Investigating Travel and Tourism Sector
INVESTIGATING TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR
INVESTIGATING TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR
HUSSAIN SHUHAD Student id: 34218 TARVEL AND TOURISM BATCH 13 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURSIM STUDIES
HUSSAIN SHUHAD Student id: 34218 TARVEL AND TOURISM BATCH 13 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURSIM STUDIES
Contents * The different components of travel and tourism industry (aiming to M1) * The roles and responsibilities of travel and tourism organization from different sectors (D1) * Recent developments that have shaped the present day travel and tourism industry, and key trends and factors that will affect the future development travel and tourism industry ( aiming toM2)
Task1
The different components of travel and tourism industry (aiming to M1) Tourism can be defined as the temporary short term movement of people, to a destination outside the place they normally live or work. According to the world tourism organization (1993) tourism is “the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes”. For example, a girl travelling to England to visit her family relatives during her study break. Types of tourism can be divided into three categories. That is domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. Domestic tourism is when people take holidays, short breaks and day trips in their own country. It also represents the lifeblood of the tourism industry. A simple example for domestic tourism can be a couple from Birmingham goes to Manchester for one week visit. Moreover the volume of domestic tourism is influenced by a number of factors. That is the size of the country, the
INVESTIGATING TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR
HUSSAIN SHUHAD Student id: 34218 TARVEL AND TOURISM BATCH 13 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURSIM STUDIES
HUSSAIN SHUHAD Student id: 34218 TARVEL AND TOURISM BATCH 13 FACULTY OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURSIM STUDIES
Contents * The different components of travel and tourism industry (aiming to M1) * The roles and responsibilities of travel and tourism organization from different sectors (D1) * Recent developments that have shaped the present day travel and tourism industry, and key trends and factors that will affect the future development travel and tourism industry ( aiming toM2)
Task1
The different components of travel and tourism industry (aiming to M1) Tourism can be defined as the temporary short term movement of people, to a destination outside the place they normally live or work. According to the world tourism organization (1993) tourism is “the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes”. For example, a girl travelling to England to visit her family relatives during her study break. Types of tourism can be divided into three categories. That is domestic, inbound and outbound tourism. Domestic tourism is when people take holidays, short breaks and day trips in their own country. It also represents the lifeblood of the tourism industry. A simple example for domestic tourism can be a couple from Birmingham goes to Manchester for one week visit. Moreover the volume of domestic tourism is influenced by a number of factors. That is the size of the country, the
References: World tourism organization, definition of tourismhttp://unwto.org/ http://www.ukinbound.org/about_tourism.php http://www.traveletour.com/2011/01/ ray youell, BTEC national travel and tourism textbook1, Heinemann Educational Publishers, Oxford. Ray youell, tourism an introduction, 1998, imprint of Pearson education, UK.