Week 3&4 - Local Tour Guiding LM

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Santa Maria District
J. SANTIAGO INTEGRATED HIGH SCHOOL
Region IV- A CALABARZON
Division of Laguna
Santa Maria, Laguna
Local tour Guiding Services

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Module 2-Week 3&4

Forms of Tourism
Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
 Identify the forms of tourism
 Identify tourist’s needs based on the form of tourism, and
 Explain the importance of understanding tourist’s needs
For the learners
Now that you are holding this module, do the following:
1. Read and follow instruction carefully.
2. Take note and record points for clarification
3. Do the activities to fully understand the lesson.
4. Answer all the given tests and activities.
MARIEL P. LOPEZ
Subject Teacher
WEEK 3&4
I. Topic: Tourism Concept
II. Most Essential Learning Competency
III. References: K TO 12 BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL
LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL- TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL-
LIVELIHOOD TRACK HOME ECONOMICS- LOCAL GUIDING SERVICES (NC II), LOCAL
GUIDING SERVICES- ELOISA A. ROMERO
Lesson Passport
Complete this test before proceeding to the rest of the lesson. Write  if the activity is a form of
international tourism, or X if it is not.
______1. A resident of Manila goes to Boracay for summer vacation.
______2. A resident of Bulacan goes to Baguio to shop.
______3. A resident of India comes to Manila to attend a convention.
______4. A resident of Manila goes to Egypt to see the pyramids.
______5. A Filipino descendant holding a US passport visits the Philippines to meet relatives.
Meet and Greet
Tourist tends to stay longer if the distance from the origin to the destination is longer. For example, while a
Japanese tourist in the Philippines may choose to play golf in Laguna over the weekend and fly back to Japan early
Monday. European tourists in Southeast Asia tend to visit several countries at a time, and thus stay much longer than
the Japanese.
Moreover, these two types of tourist will have varying needs. The Japanese tourist may have a small pack of
clothe but will need provisions for his gold clubs, while the European tourist may need laundry services. The type of
food they prefer may also vary because of their cultural backgrounds.
Main Attraction
For the aforementioned reasons, tourist can be classified based on their length of stay in the destination:
overnight visitor or same-day visitors. The word excursionist is also used to refer same-day visitors, while tourism
statisticians use tourist to refer to those who stay for at least one night in a destination. Excursionist and tourist can be
further classified into the following (taneja 2006):
1. Day trippers or excursionist
2. Overnight trippers (which some authors technically refer to as the “tourist”)
a. Weekenders
b. Long haul vacationers
We can also classify tourist according to their point of origin: domestic, outbound, or inbound.
TYPES OF TOURIST (BASED ON ORIGIN)
Types of Tourist Country A Country B
(Point of View)
Domestic The destination and origin is within the same
country
Outbound Origin Destination
Inbound Destination Origin
(Note: This table was created by the author to illustrate the UNWTO’s definitions of the forms of tourism.)
Domestic tourists refer to residents of a country who travel within their own country, such as residents of
Manila going to Boracay. Outbound tourists refer to residents traveling to another country, such as Filipino going to
Singapore. Finally, inbound tourists refer to non-residents visiting a country other than their own, such as Tanzanians
visiting the Philippines.
The three classifications mentioned above can be combined and further result to another set of three
classifications:
1. Internal
a. Domestic
b. Inbound
2. National
a. Domestic
b. Outbound
3. International
a. Inbound
b. Outbound
Domestic and inbound tourism constitute internal tourism. Domestic and outbound tourism make up national
tourism. Lastly, inbound and outbound tourism comprise international tourism (UNWTO, as cited in Wachowiak
2006)
Judging from their suitcases alone, different types of tourist have different needs the size of suit case affects
the space requirement of the tourist in the hotel room and in the motor coach of tourist bus. It relates to the luggage
allowance of the airline. It likewise affects the mobility of the tourist, such as the number of transfers, the time it takes
to move from one place to the next, requirement for porterage, etc. Porters are people who carry others people’s
luggage for a free.
The tourist’s need are shaped by their purpose of travel and the activities that they want to do in the tourist
destination. These may be one or a combination of the following.
1. Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) is a travel whose main purpose is the strengthening of relationships
with friends and relatives. VFR tourist tend to rely on their friends and relatives for their travel itinerary.
2. Ecotourism is the responsible travel to natural areas that conserve the environment and improve the well-
being of local people (The international Ecotourism Society 1990)
3. Cultural tourism is a form of tourism that focuses on the culture of a destination- the lifestyle, heritage,
arts, industries, and leisure pursuits of the local population (Australian Office of National Tourism 1997,
as cited in Csapo 2012)
4. Sports tourism is a form of tourism that focuses on sports activities as the main purpose or travel
motivator, extreme or adventure tourism can be considered as a subset of sports tourism.
5. Medical tourism involves traveling and staying in a place outside the tourist’s usual environment to avail
of medical treatment, usually for wellness and/or aesthetic purposes.
6. Philanthropic tourism is a travel undertaken to improve human welfare by donating money, goods, or
volunteer hours. This is based on the dictionary.com’s definition of philanthropy as “the altruistic concern
for human welfare and advancement usually manifested by donations of money, goods or volunteer
hours.” This philanthropic tourism refers to traveling for a purpose.
7. Space tourism is travel outside earth for leisure purposes.
8. MICE stands for meeting, incentive, convention and exhibition; the main purpose of MICE tourist is to
attend a special event in a particular destination.
There are many other subsets of tourism. The important thing is for tourism workers to understand their
guest’s needs in order to serve them well. Tourism worker must also know where tourist come from and to be
culturally sensitive.

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