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    Chapter 8

    Travel and
    Tourism
    Learning Objectives

    • Define travel and tourism.


    • Understand the scope of tourism.
    • Identify and explain tourism types.
    • Describe technology advances in tourism.
    Tourism Defined

    • World’s largest industry


    • Tourism
    – Activities of persons traveling and staying in places outside their
    usual environment
    • Divided into domestic and international tourism
    Tourism Defined (cont’d)

    • Three elements of tourism


    – Local commercial recreation
    • Theaters, festivals, water parks

    – Travel
    • Movement of people from place to place
    • Airlines, buses, trains

    – Hospitality
    • Vast system of accommodations, food,
    and beverages
    Scope of Tourism

    • 2.6% of the gross domestic product in the United States


    (approximately $471.6 billion)
    • Nation’s second-largest employer
    – 5,302,000 jobs; second to health care
    • Personal travel and tourism accounted for $660.3 billion in
    spending
    • Business travel accounted for another $280.2 billion
    • 76 million people coming into the United States in 2011
    • 68.2 million U.S. residents traveling to other countries
    Scope of Tourism

    Data from U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. International Visitation to the United States:
    A Statistical Summary of U.S. Visitation (2014).
    http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/2014_Visitation_Report.pdf
    Tourism Types: Cruises

    • Three major cruise lines worldwide


    – Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian
    • 22.2 million customers in 2015 from United States
    • Wide variety of cruise ship opportunities
    (i.e., themes, levels of luxury)
    Tourism Types: Cultural and Historical

    • Attending major performing arts festivals, visiting famous art


    museums, music events
    • Interest in being exposed to new and different cultures
    – Pennsylvania Amish, French Canadian Gallic communities, Native
    American reservations
    • Heritage tourism
    – Old mines, factories, to bring back past
    Tourism Types: Sport

    • Participant
    – Sports tournaments
    • Spectator
    – Super Bowl, NCAA tournament, LPGA
    • Experience
    – 1896 Olympic stadium in downtown Athens; Coliseum in Rome;
    Basketball Hall of Fame
    – Fantasy camps
    Tourism Types: Religion

    • Pilgrimages
    • Missionary travel
    • Conventions and crusades
    • Attractions
    – Vatican
    – Reclining Buddha
    Tourism Types: Health-Related

    • Wellness destinations such as health spas


    – Exercise, nutrition, massage, yoga
    • Medical and surgical care
    – India, Thailand, and Costa Rica
    Tourism Types: Ecotourism
    and Adventure Travel
    • “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the
    environment and improves the well-being of local people”
    • Sustainable tourism
    • Volun-tourists
    • Adventure recreation
    Volun-Tourism
    Volun-Tourism
    Tourism in Africa
    Tourism Types: Hedonistic Forms

    • Gambling
    • Sex tourism
    • Marijuana tourism
    Tourism Types: Hosteling

    • Low-cost accommodations where people rent a bed in a


    dormitory-style facility
    • Traditionally been places in the countryside for young hikers to
    stop off for the night before continuing on their trek
    • Known for social aspects
    Tourism Types: Air BnB

    • Started as an air mattress rental


    • Expanded to rental of shared spaces, private rooms, entire
    apartments
    • In 190 countries & 34,000+ cities
    Tourism Types: Food

    • “The pursuit and enjoyment of unique and memorable food and


    drink experiences”
    • Attending cooking schools, visiting cooking supply stores,
    culinary tours, attending food festivals, visiting farmers’ markets,
    or going to wineries and distilleries
    Technology and Tourism

    • Internet surpassed word of mouth as primary source of travel


    information
    • Popular websites and apps
    – TripAdvisor.com
    • Social media
    • Smartphones
    – GPS
    – Tickets
    – Language translation

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