REC100 Lecture Notes - World Tourism Organization, Fordism, Bargain Hunters
22 Nov 2012
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What is tourism: travel, freedom, distance, activities, duration. The activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes. Motivators: meetings, conferences, conventions, trade shows, incentive travel. Tourism is everywhere: is a restaurant or a museum tourism, international exchange, christmas shopping in toronto, oktoberfest, routine business trips, overlap can lead to both under and over estimates of importance. Stakeholders: tourists, overnight, same day visitors, same day! Also grouped by: activities, accommodation, vacation type, distance, origin, age etc. Employees: hr, sales & marketing, event planners, service, guides etc , 9. 2% of workforce (1. 6 million, more than construction, finance and education. Less unionized (might suffer from lower wages: more part time and seasonal (less stable, less vacation, but labour shortages are coming, businesses. Economy is very good, and the regions around it have done very well. Boundaries and peripheries are getting bigger and bigger.
