REC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cultural Capital, Global Recession, France 2
1 Dec 2012
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Definition: the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes. world tourism. Non-routine travel: depends on the person; if it"s routine for them. Activities what you do when you"re on vacation. Business: meetings, conferences, conventions, trade shows, incentive travel (top sales person offered a trip to the bahamas). Can lead to both under and over estimates of importance. Is a restaurant tourism: you don"t know where youo"re customers are coming from so you might not know how much tourism you"re dealing with. International exchange student: you are pretty much living in their community. Museum: certain number of tourists coming to them, but don"t know how many are tourists. Oktoberfest: defined by person answering question. Routine business trips: part of a routine, so wouldn"t be counted as tourism. Destinations may either overestimate tourism activity or underestimate.
