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triple bottom line - Answer️️measures success of tourism planet, people, profit management-education and appreciation finance- taxes, memebership fees, other guest services - Answer️️how tourism can enhance and preserve environment carrying capacity - Answer️️determines how much tourism a natural site, attraction, or destination can handle physical capacity - Answer️️The limit on the number of users that can be accommodated in a region. number of roads, size of parking lo...

The business of hospitality and travel. -Multi-faceted industry composed of many and varied components. -Worldwide activity. -An important part of the economic fabric of many communities, regions, and countries. - Answer️️Tourism -The *temporary* movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence. -The activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations. -The facilities created to cater to their needs. - Answer️️Tourism What is another...

triple bottom line - Answer️️measures success of tourism planet, people, profit management-education and appreciation finance- taxes, memebership fees, other guest services - Answer️️how tourism can enhance and preserve environment carrying capacity - Answer️️determines how much tourism a natural site, attraction, or destination can handle physical capacity - Answer️️The limit on the number of users that can be accommodated in a region. number of roads, size of parking lo...

What are the five features of a *Service Guarantee*? - Answer️️1. easy to collect 2. meaningful 3. unconditional 4. easy to understand/communicate 5. appropriate compensation for customer's trouble What are the levels of the *Tourism Circle*? - Answer️️most inner: *Travelers* inner: *Promoters* outer: *Suppliers* most outer: *External Environment* travelers - Answer️️the focal point of the tourism model promoters - Answer️️link the travelers to suppliers of services -...

Sustainable Tourism - Answer️️tourism attempting to make as low impact on the environment and local culture as possible, while helping to generate future employment for local people. Ecotourism Society - Answer️️Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of the host people ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT -how tourism affects the environment: - Answer️️-Over-visitation can adversely impact ecology -Poorly managed tourism can threaten na...

mass - Answer️️Increase in _______ markets due to new affluence of developing countries niche segments - Answer️️Need for specialized service offerings for _______ ________ to satisfy the sophisticated travelers from industrialized countries mature traveler - Answer️️Increasing size of ___ ____ segment due to aging of Baby Boomers in all industrialized nations Western Europe - Answer️️Shift in the countries visited as homelands: Away from _____ _____ and to Asia and Centra...

surface (land and water) air - Answer️️Transportation modes can be conveniently classified into two broad categories: intermodal - Answer️️travelers relying on several different modes of transportation to reach their final destinations AMTRAK - Answer️️*** America's Track *** Marketing name for National Railroad Passenger Corporation, the combination of U.S. passenger rail services Cost Convenience Ability to explore/change route - Answer️️Reasons for traveling by car? ...

two broad categories of Transportation: - Answer️️- surface (land and water) - air intermodal - Answer️️travelers relying on several different modes of transportation to reach their final destinations re-positioning - Answer️️moving cruise ships ex: from Alaska to the Bahamas Measure travel in terms of ____. - Answer️️time Trains were first developed in _____. - Answer️️Europe

Tourism - Answer️️the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created to cater to their needs (airlines, hotels, restaurants) 1. The temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence 2. The activities undertaken during their stay in those destination 3. The activities undertaken during their stay in th...

Four Components of Tourism - Answer️️-Natural Resources -Built Environment -Operating Sectors -Spirit of Hospitality & Cultural Resources What does a build environment include? - Answer️️-Infrastructure -Superstructures What are the Operating Sectors - Answer️️-Accommodations -Transportation Providers -Food Service Providers -Tour Providers Guestology - Answer️️Study of guests and their behavior-their wants, needs, expectations, with the aim of aligning the organizatio...