Tourism: The Nature Of Toursim Flashcards
nature of tourism involving:
highly complex and productive economic activity
- involving transport companies, tourist sites/attraction owners, tourist services at destination, various levels of government (economy, visa, tourism)
how is it key to development?
- ever increasing no. of destinations available
- key driver of socio-economic progress (export revenue, jobs, enterprises, infrastructure development)
characteristics:
- industry 24/7 (inc. subject fluctuations)
- labour intensive with all skill levels needed
- most countries –> easy to enter tourism industry
- small businesses majority
- important medium for education and cultural exchange (promote international understanding and goodwill)
- broad impacts: social, economic, environmental
forms of tourism:
international:
- travel to another country –> stay longer and spend more
domestic:
- within own country
why people travel? stats:
2015 reasons for international tourists: 53% leisure, recreation/holiday 27% visiting friends/relatives, religious/health reasons 14% professional business 6% unspecified
tourism growth:
over past 6 decades, increased expansion
world’s largest service sector/industry
3rd in worldwide export category (fuels,chemicals)
other key stats:
- 10% of GDP
- 1/11 jobs
- 7% of world exports
- US $1.5 trillion exports
definition of leisure, recreation, tourism:
lesiure: time not given to work
recreation: activities in discretionary time
tourism: activities of travelling and staying outside normal environment, NOT MORE THAN 1 year for leisure, business etc.
impacts of tourism:
mulititude of economic benefits, wealth and employment, disrupts local communties/indigenous people and environment
top tourist locations:
France, USA, Spain, China, Italy, Turkey, Germany, UK, Mexico, Russia
