Types of tourism

Tourism is marketing of the leisure time and other features of a travel destination, and provision of facilities and services for the pleasure of the travellers and tourists. Youell, R would agree after he quotes 'Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work, and activities during their stay at these destinations; it includes movement for all purposes, as well as day visits or excursions. '. Spilsbury (2009,p.6) also suggested that today tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world. Customer types and motives. Customer types vary so the services offered need to change in order to continue making a profit for example a type of change in customers is that in the 1960s teenager’s would not have travelled abroad to go on holiday, but now it is very common for teenagers to do so and most tourist organisations accommodate this. Customer types include business, and professional tourists. Leisure and holiday tourists. Tourists travelling to visit friends and family and also youth tourists including backpackers and gap year travellers. Cultural tourists are people who are interested in religion or other important events within a specific geographical…

1. Introduction This introduction presents on how winery tourism is important in Niagara- specifically the development of winery tourism in Niagara and how its market is growing. Multiple studies have been conducted by several experts. For instance, Northwood conduct a visitor survey as a primary research. For secondary research, she conducts interviews from winery staff and representatives, reports and statistics. Her aim is to explore whether wine tourism is a sustainable form of rural…

Background Research The tourism industry has reached the stage of maturity and tourism is a very competitive industry. Whether it is a new destination or an old destination, to attract tourists to the destination is the main competition. In the tourism industry, film-induced tourism is one of the sectors which growing faster. Along with the popularity of film-induced tourism, the international tourism and entertainment industry also has a significant improvement(Hudson & Ritchie, 2006b). The…

The tourism industry should be concerned not only about profitability, but also about its impact on the global environment. One example is TUIfly, a German airline corporation, that sets new environmental standards. In 1998, when the oil price was still below 20 dollars per barrel, TUIfly has already started to replace the old generation aircraft of type Boing 737 Classic with the new Boeing 737-800. At that time, TUIfly was a pioneer in investing in sustainable efficiency. Protecting the…

role of tourism in promoting cultural awareness, Professor Sally referred to how there were many cases that she saw in the Philippines where tourism development showcased cultural practices “that were considered to be distinctive and representative of certain ethnic groups in the Philippines and so for all the people who didn’t belong to those groups, it certainly increased their awareness of those groups and enhanced their appreciation and their recognition of those groups.” Being able to enjoy…

Question One - A National Tourism Organisations (NTO) are responsible for marketing a country to tourists. NTO 's are publically funded government agencies that do the promoting and marketing for their country. Their promoting and marketing is directed towards inbound tourists. Tourism New Zealand is New Zealand 's NTO and are responsible for marketing our country as a destination. Tourism New Zealand implements, promotes and develops marketing strategies that market New Zealand 's tourism…

ELECTRONIC WORD-OF-MOUTH IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION:- A fundamental principle of customer behavior states that consumers have the ability to exert powerful influences upon each other; it is very natural that marketers manage interpersonal influence, and with spreading electronic technologies, it is very obvious that the indirect interactions among consumers have multiplied. WHY THIS ARTICLE:- Today every individual is influenced by electronic media and interaction in some…

industries? All- inclusive vacation refer to the type of tourism that you just have to pay one time and it provide air tickets, airport taxes, fuel surcharge, insurance, accommodation, all meals, all entrance fees, tips for driver and guides. And do not need to pay any extra fees. Expect for the shopping and snacking. And for the cruise vacation, it refer to the vacation that at cruise ship. The duration of the vacation is up to you it can be short or long trip. Basically, you can enjoy all the…

Geotourism is a concept of giving knowledge in protecting and recuperating the natural and cultural identicalness. It provides a designed approach to increase tourism benefits and constructs a responsible tourism strategy. The aim of this paper explains briefly about the elements of Geotourism, their strategies, how it helps to maintain integrity of local environment and finally it concludes by explaining its impacts on a region. By definition Geotourism is “tourism that sustains, or even…

The Terrors of Tourism: Economic and Cultural Consequences Tourism is a practice observed all across the globe and is defined as “the activity of travelling to a place for pleasure” (“Tourism”). As people decide to visit new places to relax and get away, often-unrealized impacts can destroy tourist locations. Tourism obstructs the economic opportunity of its destinations for both the overall region and the individual citizens, and the idea of commercial travel tarnishes the culture of a region…