REC280 Midterm: REC Midterm Notes

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: REC280
• Professor: Karla Boluk

Document Summary

Tourism: the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes (wto) The north american industrial classification system (naics): transportation, accommodations, rec & leisure, travel. Tourism motivations: vfr (45%), pleasure (42%), other (7%), business (6%) Canadian tourism organizations: ctc (canadian tourism commission) now destination canada (dc) Old tourism: mass, packaged, 4 s"s (sun, sea, sand, sex), irresponsible, push factors. New tourism: individual, unpackaged, 3 t"s (travelling, trekking, trucking), responsible, pull factors. Environment: 2010 volcanic eruption in iceland, tsunamis, landslides, blazing fires. Crime: increase in piracy, private yachts, transport ships, somalia. Political conditions = bureaucracy, street demonstrations, riots, terrorism . Growth in tourism: transportation, media coverage, technology, e-commerce, disposable income, more stress, declining cost, improved marketing, common currency, travel restrictions, political stability (nickerson et. Tourism is difficult to define and constantly changing to meet the needs of consumers.