MACRO

• Tourism


  The temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination
• Tourism


  The activities of people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for leisure, business or other purposes for not more than one consecutive year
• Types of visitors


  • Same-day visitor
  • Tourist
• Purpose of trip


  • Business
  • Leisure
  • Personal
• Tourism system


  Can be described in terms of supply and demand
• Perishability


  • The products/services in the tourism and travel industry are consumed as they are produced
• Inconsistency


  • Products of the tourism industry always differ

  
• People-oriented


  • The interaction between the staff and the customer determines the perceived product quality
• Inseparability


  • Most travel products are first sold and the produced and consumed at the same time
• Intangibility


  • Tourism products cannot be touched, they are all about the time spent and the experience made
• Inflexibility


  • Travel products are fairly inflexible in terms of fluctuation
• Basic forms of tourism

  • Domestic tourism
  • Inbound tourism
  • Outbound tourism

  
• Tourism product categories


  • Accommodation
  • Hospitality
  • Transport services
  • Guided tours and tourist guides
  • Travel agencies and other reservation services
  • Cultural services
  • Sports and recreational activities
  • Retail
• The 5 A's of tourism

  • Attraction
  • Accessibility
  • Accommodation
  • Amenities
  • Activities
• The 5 A's of tourism

  • Attraction
  • Accessibility
  • Accommodation
  • Amenities
  • Activities
• Attraction


  • Factors that attract a tourist, such as a place, nature, lakes, beach, monuments etc.
• Accessibility


  • How to access or reach the place of attraction, ways to reach
• Accommodation


  • Place to stay or accommodate while travelling for rest or overnight stays
• Amenities


  • All the other services required while travelling for good and comfortable living, such as food, drinking water, sanitary etc.
• Activities


  • Activities which a place or attraction holds, such as nature walks, history & architecture, boating, views, health etc.
• Forms of tourism according to purpose

  • Adventure tourism
  • Culinary tourism
  • Disaster tourism
  • Dark tourism
  • Ecotourism
  • Heritage tourism
  • LGBT tourism
  • Medical tourism
  • Nautical tourism
  • Sex tourism
  • Space tourism
  • Volunteer tourism
  • Sports tourism
  • Urban tourism
  • Rural tourism
  • Educational tourism
  • Film tourism
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Festival tourism
  • Events tourism
• Kinds of adventure tourism

  • Soft adventure (low-risk, physically fit)
  • Hard adventure (requires previous experience and competency)
• Culinary tourism

  A form of tourism where travel to different destinations offer a gastronomical experience
• Disaster tourism


  The intention is to satisfy the appetite for knowing what happened
• Dark tourism


  Tourists go to areas that were once sites of events involving death, suffering, and grief
• Ecotourism


  A form of tourism that advocates or promotes the protection and preservation of natural resources
• Heritage tourism


  A form of tourism that pursues the appreciation of the different attributes of society shaped by a country's traditions, history, art, architecture, beliefs, and customs

  
• LGBT tourism

  Also known as gay tourism, caters to a specific market of tourists
• Medical tourism


  A form of travel where tourists from one country go to another to seek healing or relief from adverse health conditions
• Kinds of medical tourism

  • Medical procedures such as surgery or alternative treatment
  • Faith healing
  • Spa treatment or treatment of rejuvenation, relaxation, and cleansing
• Nautical tourism


  Involves travel, leisure, and holiday undertaken by tourists through sailing or boating
• Sex tourism


  People who travel to seek pleasure and sexual experiences
• Space tourism


  The latest form of tourism in which people are given the opportunity to travel in space
• Volunteer tourism


  An activity in which tourists undertake holidays and do some form of facilitating aid and assistance to the target destination
• Categories of sports tourism

  • Participative (tourists travel to join or involve themselves in the sports activity)
  • Non-participative (tourists are mere spectators or watchers of sports competition and events)
• Urban tourism


  Involves the travel of people to the metropolitan areas either for sightseeing, shopping, or their recreational activities
• Rural tourism


  A form of tourism where travellers set their sight on the countryside where trees, farms, and animals are the highlights
• Educational tourism


  A form of travel where the participants' objective is not just for leisure but also to enhance their knowledge and to learn
• Film tourism


  People go to certain places/tourist sites that were the place of a scene in a movie or drama
• Festival tourism

  Celebrations characterized by participative street parades, dances, concerts, or rituals