Lesson 1

• Tourismmeans

  Travelling or visiting
• Tourism


  The processes, activities, and outcomes arising from the relationships and the interactions among tourists, tourism suppliers, host governments, host communities, and surrounding environments that are involved in the attracting and hosting visitors
• Tourism


  A social, cultural, and economic phenomenon that entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes
• Virtual tourism


  Presents viewers with an immersive experience of an activity, location, or destination using technology
• 4 Different Perspectives of Tourism

  • The tourist
  • The business providing tourist goods and services
  • The government of the host community or area
  • The host community
• International tourism


  Involves the movement of people across international boundaries
• Types of international tourism

  • Inbound tourism (visits to a country by non-residents)
  • Outbound tourism (visits by residents of a country to another country)
• Internal tourism


  Visits by residents and non-residents of the country of references
• Domestic tourism


  Visits by residents of a country to their own country
• National tourism


  International tourism plus outbound tourism (the resident tourism market for travel agents, airlines, and other suppliers)
• Traveller


  Any person on a trip between two or more countries or more localities within his/her country or other residence
• International visitors


  Persons who travel to a destination within their own country, which is outside their usual environment, for a period exceeding 12 months. Subdivided into same-day visitors and tourists
• Motivational factors for travel

  • Wanderlust (desire to exchange the known for the unknown, to discover new places, people and cultures)
  • Sunlust (travel to enjoy more facilities or attractions that are not present in one's own country)
• 4 basic travel motivators

  • Physical motivators
  • Cultural motivators
  • Interpersonal motivators
  • Status and Prestige motivators
• Sub-types of travel motivators

  • Pleasure
  • Relaxation, rest and recreation
  • Health
  • Participation in sports
  • Curiosity and culture
  • Ethnic and family
  • Spiritual and religious
  • Status and prestige
  • Professional or business
• Types of tourism

  • Mass tourism
  • Adventure tourism
  • Eco tourism
  • Sustainable tourism
  • Recreational tourism
  • Health/Medical tourism
  • Convention tourism
  • Village and Urban tourism
  • Ethnic tourism
  • Cultural tourism
  • Historical tourism
  • Domestic and International tourism
• Components of tourism and tourism management

  • Tourist
  • Natural Resources and Environment
  • Built Environment
• Operating sectors of the tourism industry

  • Transportation sector
  • Accommodation sector
  • Food services sector
  • Adventure and recreation sector
• The word “Tour” means travelling to some places to know or find out new facts about them.
• Tourism was brought into English language from French word “Tourisme” .
• Tourism is related to tour which is derived from the Latin word “Tornos”