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      • Impacts - Venice
  • Local Case Study - Great White Bear Tours
    • Nature of economic enterprise
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Tourism - Global Economic Activity

Tourism includes the activities of people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for less than one year. This includes for the purposes of leisure, business, family reunion, etc.
 
The tourism industry is a collection of diverse service industries, supplying the services demanded by the consumers (the tourists). Included in the industry are: travel agents, banking services, insurance services, luggage suppliers,  taxi/bus/car hire, tour guides, accommodation, shops, laundry/dry cleaning.
 
Factors influencing tourism since in the past couple of decades:
  • SARS/Bird Flu epidemic
  • More GAP Year experiences
  • Bali/London, Madrid bombings
  • Decreased travel times
  • Technology advances – communication, transport, etc
  • September 11, 2001 attacks
  • An increasing aging population
  • Global Financial Crisis
  • Volcanoes – Hawaii, Iceland, Indonesia, etc
  • Higher incomes
  • People receiving more holidays

Tourists: temporary visitors staying over 24hrs in the country visited, whose journey falls into one of the following categories: leisure, recreation, holiday, sport, health, study, religion, business, family or friends. The type of tourism a person undertakes depends on interest, budget and the duration of the visit.
 
Domestic tourism: travel within the country in which the tourist lives
 
International tourism: travel to a country outside of which the tourist lives.
 
Ecotourism: tourism in remote or natural areas that aims to enhance knowledge and appreciation of the natural environment and cultural heritage without damaging the environment or the experience for others.

L. Swanson
  • Home
    • Tourism research lesson
    • Essay activity
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    • Assessment
  • Tourism - Global economic activity
    • Nature
    • Spatial Patterns
    • Future Directions >
      • Research Task - Future Directions
    • Factors Affecting Tourism >
      • Biophysical
      • Ecological
      • Economic
      • Socio-cultural
      • Organisational
      • Technological
      • Political
    • Impacts of Tourism >
      • Social Impacts
      • Economic Impacts
      • Environmental Impacts
      • Ecotourism
      • Impacts - Venice
  • Local Case Study - Great White Bear Tours
    • Nature of economic enterprise
    • Locational factors
    • Ecological dimensions
    • Linkages
    • Effects of global changes
    • Maps and photographs
    • Vocations
    • Fieldwork: Hudson Bay
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