TOUR2010 Lecture 8: TOUR2010 Week 8
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World tourism growth: 1. 235 million international tourist arrivals in 2015. Direct contribution (spending by tourists) + flow-on in the rest of the economy (indirect + induced) = total contribution. Tourism in qld: 8% gdp, 1/10 jobs, 1/8 businesses, 70% services exports. E(cid:272)ordi(cid:374)g it as (cid:858)touris(cid:373)(cid:859) i(cid:374) touris(cid:373) satellite a(cid:272)(cid:272)ou(cid:374)ts. The touris(cid:373) i(cid:374)dustr(cid:455) a(cid:374)d the e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) value of (cid:858)touris(cid:373)(cid:859) is defi(cid:374)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) e(cid:454)pe(cid:374)diture (cid:271)(cid:455) tourists. Unwto: persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than 1 consecutive year for leisure, business or other purposes. Tourism research australia: day visitors: round trip of at least 50km, for at least 4 hours, excluding routine travel, overnight visitors: stay at least overnight but less than a year away from home. Economic value of an industry is measured at national level by national accounts. Based on spending by tourist- taking it out of other industry sectors and creating a new tourism sector.
