EDRD 4010 Lecture 2: Unit 2

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Environmental Design and Rural Development
• Course: EDRD 4010
• Professor: Marianne Staempfli

Document Summary

Edrd*4010 tourism planning in the less developed world. Unit 2: types and forms of tourism and tourism related migration. Organized mass tourist: on a package holiday, resort/hotel based, goes only on organized tours, pre-planned/inflexible. Individual mass tourist: on a package tour, resort/hotel based, fixes own itinerary. Explorer: flexible, but visits the (cid:494)sights(cid:495, avoids the (cid:494)tourists trail(cid:495, occasionally seeks the familiar, retains own lifestyle routines, travels independently. Drifter: avoids contact with the tourist establishment, lives with local community, adopts local practices. Mass tourism: activities which place great stress on the environment due to large numbers of people; sensitive to changing global markets. Alternative tourism: involves types of activities that begin to place some focus on (cid:494)object(cid:495) for pursuit of the activity and more as the (cid:494)subject(cid:495) of the experience. Ecotourism: defined as an activity that involves traveling to remote or environmentally sensitive areas with the specific intent of studying or admiring the unique environment.