Unit 1 P3 The UK travel and tourism sector Inbound and Outbound Tourism Outbound tourism is when you leaving the UK to travel to another country for business or leisure. Outbound tour operator is organising holidays and provides a range of discount package deals‚ which you can combine with accommodation‚ transport to the destination and ground transport such as a transfer from the airport to the hotel. The two largest tour operators are Thomson and Thomas Cook Group. Outbound travel agents can
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The Ten “P’s” of Travel‚ Tourism and Hospitality Marketing* * From Best Practices for International Tourism Development for Rural Communities (2002) by David L. Edgell‚ Sr.‚ PHD Marketing… “…. to design a product/service combination that provides real value to targeted customers‚ motivates purchase‚ and fulfills genuine customer needs.” -James Makens et al.‚ Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism‚ 1999 Ten “P’s” 1. Product The tourism product differs from other products due
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TOURISMOS: AN INTERNATIONAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF TOURISM Volume 6‚ Number 2‚ Autumn 2011‚ pp. 139-158 UDC: 338.48+640(050) ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF TOURISM: A CASE STUDY OF AGRA Surabhi Srivastava University of Lucknow Tourism in its broadest generic sense can do more to develop understanding among the people‚ provide jobs‚ create foreign exchange and raise living standards than any other economic force. India is world famous for the city of Taj -Agra. There are a number of other tourists
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Statement: : How does the tourism industry influence the economy of a destination? Date: 10.11.12 Group: 1E Student: Radina Alexandrova Tutor: Jörg Wenzel Define economy. According to” Economics: Principles and Applications” by Robert E. Hall‚ Marc Lieberman economy is a social system that produces‚ distributes‚ and consumes goods and services in a society. The sectors that make up an economy are the primary‚ the secondary‚ and the tertiary. * The primary sector is related to the part of
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Sport and Adventure Tourism Simon Hudson‚ PhD Editor The Haworth Hospitality Press® An Imprint of The Haworth Press‚ Inc. New York • London • Oxford © 2003 by The Haworth Hospitality Press‚ an imprint of The Haworth Press‚ Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ microfilm‚ and recording‚ or by any information storage and retrieval system‚ without permission in writing from
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Tour operations is a dynamic and complex business environment‚ where companies must work with many different travel and tourism component industries‚ comply with laws and regulations‚ and deal with a variety of external influences and challenges. Unlike travel agents‚ who sell holidays and a range of other travel products‚ tour operators actually assemble the different parts of a holiday‚ i.e. the type of travel‚ accommodation‚ facilities‚ transfers‚ excursions and other services. If we consider
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The World Tourism Organization had its initial stages as the International assembly of Official Tourist Traffic relations set up in 1925 in The Hague. It was renamed the International Union of Official Travel Organizations (IUOTO) later than World War II and shifted to Geneva. IUOTO was a scientific‚ non-governmental organization‚ whose relationship at its climax included 109 National Tourist Organizations (NTOs) and 88 Associate Members‚ among them private and public groups. As tourism raised and
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Introduction to Hospitality Miroslava Dimitrova Ph.D Accommodation sector Hospitality = Hotels + Restaurants Lodging Industry Hospitality industry: Provision of accommodation as well as food and beverage services to short-stay guests on paying basis. The Pineapple Tradition • Symbol of welcome‚ friendship and hospitality • Recognized internationally • Foundation for concept of “SERVICE” Types of Accommodation • Hotels • Farm houses (Guest houses)‚ bead and breakfast (BB)
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HOW DOES TOURISM IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT The effect of tourism on the environment can be both positive and negative. Each person or group of people will impact the area they visit in a different way. Whether it is in a negative or positive manner is entirely up to the visitor. Let’s consider the NEGATIVE impacts first: POLLUTION - This is probably the biggest negative factor concerning tourism. People have to travel to their destination. It doesn’t matter if it’s by plane to another country or
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hotelier after Word War II * 1946‚ he formed the Hillton Hotel Corporation * With the purchase of the Statler chain in 1954‚ he created the first major chain of modern hotels ELSWORTH M. STATLER * Father of Modern Commercial Hotel Industry. * He was the originator of the hotel chain concept known as Statler in year 1863-1928. * Opened his first hotel in Buffalo‚ New York in 1901. * In 1954‚ he sold Statler chain of hotels to Conrad Hilton. CESAR RITZ * “ the hotel
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