GEO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Tripadvisor
25 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Evan Reed
Geo 101
Introduction to Geography
Fall 2019
Professor Coan
Have Patterns of Tourism Demand Changed? Why
- Facts and Figures:
- US international tourism: 62M
- More people go to Europe than North America
- US domestic tourist market is TWICE as large as Europe
- Most popular state: Texas
- Caribbean Tourism:
- Most popular tourism destination from source markets (tourist markets)
- Tourists: Dominican and Cuba
- Cruise passengers: Bahamas
- Dominican: Used to have rep of cheap and low moral standards
- Cuba: cheap because its dependent
Jamaica: same climate and similar beaches
- WHY Dominican, Cuba, Jamaica?
- Big tourist places for North America because they are proximal and have troubled
economies
- Virgin Islands: rental homes, not hotels so very expensive
- Cruise ships big here because you can enter water
- Cayman Islands:
- Banking center and lots of cruise ships
- St. Martens:
- Big island resorts, houses, cruises
- Some islands are more fit for cruises than others
Sources and Resources
- Fellow Travelers:
- How we begin to find about other places
- Trip Advisor:
- You want to see that the demographic is similar to your demographic
- Advantages:
- Good for mass tourism, people will be similar to you (same demographic)
- Disadvantages:
- Lack of adventure
- Lonely Planet Thorn Tree:
- Targets the age group travelling
- Different tourism than families or mass tourist
The Host
Host
- Host it: Welcoming, Inviting
Document Summary
More people go to europe than north america. Us domestic tourist market is twice as large as europe. Most popular tourism destination from source markets (tourist markets) Dominican: used to have rep of cheap and low moral standards. Big tourist places for north america because they are proximal and have troubled economies. Virgin islands: rental homes, not hotels so very expensive. Cruise ships big here because you can enter water. Banking center and lots of cruise ships. Some islands are more fit for cruises than others. How we begin to find about other places. You want to see that the demographic is similar to your demographic. Good for mass tourism, people will be similar to you (same demographic) Different tourism than families or mass tourist. Basil fawlty: there for personal interest and not tourists. Britain as a nation are not good hosts. London is rude because they have lots of tourists and tourists are always replaceable.
