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Tourism Supply And Demand Flashcards

1
Q

Why is tourism supply important?

A

The quality and quantity of supply components will determine the success of tourism

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Why do we compare supply competition with other countries?

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To improve our supplies

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What are the four components of Supply?

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  1. Natural Resources and Environment
  2. Built Environment
  3. Operating Sector
  4. Spirit of Hospitality and cultural resources
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Includes air and climate, physiography of the region, landforms, terrain, flora, fauna, fauna…

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Natural resources and environment

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Includes infrastructures and superstructures

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Built environment

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Underground and surface developmental construction for the convenience of local residents

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Infrastructure

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7
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Give 5 examples of infrastructures

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GREWC

Gas lines
Roads
Electrical lines
Water supply systems
Communication networks
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Facilities constructed primarily to support visitation of tourists

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Superstructure

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9
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Give five examples of superstructures

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SHARB

Bus and train station facilities
Railroads
Airports
Hotels
Shopping centers
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10
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Comprises the tourism industry

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Operating sector

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11
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What makes a hosting of tourists successful?

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The people and their cultural wealth

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What is tourism demand?

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The product/service that people are willing and able to buy at a specific price in a specific period of time

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13
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What’s the formula of demand, propensity and resistance?

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D = f (propensity, resistance)

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14
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Define propensity

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It is the willingness of a person to travel, as well as the travel experience and destination he prefers

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15
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Explain resistance

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What hinders a traveller to travel

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16
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It relates to the relative attractiveness of various destinations

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Resistance

17
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3 factors of propensity

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  1. Psychographics
  2. Demographics
  3. Marketing effectiveness
18
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5 variables/factors of resistance

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  1. Economic Distance
  2. Cultural Distance
  3. Cost of Services
  4. Quality of Service
  5. Seasonality
19
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Relates to the time and cost involved in traveling from origin to the destination and back

A

Economic Distance

20
Q

Formula for Economic Distance

A

⬆️ED
⬆️R
⬇️D

21
Q

The culture of the tourist’s origin is different to the culture of the host area

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Cultural distance

22
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Formula for cultural distance

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⬆️CD
⬆️R
⬇️D

23
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Formula for cost of services

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⬆️CoS
⬆️R
⬇️D

24
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Formula for Quality of service

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⬆️Q
⬇️R
⬆️D

25
Q

Define seasonality

A

The attractiveness of a destination depends on the time of the year for which a vacation is planned

26
Q

Where the supply and demand meets

A

Price

26
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Tourists can be classified into three personalities, these are? And what differs one another?

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Allocentric- active
Psychocentric - passive
Midcentric - neither

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