Summary Intro Tourism - Year 1, block 1 - International Tourism Management
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Course
Intro Tourism (INTO)
Institution
Breda University Of Applied Sciences
Book
Tourism a Modern Synthesis
This is a summary of the course subject Intro Tourism. The summary is of the lectures, the seminars, and the book; 'Tourism: a modern synthesis'. The chapters of the book are C1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 13 (page 219-226) & 15 (page 254-259)
LECTURE 1
TOURISM = traveling to and staying in places outside of their usual environment for not
more than a year for leisure, business and other purposes and not get paid for it.
RECREATION = near distance, day trips, experiencing new things. Very often open-air
activities.
CONTRIBUTING ASPECTS MASS TOURISM
- Industrialization & urbanization (going out of the city)
- Buying power developments (money)
- Leisure time (without this, you can’t travel)
- Transport possibilities, facilities & communication
CORE ASPECTS OF TOURISM
three components conditions
- Transport - Leisure time
- Accommodation - Money
- Entertainment - Information /distribution
Tourism actors/stakeholders (without one, the other one will not exist)
INDUSTRY
Entrepreneurs
- Tourism accommodation - Tour operators
- Attractions - Research & consultancy
- Theme parks - Travel agencies
Governmental organizations
- State departments (policy) - Regions, cities
Education and research
Organizations (non-profit)
- Landscape management - Industry associations
organization - Destination management organizations
TRAVELER - Cities
- Individuals - Attractions & theme parks
- Target group - Countryside’s
- Segment - Man-made landscapes
- Generation
- Consumer
- Special interest groups
- Lifestyle groups
- Social communities
DESTINATION
- Countries
- Regions
, BUYING DECISION PROCESS MASLOW’S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
TOURISM TYPES
- Domestic tourism (stay inside
your own country)
- Inbound tourism (people from
outside our country, going into
our country)
- Outbound tourism (we go outside of our country, into another country)
LECTURE 2
COMPONENTS of a system are INTERRELATED, so they influence each other. They are
DYNAMIC so there is change. The system also receives and sends influences from and to the
EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT.
TYPES OF TOURISTS
- PSYCHO-CENTRIC (DEPENDABLE) - ALLO-CENTRIC (VENTURER)
o Well-known destination o Exotic & (new) destinations
o Traditional activities o Experience
o Package o Individual
o Product oriented o Customer oriented
OLD TOURISM NEW TOURISM
TOURISM PRODUCT – CHARACTERISTICS
- Intangible - Producers and consumers are part of
- Perishable product
- Production = consumption - Not standardized
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