be?

Answer 1

Lakes, rivers, mountains, coastal features, islands, waterfalls, canyon/gorges, and caves.

Question 2

What are the available tourist facilities are available at natural attractions?

Answer 2

Information center, car parks and access for disabled visitors, refreshment facilities, souvenir shop, toilet facilities, guided tour and walks, and view points.

Question 3

What are the three types of attractions?

Answer 3

Natural Attraction
Purpose-built attraction
Built Attraction

Question 4

These are places which have been built specifically to attract tourists.

Answer 4

Purpose-built attractions

Question 5

The second group of ——— are those which have become attractions over time. These attractions were never built as tourist attractions.

Answer 5

Built attractions.

Question 6

Examples of purpose-built attractions.

Answer 6

Theme parks, amusement parks, aquariums, etc.

Question 7

Examples of built attractions.

Answer 7

Castles, churches, cathedrals, and some other industrial buildings.

Question 8

What are the two types of guiding and information services?

Answer 8

Tourist information center and tour guides or directors.

Question 9

———— provide accurate information on things to see and do and where to stay. make bookings for travel, entertainment, visitor attractions and accommodation.

Answer 9

Tourist information center

Question 10

What are the products/services that a tourist information center might provide?

Answer 10

Ideas
-Book Accommodations
-Maps
-Transport
-Oyster Cards
-They speak multiple of languages
-Theatre Tickets

Question 11

A person employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Answer 11

Tour Guide

Question 12

What are the types of accommodation providers?

Answer 12

Hotels, Serviced and non-serviced

Question 13

Is a type of furnished accommodation which is available for a short or long term stay. Services include housekeeping, 24 hour customer care and increased security measures.

Answer 13

Serviced

Question 14

Is a short or long stay accommodation which may be privately owned and let often through a website such as Airbnb. These apartments are not serviced, so no security, no housekeeping and etc.

Answer 14

Non-serviced

Question 15

What are the types of board in accommodation providers?

Answer 15

B&B - Bed and breakfast
HB - Half board
FB - Full board
AI - All inclusive
RO - Room only

Question 16

What includes to a half board?

Answer 16

Breakfast and dinner normally

Question 17

What includes to a full board?

Answer 17

Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Question 18

What includes to a all inclusive board?

Answer 18

All services of full board plus any others specified in each case.

Question 19

They construct their product by combining the transport and the accommodation. They buy seats on planes and hotel rooms. They calculate the price of the trip (travel and stay included) by adding in their profit and the price of the brochure which is then put together so that they can offer the trip to agencies or directly through their own network/website.

Answer 19

Tour operator

Question 20

——– increases your protection to travelling abroad will be safer.

Answer 20

Package travel directive

Question 21

What are the some of the protection that the package travel directive can give?

Answer 21

Refund
Insurance
Termination
Repatriation

Question 22

The return of someone to their own country.

Answer 22

Repatriation

Question 23

What can tour operators can be?

Answer 23

Outbound
Mass Market
Inbound
Specialist
Domestic

Question 24

They buy holidays, flights, hotels, foreign money, travel insurance, attraction tickets, train tickets, car hire. They also sell the packages

Answer 24

Travel agent

Question 25

———- is a holiday made specifically for a person.

Answer 25

Tailor made holiday

Question 26

What are the types of travel agents?

Answer 26

Independents, E-agents/ Online agents, Integrated, Multiples, Miniples, and Home working agencies.

Question 27

Single businesses that are not part of a chain and are often managed by the owner.

Answer 27

Independent agents

Question 28

Businesses that combine travel agency operations with ownership of other industries, for example tour operating, airlines, etc.

Answer 28

Integrated agents

Question 29

Travel agencies that are part of a national chain of retail outlets.

Answer 29

Multiples agent

Question 30

Companies that specialize in employing people to sell holidays and other travel products from home

Answer 30

Home working agencies

Question 31

What are the 6 types of transport organisations?

Answer 31

Coaches
Car hire
Cruises
Train
Airlines
Airports
Ferry

Question 32

Is the one that you can go to your car.

Answer 32

Le shuttle

Question 33

Is the high speed passenger rail service.

Answer 33

Eurostar

Question 34

What are the two types of airlines?

Answer 34

Scheduled
Charter

Question 35

It run to a regular timetable and depart whether all the seats are sold or not.

Answer 35

Scheduled

Question 36

Once a holiday has gone, it’s gone. Once that particular night in a hotel or that particular seat on the plane has passed, you can’t sell it again.

Answer 36

Perishable

Question 37

Rent out their planes to other organizations such as tour operators who try to fill the planes on certain routes as they sell holidays.

Answer 37

Charter

Question 38

What are the types of hauls?

Answer 38

Ultra-long
Long haul
Medium haul
Short haul

Question 39

What are the two types of ownerships?

Answer 39

Commercial and non-commercial

Question 40

——— provide products and services for sale to customers and they make a profit from the sales of these items. They owned privately by individuals or companies.

Answer 40

Commercial

Question 41

——- do not aim to make profit, they exist to provide services to customers.

Answer 41

Non commercial

Question 42

Non commercial organizations can be further sub-divided into?

Answer 42

Government organizations
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
Charitable organizations