Travel And Touism Flashcards
Leisure
Range of activities that people do for enjoyment in their own time after school/work is done
Passive
Involves using none or barely any energy to do an activity
Reading, watching a sport
Active
Involves using a lot of energy to do an activity usually away from home
Walking, playing a sport
Indoor
Leisure activities that are completed within a building
Dance, gymnastics
Outdoor
Leisure activities that people complete in the open air
Football, skiing
Water based
Activities that are completed in the open sea or inside
Swimming, surfing
Home based
Leisure activities that are completed in or around the home which requires little energy
Watching tv, gardening
Away from home
Activities that are done away from home often with friends a way of socialising
Going to the cinema, eating out
Tourism
People travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for less than one year for leisure or business
A visitor
Doesn’t stay for more than a day and returns the same day
A tourist
Travels outside their usual environment for leisure or business and stays for at least one night
Domestic
People travelling in their own country for leisure or tourism
Domestic example
A resident from London travelling to Edinburgh for some site seeing
Outbound
People leaving the country they live in, to travel to another country for leisure or tourism
Outbound example
A resident from Belfast going to Spain for two weeks for a holiday
Inbound
People coming to a country from their own country or another country that is not their home for leisure or tourism
Inbound example
A tourist coming from New Zealand to Belfast to visit family and friends
Considerations when travelling abroad
Time zone. Allergies
Weather Medical equipment
Transport. Luggage weight
Foods Passport date
Pets/animals. Religion. Race
Legal drugs. Clothes
Leisure and tourism facilities
Gym Dog walking
Swimming pool. Art club
Football pitch Play park
Cafe Golf
Shopping Center Zoo
Play park. Escape room
Reasons why people use leisure and tourism facilities
Entertainment-theme parks and cinemas
Relaxation-gardening, pottery, cinema
Health and well-being-health clubs, private gyms
Socialising and eating out-restaurants
Factors that influence the choice of leisure, travel and tourism activity
Age group
Socio-economic group
Availability of transport
Friends and family
Socio-economic group and example
People may not be able to afford to take part in certain activities due to cost of participation.
Golf club is expensive with joining fee, annual membership fee and equipment
Reasons for leisure, travel and tourism visits
Business
Sightseeing
Visiting an attraction
Visiting friends or relatives
Going on holiday
Going to a sports/cultural event
Arts and entertainment facilities people visit for enjoyment
Art galleries
Museums
Cinemas
Theatres
Sport and physical recreation facilities
Leisure centres
Health clubs
Sports clubs
Private gyms
Countryside recreation facilities (outdoor)
Country parks
Forest parks
Outdoor activity centres
Camping and caravan parks
Catering facilities
Cafes
Pop up restaurant
Restaurants
Takeaways
Facilities built for children
Soft play areas
Skate parks
Play parks
Two benefits of taking a guided tour
Saves time
Knowledge
Airlines
Easy jet
Flybe
Airways
Ferries
Stenaline
Irish ferries
P&0 ferries
2 organisations within road transport
Translink
Fonacab
Examples of air transport
Helicopter
Plane
2 organisations within air transport
Easy jet
Aerlingus
2 examples of rail transport
Train
Metro
2 organisations within rail transport
NI railways
Virgin trains
2 examples of sea transport
Cruise ship
Ferry
2 organisations within sea transport
NCL
Stenaline
2 advantages of road transport
Luggage is not restricted
Cheap
2 disadvantages of road transport
Speed differences
Traffic congestion
2 advantages of air transport
Relaxing
Quicker
2 disadvantages of air transport
Restricted to 23kg
Security to go through
two advantages of rail transport
Can carry large number of passengers and goods
Cheap
two disadvantages of rail transport
Limited flexibility
Limited destinations
two advantages of sea transport
Less expensive then road and rail
Carry large volumes of luggage for low cost
two disadvantages of sea transport
Sea sickness
Slow
Tour operator
Put together and sell package holidays they work with transport and accommodation providers
Travel agents
Paid a commission fee to offer a range of product services like flight bookings, currency exchange, airport parking and car hire
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