The Grade 11 Tourism Notes Set is the perfect study aid for students preparing for the DBE/IEB exam. This comprehensive notebook contains colorful images and illustrations, especially for map work, which are in line with the current ATPS. Designed to help students understand and retain important i...
, Tourism sectors
[TOURISM → study of activities, services and industries that are part of a
travel experience > movement of people to a tourism destination, mode of
arriving there (transport) + facilities & attractions & return]
transport accommodation Travel Attraction
sector sector arrangements sector
& support
services
[hospitality]
Transport sector/services
Airline flight terminology
O GATEWAY → point of entry in a country/departure from a country or region [e.g.
International Airport & East London > "Gateway of Wild Coast"]
O INCOMING FLIGHT → flight coming in from another country [ENTER]
O OUTBOUND FLIGHT → flight taking off + departing to other destination [LEAVING
AIRPORT]
O DOMESTIC FLIGHTS → flights between airports in the same country; flights STAY IN
THE COUNTRY
O REGIONAL FLIGHT → flight leaves country to other country in SAME REGION [continent]
> SADC = regional flights
O INTERCONTINENTAL FLIGHT → flight moves between TWO CONTINENTS
O TRANSCONTINENTAL FLIGHT → flight moves ACROSS a continent [from one point to
another]
O TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT → flight moves across NORTH ATLANTIC > London to New York
O CONNECTING FLIGHT → flight taken to get to final destination > direct flight unavailable
[change of aircraft + airline]
O LONG-HAUL FLIGHT → travel over a long haul and usually takes 6.5h-8h+ [overnight
flights]
O MEDIUM-DISTANCE FLIGHT → 3-6h flight
O SHORT DISTANCE FLIGHT → short distances & less than 3h [e.g. within SA > longest
scheduled flight = 2h > Cape Town – Johannesburg]
O CHARTER FLIGHT → not scheduled flights > operated due to special request according
to customer needs arranged [South African Airways (SAA) = special flights for
visiting pilgrimage > not a regular flight]
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NATIONAL AIRPORT
[OR Thambo > Johannesburg] [domestic airports]
O Ports through which tourists arrive / O DOMESTIC FLIGHTS ONLY
leave O Operated by Government > Airport
O Also handle domestic flights Company of South Africa (ACSA)
O Capable of handling incoming + outbound O Facilities : runway with lights, control
foreign tourist flights tower with air traffic control, terminal
O Facilities for Immigration + Customs building, baggage handling system &
Officers parking area
O Large, long runways + air traffic
control towers
PRIVATELY OWNED > AIRPORT PRIVATE LANDING STRIP
= NOT operated by Airport Company of SA = not available to the public
[ACSA] O Tared (sometimes) landing strip/strip
E.g. Lanceria of land leveled
O Remote areas + no facilities
South Africa national + international airports
INTERNATIONALLY NATIONAL
= Regularly scheduled international passenger = control domestic flights
flights + full-time immigration & customs
officers & handling international cargo O East London Airport (ELS)
O George Airport (GRJ)
O OR Tambo International Airport (JNB) O Kimberley Airport (KIM)
O Cape Town International Airport (CPT) O Pilansberg Airport (NTY)
O King Shaka International Airport (DUR) O Polokwane Airport
O Lanseria International Airport (HLA) O Phalaborwa Airport
O Nelspruit – Mpumalanga International Airport O Pietermaritzburg Airport (PZB)
(MQP)
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
Pilansberg International Airport (NTY) > Sept 2011
ASSOCIATION (IATA) = 3 letter
> Mmabatho International Airport control
identification codes
PART-TIME INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS : not
providing for scheduled international passenger
flights / customs &ndash immigration officials
O Porth Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ)
O Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN)
O Upington International Airport (UTN)
O Mbatho International Airport
O Polokwane International Airport (PTG)
JNB OR Tambo International Airport Johannesburg 49 81
CPT Cape Town International Airport Cape Town 19 23
DUR King Shaka International Airport Durban 6 13
GRJ George Airport George 3 3
HLA Lanseria Airport Johannesburg 3 2
PLZ Port Elizabeth Airport Port Elizabeth 3 4
BFN Bram Fischer International Airport Bloemfontein 2 3
ALDER Ben Schoeman Airport East London 2 4
UTT K. D. Matanzima Airport Mthatha 1 1
KIM Kimberley Airport Kimberley 1 2
MQP Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport Mpumalanga 1 4
UTN Pierre Van Ryneveld Airport Upington 1 2
MGH Margate Airport Margate 1 1
RCB Richards Bay Airport Richards Bay 1 1
PHW Hendrik Van Eck Airport Phalaborwa 1 1
PZB Pietermaritzburg Airport Pietermaritzburg 1 1
PTG Polokwane International Airport Polokwane 1 1
PRY Wonderboom Airport Pretoria n/a n/a
MBD Mmabatho International Airport Mafeking n/a n/a
AAM Malamala Airport Malamala n/a n/a
QRA Rand Airport Johannesburg n/a n/a
HDS Hoedspruit Air Force Base Airport Hoedspruit 1 2
CARGO AIRPORTS : handling domestic cargo [cargo carried within SA & certified airports
can handle international cargo]
AIRPORTS COMPANY OF SOUTH AFRICA [ACSA]
= public company owned by private investors + SA government [Department of
Transport]
9 AIRPORTS IN SA:
O OR Tambo International Airport (JNB)
O Cape Town International Airport (CPT)
O King Shaka International Airport (DUR)
O Porth Elizabeth International Airport (PLZ)
O Bloemfontein International Airport (BFN)
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