Lecture 3

What do geographers define as tourist demand?

• The total number of persons who travel to use tourist facilities and services at places away from their places of work and residence

• The total number of persons who travel within their places of work and residence

• The total number of persons who wish to travel but cannot

• The total number of persons who do not wish to travel

What is the most commonly measured component of demand in tourism?

• Potential demand

• Deferred demand

• Effective demand

• Suppressed demand

What does suppressed demand include?

• People who wish to travel in the future

• People who are actually traveling

• People who choose not to travel at all

• People who currently don't travel for various reasons

What is net travel propensity?

• The average number of trips taken by tourists

• The percentage of all trips taken

• The percentage of people who actually go on trips

• The percentage of people who take at least one trip

What does the 'country potential generation index' (CPGI) measure?

• The relative importance of the country

• The country's population

• The ability of the country to generate travel

• The number of trips from the country

What is the first step in assessing a country's ability to generate travel?

• Divide the travel generation index by the population index

• Divide the number of trips from the country by the total global trips

• Divide the country's population by the global population

• Rank the country's relative importance

What is the percentage of people who actually go on trips called?

• Net travel propensity

• Gross travel propensity

• Travel propensity

• Travel frequency

What does effective demand in tourism refer to?

• The number of people who currently don't travel

• The number of people who are actually traveling

• The number of people who wish to travel in the future

• The number of people who choose not to travel at all

What is the percentage of people who take at least one trip called?

• Gross travel propensity

• Net travel propensity

• Travel propensity

• Travel frequency

What does suppressed demand include?

• People who currently don't travel for various reasons

• People who choose not to travel at all

• People who wish to travel in the future

• People who are actually traveling