Unit 1 UK Travel and Tourism Sector

The 3 types of TRAVEL are:

• Leisure, business, specialist
• Shopping, recreation, VFR
• Domestic, inbound, outbound

Which of these is an example of a reason for travel?

• Domestic tourism
• Visiting friends and relatives
• Leisure travel
• Inbound tourism

Which of these are NOT REASONS for travel?

• Meetings, incentives, conferences and events
• Shopping
• Dark/health/education/cultural tourism
• Domestic, inbound and outbound tourism/leisure, business and specialist travel

Somebody from Moscow, Russia visiting London, UK is an example of:

• Domestic tourism
• Inbound tourism
• Outbound tourism

Somebody from Wales visiting London is an example of...

• Inbound tourism
• Outbound tourism
• Domestic tourism

Who is participating in OUTBOUND tourism?

• Dave who is going from Sydney, Australia to Birmingham
• Jennifer who is going from London to Rome, Italy
• Joe who is going from Lagos, Nigeria to Manchester
• Michelle who is going from Brighton to Devon (both UK)

Who is participating in INBOUND tourism?

• Bob is travelling from South Africa to Scotland
• Jim is travelling from Wales to Canada
• Federica is travelling from England to Italy
• Mohammed is travelling from England to USA

What is sustainable tourism?

• Activities which meet the needs of tourists and local communities whilst also protecting nature, history/culture and the environment for the future
• Making as much money from tourism as possible.
• Meeting the needs of as many different markets as possible within the travel and tourism industry
• Tourism that creates a great deal of damage and harm to the environment and economy

Which one of these is NOT a principle of sustainable tourism:

• To minimise negative environmental impacts in a destination
• To create economic benefits, including future employment, for LOCAL people
• Conserve local culture and generate a positive relationship and value between tourists and local communities
• Getting rid of local individual, family run businesses and putting up McDonalds and other well known international brands everywhere

MICE stands for

• Meetings, Incentive travel, Conferences and Events
• Mirrors Inside our Central Existence
• Meetings, Industries, Cities and Empires
• Minor Implications of Cost of Exploitation