Geography 2144A/B Lecture 2: Lecture-2
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Want to have vacations with (cid:498)like-minded(cid:499) people: ex. Don"t want to go to a resort with a bunch of kids: same age, intelligence, life status, income. Tour guide in greece for a bus tour: she has a passion and so individual travel is better than her tourists who are on a bus tour and want to shop, in bruges. For some people they like one place but others hate it. First vacations tends to be a family vaca that you don"t have any say in. Remain within a tourist bubble, distinct from the host community and defined by the resort complex. Use the itinerary fixed by the tour operators and trips out of the complex are organised tours. Go out for the day and explore a little. Also uses facilities made available by tour operators but exercises greater control over their own itinerary. Resort or hotel serves as a base. Arranges private tours or hires a car for trips.