GEO 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Machu Picchu, Waldo R. Tobler, Neurosurgery
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Names of individuals who are associated with ideas ex. What is the crisis facing national parks and how can policies help: discuss 4-5 points in subheading, talk about the mechanism, how does the problem arise, reason why is it an issue. Lecture 1: definitions of tourism; tourist, host and motivations. Demand-side definition: activities of persons travelling to stay outside their usual environment for not more than 12 months, travel out of normal place of resident. It is temporal (short term: sleep overnight, should be a purpose for travel: shop, work, etc. Supply -side definition: fragmentated and diverse products and services that spread across different industries, tangible vs. intangible goods and services. Cannot see but can feel, make assumptions, or experience it. Intangible: the time it takes for room service, people"s (cid:271)ehaviour: very subjective. Interaction between host communities and tourist is contingent among the perception of both people.