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- 1What is tourism ? Name the 3 elements.-Leisure(going on holiday)health,educational, sports,culture
-Business (meeting, exhibition,trade fairs ,incentive corporate hospitality
-Visiting friends and realativies VFR
(Family events celebration spending the weekend there) - 2definition of tourismtourism is the activities of the person who is travelling to and staying in places outside their usual enviroment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure business and other purpose.
- 3Main types of tourist typesdomestic-travelling within your own country
Inbound- foreign people visitng our country
Outbound- going out of you country to visit another - 4Aspects of Commercial organisation (Private)-Aim to make a profit
-Owned by individuals/ shareholders
-can be large global companies,Virgin BA, Thomas cook
-Majority are small to medium sized
-All tour operators, travel agents , airlines,hotels - 5apects Non commercial organisation (public)-Publicly funded or voluntary
-Aim to provide information or a service
-Dont make a profit
-Tourist board, visit Britain,tourist information centres - 6external pressures Economic and politicalThe Economic Climate
Currencey Fluctuation
Fuel costs
terrorism
natural disasters - 7Economic climate what is it ?Due to the double dip recession (2008 another in 2010). Which has an impact on holiday spending as this is often financed by loans and credit cards, unemployment is rising and people are being made redundant.
Less frequent holidays and more domestic holidays. - 8What is currency fluctuationValues of the world currrencies are always changing
The £,$ and Euro are the most important
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