Tourism Topic 1 Flashcards
What is a tourist
- Is a person who makes a trip outside his/her usual environment for leisure or personal purposes
- Grouped into: Domestic or International
What is a tourism system?
- Tourist Generating Region: the region where tourists come from
- Tourist Destination Region: The region which attracts tourist
What is a transit route?
The region or route a tourist travels through to reach their destinations
The availability of transit routes influence travel
- Influences the volume and direction of travel
- When there are more transit routes available, the volume of travel might increase
- When there are convenient or attractive transit routes available, the direction of travel might change
Describe the movement of tourists from generating to destinations region
- Push factors:
- Stressful work environment
- Unpleasant living environments
- lack of recreational options - Push factors:
- Place of scenic beauty
- Special events
- Facilities that gives positive experiences
How does tourism interact with nature, communities and economies?
- Can interact in positive or negative ways
- Tourism is a global industry and influences local economies
- Changes in nature, communities, and economies can affect the tourism system vice versa.
Motivation to travel: Relaxation
- Increasing pressure of work and hectic lifestyles, therefore people need to relieve stress
- A way to rest and rejuvenate
Motivation to travel:
Personal growth and self-fulfilment
- Allows them to develop themselves by learning something new or improving theirs existing skills
- A destination where they can pick up a new skill
Motivation to travel:
Unique experiences
- Satisfying their curiosity about the world
- Explore different environment and cultures
- Participate in special and uncommon tourism activities
- Social media has raised interest in unique places
- Globalisation make the places more accessible
Differ in motivation to travel
- One has varying needs therefore difference motivation
- Tourists are motivated to travel to fulfil a mix of needs
Ability to travel: Increase in disposable incomes
- Increase in disposable income results in greater spending on travel therefore fuelling tourism growth
Availability to travel: Increase in leisure time
- Leisure time refers to the time people are free from work because of paid leaves
Availability to travel: Business innovation
- Businesses that provide value-for-money experiences
- Making travelling more affordable because of the options
Availability to travel: Lower transport cost
- Air transport becoming relatively affordable
- Budget airlines
- fuel-efficient planes
Availability to travel: Lower accommodation costs
- More variety of travel
- AirBnB
- Wide range covers a wide range of different budgets
How does an increase in mobility to travel lead to growth of tourism?
- Refers to ability to move around easily and conveniently
Mobility to travel: Expansion of public transport services and infrastructure
- Connectivity within different parts of a country, as well as between countries has increased
- Expanding the network of public transport services
Mobility to travel: Introduction to new modes of travel
- Travel faster and further
- Reduced time
- increased convenience
- Lower travelling cost
Mobility to travel: Increased private car ownership
- travel comfortably and conveniently in their own vehicles
- Allows more freedom
Stages of tourism: Exploration stage
- Tourist arrivals: small number of adventurous tourists
2.Economy: minimal contributions - Natural attractions, cultural attractions, lack of facilities
Stages of tourism: Involvement stage
- Increase in tourists’ arrival
- contribution to local economy begin to grow.
- A rise in goods, services, and facilities. Amenities and facilities required to be built by locals
Stages of Tourism: developement stage
- Tourist arrival increase rapidly
- Tourism sector employs significant number of workers, contributing significantly to local economy
- Number of attractions and facilities build increase. Heavy advertising of destination. Increase in large and medium businesses.
Stages of Tourism:
Consolidation stage
- Total annual tourist arrivals at the destinations outnumber local population
- Tourism industry: dominate the local economy, continue to employ significant number of workers
- Slowing down the number of attractions and facilities built.
Stages of tourism:
Stagnation stage
- Tourist arrivals have peaked and begin to decline, as destination has reached carrying capacity
- Contributions to local economy start to stagnate
- No longer attractive. Old and run down destination. Tourist feel spot has no experience to offer them anymore
Stages of tourism:
Post-stagnation stage (Decline)
- Tourist arrivals decline significantly if no steps is taken
- Contributions to the economy decline significantly
- local businesses may be shut down and affected negatively. 4.Less money available to maintain and improve facilities
- Facilities deteriorate
Stages of tourism: Post-stagnation stage (rejuvenation)
- Destination become more attractive
- Contributions to local economy increases
- Funding providing to redevelop the are making it more attractive
Type of tourist: Dependable
- More cautious about spending
- Guided by authority
- Follow travel trends set by another venturer
- Prefer structured and routine
- Travel in groups
- Visit popular and familiar places
- more likely to return to same place
Type of tourist: Venturers
- Spend money more readily
- Guided by personal judgement
- Prefer to be spontaneous and have a diverse of activities
- Travel alone
- Explore less-developed and unique places
- More likely to visit new places ech time
How does personality characteristic influence travel patterns?
- The feature of a tourist may appeal more to specific personality characteristics
- Tourist activities that cater to the preferences of certain personality characteristics
How do personality characteristic influence the development of tourist destinations?
- Tourist destinations are dynamic and constantly changing, as they change the type of tourist they attract changes too
