Tourism

What is the difference between a domestic tourist and an international tourist?

• A domestic tourist travels outside their home country and an international tourist travels inside the US

• A domestic tourist travels within their home country and an international tourist travels outside of their home country.

• A domestic tourist travels in the US, Mexico, and Canada and an international tourist travels outside of their home country.

What are two ways that tourism helps the economy:

• Brings jobs, and infrastructure

• Creates jobs and brings revenue

• Creates jobs and creates more population

What is the purpose of a National Tourism office?

• To promote your country and encourage people to visit

• To tell people about your country and how to navigate the country

• To explain to people why they shouldn't visit

What are the differences between an embassy and a consulate?

• Consulates are bigger

• Embassies represent the country and consulates represent the city in which they are located

• Embassies are larger and have more ability to assist with problems during travel.

After what event or what year did travel documents become more commonplace?

• After WWI

• after 1912

• After the Vietnam War

What information can you receive from the State Department when you are traveling to another country:

• weather updates, what the current exchange rate is, what the size of the population is

• which documents are needed for travel, security measures you should take, how to handle a medical emergency

• which documents are needed for travel, what the political climate is, and what the latest fashion is in that country so you don't stick out as a tourist

How does seasonality affect tourism?

• Traveling during the hottest time of the year makes it most popular

• Traveling during hurrican season keeps people away

• Traveling during the peak seasonal times encourages visitors to travel

Which are these are segments of tourism:

• ecotourism, voluntourism, unsustainable tourism, and heritage tourism

• heritage tourism, voluntourism, ecotourism, sustainable tourism

• voluntourism, ecotourism, fashion tourism, heritage tourism

An example of a warm TDA would be:

• Vail, Colorado

• St. Paul, Minnesota

• Miami, Florida

An example of a cold TDA would be:

• Switzerland

• Brazil

• Mexico