The three main types of tourism
Domestic tourism
Domestic tourists are people who take holidays in their own country.
For example Mr and Mrs McBride from Blackburn are going to take a weekend break to Blackpool for two nights to celebrate their anniversary.
Inbound/incoming tourism
Inbound tourists are people who come from other countries to the UK.
For example Mr Smith and his two kids came from Florida to visit their Grandma in Blackburn for two weeks.
Outbound tourism
Outbound tourists are people who are from the UK who go to other countries.
For example Mr and Mrs Jones took their three kids for a family holiday to Disney land Paris for one week.
Accommodation
The accommodation industry is an important component of UK travel and tourism. It includes all types of accommodation that people use for leisure or business tourism and visiting friends and relatives, such as hotels, self-catering, guest houses, chalets, villas and cottages. The accommodation industry in the UK is dominated by, commercial enterprises providing a wide range of hotels, guest houses and self-catering accommodation. The main non-commercial suppliers of accommodation are: youth hostels because they’re not there to make money.
Serviced accommodation
Serviced accommodation means when the service is provided along with an overnight stay, housekeeping and meals. Hotels are most common type for example bed and breakfasts, holiday inns and youth hostels.
He British hospitality association estimates that there are approximately 22,000 hotels and guest houses registered with the UK tourist boards with an additional 16,000 bed and breakfast establishments. If unregistered premises are included the total rises to above 50,000 establishments.
Hotels are either independently for example Whitehall country club, or part of a hotel group or chain like Hilton and Premier Inn. Budget hotels offer a no frills service for a fixed low price such as Travel Lodge and Holiday express.