THC - MICRO

• Visitors vs Travelers


  • The trip should be to a place other than the usual environment
  • The stay in the place being visited should not last more than 12 months in a row
  • The main purpose of the visit should not be an activity that is remunerated from within the place being visited
• Visitors or Tourists?

  The term visitor (and not the term tourist) is used as the basic concept for tourism. The reason for this is historical. In the past, the term tourist was traditionally used for people spending the night in the place being visited (e.g. for overnight visitors). Today, there is a general agreement that overnight and same-day visitors form tourism phenomena as they are both an important market segment in the tourism market and the consumers of tourism products.
• Visitors


  • Tourists (overnight visitors)
  • Same-day visitors
• Basic International Tourism Units

  • International visitor
  • Tourist
  • Same-day visitor
• Classification of Travelers


  • Tourists in international technical definitions
  • Excursionists in international technical definitions
  • Travelers whose trips are shorter than those that qualify for travel and tourism
  • Students traveling between home and school only
  • All persons moving to a new place of residence including all one-way travelers
• Basic Domestic Tourism Units

  • Domestic visitor
  • Domestic tourist
  • Domestic same-day visitor (excursionist)
• Industry


  A number of firms that produce similar goods and services and therefore are in competition with one another
• Many businesses and other types of tourism organizations offer complementary rather than competing products and services. An airline, hotel, restaurant, travel agency, and attraction do not compete with each other. They complement each other and combine to offer visitors a satisfying vacation or business trip.
• The input and output can not be clearly identified for the tourism industry.
• There is no single industry code for tourism under the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)
• Macroeconomists point out that the recognition of tourism as an industry can lead to double counting because standard industry classifications fully account for all elements of the economy without finding it necessary or appropriate to recognize tourism.
• Tourism industry


  Individuals, businesses & organizations that are working to provide product & services (including information) to tourists. They include those that work in transportation, lodging, entertainment and food & beverage.
• Tourism

  Demand side - tourists

  Supply side - tourism industry