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The document defines tourism as activities people engage in outside their usual environment, including travel, local recreation, and hospitality. It discusses the scope of tourism in the US, including its economic impact and types of visitors. Various types of tourism are identified and described, such as cruises, cultural/historical, sports, religion, health-related, ecotourism, gambling, hosteling, Airbnb, food, and how technology has advanced the industry.

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The document defines tourism as activities people engage in outside their usual environment, including travel, local recreation, and hospitality. It discusses the scope of tourism in the US, including its economic impact and types of visitors. Various types of tourism are identified and described, such as cruises, cultural/historical, sports, religion, health-related, ecotourism, gambling, hosteling, Airbnb, food, and how technology has advanced the industry.

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Chapter 8

Travel and
Tourism
Learning Objectives

• Define travel and tourism.


• Understand the scope of tourism.
• Identify and explain tourism types.
• Describe technology advances in tourism.
Tourism Defined

• World’s largest industry


• Tourism
– Activities of persons traveling and staying in places outside their
usual environment
• Divided into domestic and international tourism
Tourism Defined (cont’d)

• Three elements of tourism


– Local commercial recreation
• Theaters, festivals, water parks

– Travel
• Movement of people from place to place
• Airlines, buses, trains

– Hospitality
• Vast system of accommodations, food,
and beverages
Scope of Tourism

• 2.6% of the gross domestic product in the United States


(approximately $471.6 billion)
• Nation’s second-largest employer
– 5,302,000 jobs; second to health care
• Personal travel and tourism accounted for $660.3 billion in
spending
• Business travel accounted for another $280.2 billion
• 76 million people coming into the United States in 2011
• 68.2 million U.S. residents traveling to other countries
Scope of Tourism

Data from U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration. International Visitation to the United States:
A Statistical Summary of U.S. Visitation (2014).
http://travel.trade.gov/outreachpages/download_data_table/2014_Visitation_Report.pdf
Tourism Types: Cruises

• Three major cruise lines worldwide


– Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian
• 22.2 million customers in 2015 from United States
• Wide variety of cruise ship opportunities
(i.e., themes, levels of luxury)
Tourism Types: Cultural and Historical

• Attending major performing arts festivals, visiting famous art


museums, music events
• Interest in being exposed to new and different cultures
– Pennsylvania Amish, French Canadian Gallic communities, Native
American reservations
• Heritage tourism
– Old mines, factories, to bring back past
Tourism Types: Sport

• Participant
– Sports tournaments
• Spectator
– Super Bowl, NCAA tournament, LPGA
• Experience
– 1896 Olympic stadium in downtown Athens; Coliseum in Rome;
Basketball Hall of Fame
– Fantasy camps
Tourism Types: Religion

• Pilgrimages
• Missionary travel
• Conventions and crusades
• Attractions
– Vatican
– Reclining Buddha
Tourism Types: Health-Related

• Wellness destinations such as health spas


– Exercise, nutrition, massage, yoga
• Medical and surgical care
– India, Thailand, and Costa Rica
Tourism Types: Ecotourism
and Adventure Travel
• “Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the
environment and improves the well-being of local people”
• Sustainable tourism
• Volun-tourists
• Adventure recreation
Volun-Tourism
Volun-Tourism
Tourism in Africa
Tourism Types: Hedonistic Forms

• Gambling
• Sex tourism
• Marijuana tourism
Tourism Types: Hosteling

• Low-cost accommodations where people rent a bed in a


dormitory-style facility
• Traditionally been places in the countryside for young hikers to
stop off for the night before continuing on their trek
• Known for social aspects
Tourism Types: Air BnB

• Started as an air mattress rental


• Expanded to rental of shared spaces, private rooms, entire
apartments
• In 190 countries & 34,000+ cities
Tourism Types: Food

• “The pursuit and enjoyment of unique and memorable food and


drink experiences”
• Attending cooking schools, visiting cooking supply stores,
culinary tours, attending food festivals, visiting farmers’ markets,
or going to wineries and distilleries
Technology and Tourism

• Internet surpassed word of mouth as primary source of travel


information
• Popular websites and apps
– TripAdvisor.com
• Social media
• Smartphones
– GPS
– Tickets
– Language translation

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