TOURISM AND PRACTICE• Semester 8 • Year 2010• Contents:

• Tourism definition

• Authors• Tourism scenes• Tourism Supply

and Demand.

What is tourismFelipe Alejandro Quevedo

Vásquez.COD: 67064211

Teacher: Héctor García.

English V

TourismTourism is the activities of persons traveling to

and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive

year for leisure, business or other purposes.Tourism is a dynamic and competitive industry that requires the ability to constantly adapt to customers' changing needs and desires, as the customer’s satisfaction, safety and enjoyment

are particularly the focus of tourism businesses.

Tourism is a collection of activities

, services and industries that

delivers a travel experience .

Including transportation,

accommodations, eating, drinking

establishments, retail shops

entertaiment, business and

facilities with other hospitality

services provided for individuals

or groups traveling away from

home.

AUTHORS• Mathieson and Wall

(1982) created a good working definition of tourism as "the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created to cater to their needs."

• According to Macintosh and Goeldner (1986) tourism is "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the interaction of tourists, business suppliers, host governments and host communities in the process of attracting and hosting these tourists and other visitors.

AND OTHER IMPORTANT DEFINITION TERMS

• Excursionists: Persons traveling for pleasure in a period less than 24 hours (Macintosh and Goeldner, 1986).

Foreign Tourist:

• Any person visiting a country, other than that in which he/she usually resides, for a period of at least 24 hours (Committee of Statistical Experts of the League of Nations, 1937).

Travel

• The act of moving outside one's home community for business or pleasure but not for commuting or traveling to or from school (Macintosh and Goeldner, 1986).

Visitor• Any person visiting

a country other than that in which he/she has his/her usual place of residence, for any reason other than following an occupation remunerated from within the country visited (United Nations Conference on International Travel and Tourism, 1963).

TOURISM SCENES

• Here we can explore each one of all activities related to the turism scenes.

• The diversity of these sectors shows that the career options in the tourism industry are unlimited. Depending on your interests and skills, you can work indoors or out, nine to five or midnight to noon. You can work in an office, an airport or out of your home. You can have one career in the winter and another in the summer. In short, you can make your career fit the lifestyle you want.

Attractions

• The primary motivation for traveling. . They may be a primary destination, and the secondary destination which are interesting places to visit on the way to your primary destination.

Natural Resources

•Natural resources are the

combination of physical features, the climate, and

the natural beauty of the area.

CULTURE

•Culture: A way of life which is observed through a peoples religion, history, government and traditions.

Ethnicity

• To visit family and friends.

Entertainment

• The Entertaiment has been a fantastic revolution around the world. Diferent Countries and unbelieves places to feel with the 5 senses.

X-treme Tourism

• : Tourism

based on

high adventure

activities.

Facilities

• When tourists arrive at attractions

they require facilities to provide

services.

Lodging

• Represent a

variety of

services from

campgrounds,

RV parks,

motels and

five star

resorts.

Food & Beverage

• : Not only provide basic

sustenance for tourists

but an important factor

in the overall tourism

experience.

Support Services

• Usually are represented by small retail businesses providing souvenirs and personal services. Shopping is an integral part of the travel experience.

Infrastructure• The basic

services on which all tourism depends. These systems include water and sewer systems, communication networks, medical facilities, electricity, police and fire protection and roads.

Transportation

• This is the biggest component to the tourism. the ability to get from one place to other place. Tourism developments are dependent on the ease of access and types of transportation available.

Hospitality

• The community's attitude which permeates every tourism location that makes the tourist feel welcome and safe. It is the result of the interaction between the tourist and the local population.

TOURISM HISTORY

• The type and availability of transportation will determine travel destinations. The development of accommodations were

likewise determined by the development of transportation systems.

• Railroads (1825)First passenger train was in England.

• Boats & Ships (early 400 B.C., but first ocean liner 1840)

• Automobile (1908) Henry Ford's Model T.

• Air Travel (1919) by what is now know as Lufthansa Airline

• Space Travel (2015) estimated date for passenger travel into suborbital space.

Tourism history

• People have always

travelled to distant parts of the world, to see great buildings, works of art, learn new languages, experience new cultures and to taste different cuisines.

• The word tourism was used by 1811 and tourist by 1840. In 1936, the League of Nations defined foreign tourist as "someone traveling abroad for at least twenty-four hours". Its successor, the United Nations, amended this definition in 1945, by including a maximum stay of six months.

Leisure travel• Leisure travel was

associated with the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom – the first European country to promote leisure time to the increasing industrial population. Initially, this applied to the owners of the machinery of production, the economic oligarchy, the factory owners and the traders. These comprised the new middle class. Cox & Kings was the first official travel company to be formed in 1758.

Mass tourism• Mass tourism could only have

developed with the improvements in technology, allowing the transport of large numbers of people in a short space of time to places of leisure interest, so that greater numbers of people could begin to enjoy the benefits of leisure time.

Tourism Supply And Demand

• Is the relationship between the Quantity than tourism operators wish to sell at various prices, and the Quantity of a commodity that consumers wish to buy.