REC280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Visual Flight Rules, World Tourism Organization, Day Tripper
21 May 2018
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Module 1 Understanding Tourism &
Module 2 Tourism Demand: Growth and Barriers to Travel
Description and Learning Outcomes
In module 1, you will learn about different definitions and meanings of tourism. After
successfully completing this module, you should be able to do the following.
• Compare the different definitions of tourism
• Explain the meaning of tourism destinations and describe their components
• Explain the concept of hospitality
In module 2, you will learn about different aspects of tourism demand. After successfully
completing this module, you should be able to do the following.
• Explain the nature of tourism demand
• Recognize the different forms of demand
• Explain the determinants of demand
Readings
Snapchat Chapter 1 Pages 1-10
Mair, H. (2009) Searching for a New Enterprise: Themed Tourism and the Re-making of
One Small Canadian Community
Snapchat Chapter 1 Pages 10-26; Chapter 2 Pages 37-39
Slides
1. Defining Tourism
• The inter-related amalgamation of business, organizations, labour, and government
agencies which totally or in part provide the means of transport, goods and services,
accommodation and other facilities, programs and resources for travel and recreation
2. Alternative Definition for Tourism
• Tourism is essentially the commercialization of the human need to travel for the
sake of money and profit on the part of the tourism promoters at the expense of other
people, their culture, and environment
3. The International Tourist
• Anyone visiting a country, other than that which is his or her usual place of
residence, for more than 24 hours but for less than 12 months. International tourists
stay overnight and may be visiting for a range of purposes
(UNWTO - World Tourism Organization)
4. The International Tourist
• Includes:
o Recreation
o Commercial and business
o Conferences
o Medical treatment
o Religious observance
o Visiting friends and relatives (VFR)
o Sporting events
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o Study tours
o Transit
• Excludes:
o Diplomats
o Military
o Students
o Commuters
o Refugees
5. The Domestic Tourist
• A traveler visiting a destination in his or her country of residence for at least 24
hours but less than 12 months for the purpose of recreation, holiday, sport, business,
meeting, convention, and/or visiting friends and relatives (VFR)
6. The International Excursionist
• A person traveling for pleasure who visits another country for less than 24 hours
• "Day tripper"
7. The Domestic Excursionist
• A visitor traveling in his or her country of residence for any reason(s) given for
tourists but who stays for less than 24 hours at the destination
8. Tourist Destination
• A single district, town or city, or a clearly defined and contained rural, coastal or
mountain area
o Characteristics:
▪ Tourism services – under various types of ownership
▪ Other economic activities
▪ Host community
▪ Elected councils and public bodies
▪ Mix of tourism resources
▪ Destinations comprise a mix of tourism resources and services which
benefit from proximity and linkage
9. Hospitality Industry
• Hospitality is often thought to be hotels and restaurants
• However, the term has a much broader meaning
• Hospitality also means "the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or
strangers with liberality and goodwill"
10. Hospitality Industry
• Derived from the word "hospice"
o A medieval house of rest for travelers and pilgrims
• Hospitality therefore not only includes hotels and restaurants
• It also refers to other kinds of institutions that offer shelter, food or both, to people
away from their homes
1. Introduction
• Hall and Page (1999) noted that one of the basic and fundamental question scholars
frequently ask is “why do tourists travel?”
• This is a key challenge facing tourism researchers
• Defining demand is a complex task and depends on the perspective of the researcher
2. Three Views of Demand
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Document Summary
Module 2 tourism demand: growth and barriers to travel. In module 1, you will learn about different definitions and meanings of tourism. After successfully completing this module, you should be able to do the following: compare the different definitions of tourism, explain the meaning of tourism destinations and describe their components, explain the concept of hospitality. In module 2, you will learn about different aspects of tourism demand. After successfully completing this module, you should be able to do the following: explain the nature of tourism demand, recognize the different forms of demand, explain the determinants of demand. Mair, h. (2009) searching for a new enterprise: themed tourism and the re-making of. Snapchat chapter 1 pages 10-26; chapter 2 pages 37-39. International tourists stay overnight and may be visiting for a range of purposes (unwto - world tourism organization: the international tourist. Increase in personal income should lead to an increase in disposable income.
