O Level Travel & Tourism Unit 1.1

Tourism is the business or providing services such as:

• transport, places to stay or entertainment

• transport, accommodation or entertainment

• transport, places to stay or entertainment for people who temporarily leave the place where they normally live or chill.

• transport, places to stay or entertainment for people who temporarily leave the place where they normally live, work or study.

• None of the above

A ______is a person who travels temporarily from one place to another.

In statistics and research into tourism, tourists are sometimes also called:

• visitors

• travelers

• tour guides

• none of the above

The UNWTO reports that worldwide, domestic tourism is six times bigger than international tourism.

• True

• False

• Not sure

• None of the above

Domestic tourism is:

• when a tourist travels within their own country

• tourists travel within their country of residence (where they live)

• blue and green are both correct

• none of the above

List three advantages of Domestic Tourism

Countries such as China, India and the United States of America have a larger percentage of Domestic tourism due to___________of the country.

If a Chinese tourist travels to Malaysia, what type of tourist would they be?

• outward tourist

• outbound tourism

• inward tourist

• inbound tourism

The tourist industry in a country will closely monitor which countries their inbound tourists are from; they are known as the country's:

• market

• outsourced market

• source market

• market source

International tourism takes more preparation and planning than domestic tourism. This depends on where tourists travel from and how far they travel. List three ways of preparing for such a trip