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The Tourism IndustryDHM
By Ummu Fatihah
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Class Rules• NO Phones OR music!• Respect yourself and me• DON’T talk when I’m talking– You will lose attendance
• Do NOT be late!- you will not be allowed into the class
• You MUST sign the register in EVERY class!• Make notes
- you will be quizzed on topics• ASK if you don’t understand
- put your hand up to ask a question
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Learning Outcomes• Knowledge of travel and tourism
industry• Structure of tourism industry• Examine role of governments, political
issues and ethics on tourism• Tourist needs and motivations to travel• The development of tourism
destinations• Range of transport and accommodation
available• Positive and negative impacts of tourism
(economic, environmental, socio-cultural)
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Organisation Website
Key Note (market information) www.keynote.co.uk
Mintel (media, product, consumer information)
www.mintel.com
World Travel & Tourism Council www.wttc.org
National Statistics Online (official UK statistics)
www.statistics.gov.uk
Tourism Concern www.tourismconcern.co.uk
Visit Britain www.visitbritain.com
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Assessment • External by CTH• 2½ hour exam• Section A (40 marks)– 10 x 2 mark questions– 5 x 4 mark questions
• Section B (60 marks)– 5x 20 mark questions – CHOOSE 3 ONLY!
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Introduction to the Travel and Tourism Industry
Chapter Objectives:
•Define tourism and tourist•Historical growth of tourism•Types of tourism•Organizations involved in tourism
What is tourism
• "Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination. It includes movements for all purposes.“
Tourism Society of England, 1976
Types of Tourism• Residents travelling only within their
country of residenceDomestic tourism
• Involving non-residents travelling of the given countryInbound tourism
• Involving residents travelling to another countryOutbound tourism
• Domestic tourism and inbound tourismInternal tourism
• Domestic tourism and outbound tourismNational tourism
• Inbound tourism and outbound tourismInternational tourism
United N
ation ‘94W
orld Tourism O
rganization (U
NW
TO)
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Exercise 1. Examples of types of tourism
• Using the previous definitions of the different types of tourism, give examples of:– Domestic tourism– Inbound tourism– Outbound tourism
What is tourist?
Travel and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated within the place visited.
International Travel to a country other than
his usual residence at least one night but not more than one year – main purpose to visit
Resident in the country and who travels to a place in the same county not more than one year - main purpose to
visit
Domestic
Tourist
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Exercise 2. The Tourist
• Give examples of when you have been:A) an international touristB) a domestic tourist
History or Tourism DevelopmentPeriod Region Travel motivation
3 000 BC Egypt/ Babylonia Business
1 500 BC Egypt Religion/ leisure and pleasure -Pyramids
6 BC Egypt Heritage/culture –Museum of Historic Antiquities
5 BC Greece Athens –religion –Panthenon/Acropolis
4 BC Athens, Sparta, Troy Guide tours -guidebooks
2 BC Roman Empire Roman infantryment VFR - improved communications
Middle Ages Europe ‘Haligdeg’ – ‘Holy day’ (holiday) – ‘day of rest’ –Sunday
16 AD Europe ‘Pilgrimages’ – religion: Centurbury, Santiago De Compostela, Rome (via Venice)
C17 – 18th AD Europe Culture/education – ‘The Grand Tour’
The Grand TourTerm used by Richard Lessels in his book ‘Voyage in Italy’(1670) was ‘a rite of passage’
The purpose of the trip, which was normally between six months and three years was to teach the ‘young men’ about art such as ‘Renaissance’ artists, antiquities and architecture
The most popular cities for these young ‘eligible bachelors’ were: Florence, Naples, Paris, Rome and Venice
The trip increased their knowledge of culture and the arts, and made them more eligible for marriage on their return
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Exercise 3. The History of your country
• Discuss the history of tourism within your home country in small groups.– How long ago did tourism begin?– How important is tourism to your home country?
Health tourism‘Any kind of travel to make one’s self or a member of one’s family healthier’
Mueller and Kaufmann(2001)
•Become more popular form of tourism since the Roman Empire, when Romans used to gather together in communal pools to relax•Bath, England; Baden Baden, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Buxton, England; Siena, Italy•Spa resorts worldwide
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Exercise 4. Health Tourism
• Give an example of a health tourism destination in your home country
Sun, Sea and Sand (3S’s)
Enabling Factor
Motivating Factor
Make travel possible
Persuade people to travel
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Enabling Factors• Factors which make travel possible– Better transport – new transport technology (19th
Century – railway)– Better communications– Faster and cheaper travel– Improvement in accommodation, facilities and
services
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Motivating Factors
• Factors which persuade people to travel– Building of cities and industry people feeling the
need to escape from reality to fulfil their ‘intrinsic needs’
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Exercise 5. Reasons for travel
• Why do you go on holiday/travel?• Write down your reasons for travelling• Now identify if these reasons are ‘enabling
factors’ or ‘motivating factors’
Mass Tourism
The transportation of large number of people to places of leisure interest
Enjoy the benefits of leisure time
Increasing popular in the
1960s and 1970s
Increase in demand for sun, sea and sand and
the arrival of cheap package
holidays
Other form of Tourism
Culinary tourism
Dark tourism
Disaster tourism
Space tourism
Medical (health) tourism
Heritage (cultural) tourism
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Other Types of Tourism
Description Example
Culinary tourism Food and drink experiences
Wine tasting in Australia
Dark tourism Travel to sites associated with death and suffering
•Anne Frank’s house, Amsterdam•The London Dungeons, London
Disaster Tourism Travel to sites that have experienced natural disasters
New Orleans (Hurricane Katrina)
Ecotourism Tourism which benefits the community, economy & the environment of a local area
Safari, Kenya
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Other Types of Tourism
Description Example
Heritage (Cultural) tourism
Places, activities that represent the stories of people, past and present
•National Maritime Museum•University of Greenwich
Medical (Health) tourism
Medical services at a particular location
India
Space tourism Trips taking tourists into space
Virgin Galactic
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Exercise 6. Tourism in your country
• Which of these types of tourism exist in your home country?– Culinary, dark, disaster, ecotourism, heritage,
medical, space tourism• Give examples
Tour
ism
Org
aniza
tions
Private sector
Artificial tourism
attraction
Travel Agency
Transport provider
Tour operation
Private company – any company controlled and operated by private individuals(and not by civil servant or government- employees), are very varied in type and size
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Exercise 7. List…
Give an example of:- An artificial (man-made) tourism attraction- A tour operator- A transport provider- A travel agencyThey can be from your home country or another
destination
Public (government) organizations
Co-ordination
Planning
Legislation and regulation Stimulation
Marketing and promotion
Entrepreneurship Providing social tourism
Protector of the public interest
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Public (government) organisations• Most countries have a governmental
department for tourism – national, regional, local level
• Hall (2000) govt has 8 roles:– Co-ordination – sharing info, communicating with
agencies (public and private)– Planning – controlling the development of tourism– Legislation and regulation – employment,
immigration, visa regulations– Stimulation - ↑tourism supply with incentives (tax
relief, sponsorship, marketing, promotion
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– Marketing and promotion - ↑interest in a destination – ‘branding’
– Entrepreneurship – the govt own or operate tourism ventures, or own and manage land
– Providing social tourism – opportunities for under-privileged communities
– Protector of the Public Interest – act as ‘intermediary’ in case of conflict or competing interest
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Regulatory bodies• For maintaining standards within the tourism
industry1. Public regulatory bodies2. Supranational regulating bodies3. National regulatory bodies
Regulatory tourism organizations
International Civil aviation Organization(ICAO)
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
United Federation of Travel Agents’ Association (UFTAA)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
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PUBLIC Regulatory BodiesName Abb. Description Website
International Civil Aviation Organisation
ICAO Safety, security, environmental protection, efficiency, continuity, rule of law
www.icao.int
International Air Transport Association
IATA Large network of industry suppliers, allows airlines to operate safely, intermediary between airlines and passengers, simplifies air travel
www.iata.co.uk
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PUBLIC Regulatory BodiesName Abb. Description Website
United Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations
UFTAA International forum, protecting tour operators, agencies
www.uftaa.org
World Tourism Organisation
UNWTO Responsible, sustainable, accessible tourism – developing countries
www.unwto.org
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Supranational Regulatory Bodies• Cover a number of countries (geographical
area)• “Bodies associated with regional trading
blocs” (Hall, 2008)– ASEAN – Association of South-East Asian Nations– NAFTA – North American Free Trade Area– EU – European Union• Learn about the EU Package Travel Regulations (1992)
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Exercise 8. Supranational
• Which supranational regulatory body does your home country come under?
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National Regulatory Bodies
• Regulates and monitors travel and tourism within a nation – Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA)– Air Transport Operators Licence (ATOL)– Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
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Exercise 9. National Regulatory Body
• What is the name of your home country’s tourism governmental organisation?
• What national regulatory bodies exist in your country?
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What we have covered
• Defining tourism• Types of tourism– Mass, 3S’s, Grand Tour, Special Interest Tourism
• Types of tourists– International, domestic
• History of tourism development• Tourism organisations– Private, public, regulatory