GG294 Lecture 2: GG294 – LECTURE 2
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What about tourism: tourism involves people from travelling from point a to point b and back to point a. Must experience cultural stuff authentically by visiting location: heterogeneous variety supply & demand, perishable (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t sa(cid:448)e airli(cid:374)e seats, ti(cid:373)e disappears. Tourism encompasses many phenomena: tourists, visitors, guests, businesses, the host community, the host government, the host environment, the generating country. Tourism definitions vary depending on the country and/or organization defining the term. Away from home, and their normal place of work and residence. Travel: a(cid:272)t of (cid:373)o(cid:448)i(cid:374)g outside o(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) for (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess or pleasure (cid:271)ut not for commuting to or from work or school. Movement of people: the journey and the stay including activities undertaken at the destination. Tourism as a product: physical, tangible product, service, intangible product, experiential, intangible product built on emotions, different e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e depe(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:449)ho (cid:455)ou"re (cid:449)ith. Tourism as a resource usually a physical natural environment.
