HTC101 - LT3

The word 'tourism' is derived from the Greek and Latin words meaning _______.

Tourism refers to the act of traveling to places outside one's usual environment for leisure, and business.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Definitions of tourism have evolved into two broad types _____ each with its own rationale and application.

• concept and technical

• concepts and technical

• conceptual and technical 

• conceptual and technics

Conceptual Definitions of Tourism

• sum of the phenomena and relationship arising from the travel and stay of non residents, in so far as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected to any earning activity.

• a study of man away from his unusal habitat, of the industry which responds to his needs and of the impacts that both he and the industry have on the host socio-cultural, economic and physical environment.

• they facilitate the collection of statistical data about the size of tourism and its economic value to enable governments to measure tourism and understand its influence on their economies.

• tourism is a social, cultural, economic phenomenon related to the movement of people to places outside the usual place of   residences. 

• enable data collection, measurement of tourism's economic value, identification of trends, and comparison of tourism performance across different regions.

Technical definitions specify the criteria by which travelers are recognized as tourists, and businesses and organizations are recognized as being part of the tourism sector. This may appear to be an easy task but in reality  it has proved difficult.

• TRUE

• FALSE

________, focuses on tourists and their consumption behavior, including characteristics, spending, and purpose of visit.

_______, refers to businesses and organizations that produce products and services for tourists.

What are the three criteria as tourism?

• Distance, During, Purpose

• Distances, During, Purpose

• Duration, Distance, Purpose

• Duration, Distance, Propose

Travel refers to the movement of people between different geographical locations or from one place to another. It involves the use of various transportation modes and can be undertaken for a variety of purposes, including leisure, business, migration, or personal reasons.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Travel within a country by residents is called domestic travel. Travel to a country by non-residents is called outbound travel, whereas travel outside a country by residents is called inbound travel.

• TRUE

• FALSE