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Good Morning Students! Today We Are Going To Discuss About The Tourism Experience. .Please Read Carefully The Discussion Below. Thank You

This document provides an overview of tourism types including: 1. The tourist experience involves consuming a holistic experience rather than just individual components like transportation or accommodations. 2. Types of tourism are categorized based on the purpose of travel, such as leisure, business, education, or special interests, and also by the activities engaged in, like visiting friends, religious activities, adventure, nature activities, shopping, sports, and gaming. 3. Different types of activities are described like cultural and heritage activities, various nature-based activities, eco-tourism practices, and classifications of soft versus hard adventure activities.

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Good Morning Students! Today We Are Going To Discuss About The Tourism Experience. .Please Read Carefully The Discussion Below. Thank You

This document provides an overview of tourism types including: 1. The tourist experience involves consuming a holistic experience rather than just individual components like transportation or accommodations. 2. Types of tourism are categorized based on the purpose of travel, such as leisure, business, education, or special interests, and also by the activities engaged in, like visiting friends, religious activities, adventure, nature activities, shopping, sports, and gaming. 3. Different types of activities are described like cultural and heritage activities, various nature-based activities, eco-tourism practices, and classifications of soft versus hard adventure activities.

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Prayer Before Class

Dear Lord and Father of all,


Thank you for today. Thank you for ways in which you provide for us all. For Your protection
and love we thank you. Help us to focus our hearts and minds now on what we are about to
learn. Inspire us by Your Holy Spirit as we listen and write. Guide us by your eternal light as we
discover more about the world around us. We ask all this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Good morning students! Today we are going to discuss about The Tourism Experience.
.Please read carefully the discussion below. Thank you.

Lesson 3- The Tourism Impact


Scope
 The Tourist Experience
 Types of Tourism
 Types of Tourism Based on Purpose
 Types of Tourism Based on Activities
In this module you’re challenge to:
1. Recognize the tourist experience
2. Identify the different types of tourism
3. Classify the types of tourism based on purpose and activities

The Tourist Experience


The tourism is one of the world’s largest industries. More and more, countries are looking
at the value of tourism as an economic driver. As such, development of tourism products and
services are also on the rise. The development of countries as tourism destinations are now being
carefully planned. With tourism development comes the questions –why do people travel? What
products and services do they really consume?
As discussed in the earlier lesson, a tourist consumes an experience. He does not just
consume food, ride airplanes, buy souvenir products, stay in the hotel, nor go sightseeing. The
tourist consumes a holistic experience.
The tourism marketer does not just sell hotel rooms, food choices in a menu, or seats in a
bus. The tourism marketer sells an entire package. He sells an entire experience.
When the tourist goes back home, he brings with him memories of his experience made
up of food he ate, the transportation he used, the hotel he slept in, the sites that he saw, and the
souvenirs that he bought. He cannot separate one aspect of his trip from the other; hence, the
tourist brings home his travel experience.
There are different ways of classifying tourism types. There are emerging trends that
eventually become another category while some trends die down after the initial types of tourism
that will be discussed in this book will be based on the purpose by which a tourist travels and
based on the activities the tourist prefer to engage in.

Types of Tourism
Types of tourism are categories by which tourist travel, their preferences, and their
activities. These have been identified based on prevailing trends on the purpose for travel and the
various activities the tourist do when they are in the destination.
On a marketing and promotions vantage point, it is important to know and understand
why and how tourist travel. Products and services should be planned and designed to meet these
needs.
Types of Tourism Based on Purpose for Travel
The different types of tourism based on the tourist’s purpose for travel include:
Leisure
A huge percentage of tourist travel for leisure is when a person moves away from his usual task
and daily activities to engage in rest, recreation, and pleasure. Sightseeing, food trips, and
shopping are included in activities done by leisure tourist.
Business
When a person travels for business purposes, the tourist engage in activities with which he may
develop his business further. This includes attending conferences and seminars, meetings with
clients, business partners, and potential investors. The business tourist usually stays for a short
period of time but is high spending.
Education
Tourist who travel for educational purpose wish to enrich themselves academically. Some pursue
regular education, diploma courses, or graduate degrees in another country. Students tourist
usually stay for a long period of time but have limited spending capacities since most have no or
limited current employment. Educational tourism also cover those who travel for organized
learning such as field trips and participation in short-term courses. This may also include visits
to museums, historical places, and educational institutions.
Special Interest Tourism
Special interest tourist are those who travel for specific and unique purposes. Such interest may
not necessarily be mainstream but be emerging types of tourism. Special interests may include
dark tourism, space tourism, and volunteer tourism.
Types of Tourism based on Activities Engaged In
Tourist engage in different activities while on a trip. These activities vary depending on the
interest of tourists. A destination should be able to offer a wide variety of activities for tourist to
enjoy. Types of tourism based on activities engaged in include.
Visiting friends and relatives
A lot of leisure tourist engage in visiting friends and relatives as their primary activity. With
Filipino all over the world, it would be easy to locate friends and relatives in places we want
visit. Culturally, Filipinos prefer to say in the homes of their friends and relatives as a way to
catching up with them. Also, it saves on accommodation cost of renting a place to stay.

Religious
Some tourist travel to take part in the pilgrimage or religious event. Tourists travel to visit
churches or mosques, participate in religious activities activities, or just to simply pray for
special intentions.
A pilgrimage is a journey to scared places such as churches, religious sites, and apparition sites
to find one self, meditate, and pray for enlightenment. Participation in religious activities such as
feast days of patron saints, commemorations of Lenten season, and /or thanks giving devotions
are often activities that religious tourist engage in.

Cultural and Heritage


Different countries have different cultural practices and traditions. Traveling to a new
places gives the tourist a different perspective of life. Visiting museum and heritage houses,
examining historical artifacts, immersion with indigenous people, and interaction with locals are
just some activities tourist who have interest on culture and heritage engage in.
Adventure
Adventure tourism may be defined as travel associated with high levels of physical
activities in exotic, unexplored locations. It is a form of leisure tourism for the physically
charged and daring individuals who want to experience something beyond the ordinary.
Adventure tourists are willing to engage in activities that give a natural high such as mountain
climbing and white river rafting. Zip line and bungee jumping are some man-made activities in
adventure destinations.
There are activities that are considered soft adventure and hard adventure. Soft adventure
activities are low impact activities with low levels of danger attached to it. Hard adventure refers
to high impact activities that pumps up the adrenalin and causes the blood pressure to rise.
Nature- based
Nature-based tourism activities involve travel to places with vast natural resources. This
type of travel allows tourist to engage in activities closest to its natural setting. Mountain resorts,
beaches, waterfalls, rainforest, and mangroves are places that nature-based tourists wants to see
and visit. Whale watching, snorkeling, and bird watching are also examples of nature-based
activities.
Eco-tourism
Eco-tourism refers to responsible travel to natural areas that benefits the areas environmentally,
culturally, and economically. Tourists and destinations alike are now becoming aware of the
sustainability aspect of destination planning and development. Eco tourism advocates that
destination should be develop in such a way that future generations will continue to benefit from
them. Eco-tourism sites are usually undisturbed by urban development and have maintained their
natural environment. Some sites are declared protected areas for purpose of sustainability.
Shopping
Shopping has become a major tourism activity in some destinations. Tourist, who engage in
shopping , purchase products that may not be available in their hometowns or products that may
actually be cheaper in their visited destination. Pasalubong (souvenir) shopping involves buying
products for the purpose of giving them away as gifts to friends back home. Souvenirs then
should be carefully designed to project the distinct image of the place. Souvenirs also serve as
memorabilia or momento of the special memories that the trip represents for the tourist.
Sports
Tourist who engage primarily in sports activities in the places they visit are called sports
tourists. This is particularly true for tourists who participate in regional, national, or international
sporting events such as the Olympic Games, FIFA World Cup, or the Palarong Pambansa. Some
tourist do not actively participate as player but as spectators. They are also considered in this
category since sports is the major reason for their travel.
Gaming
Gaming tourist are those who engage in playing games in a casino to be fun becaus of the
uncertainty and risk involved in gambling. Casino are normally built with in an entertainment
center near hotels, restaurants, theaters, and shopping areas. Gaming tourist are highly spenders
and normally prefer luxurious environment.

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