HTT 202 Lecture 1: Lecture Notes
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Domestic tourism (is bigger than international 75-80% is domestic: shorter distance, shorter in duration (most people only have a weekend off, cheaper because its less distance and duration. World"s most popular destinations: france, usa, china, spain. Europe has a large population, lot of family ties, countries are close together. City destinations: bangkok, london, paris, singapore, new york. Top leisure travels earners: u. s, spain, france. Which countries are the world"s top pleasure tourism & spenders: china, germany, usa, uk, russia, france, canada. Rising income in east asia produce the fastest travel market. Asian economy i 10 years will be bigger than europe & americas combined. China & india will be the largest economy in the planet. ***ads- approved destination status. (chinese weren"t allowed to leave and go elsewhere. So the gov. of china lets 1 billion people and give ads and canada is on the list. ) The chinese are the nouveaux riches of tourism.