Essentials of Tourism

1. The History of Tourism
2. Leiper's Model 1979

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   • 1. Tourist  2. Geographical elements 3. the tourism sector
3. Demand and Supply

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   • Tourism satellite account
4. Push and Pull
5. The Tourist flow

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   • push and pull williams and zelinsky distances between countries connectivity between countries general attractiveness
6. Tourists

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   • classiffy Tourist.  1. domestic, international 2. inclusice tour, independent, tailor-mafe. 3. long or short haul 4. leisure, business, other. 
7. The Tourist Experience

1. 4 common features of most destinations

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   • Amalgams Multiple use inseperability cultural appraisals Amalsgams 1 attractions 2. amenities 3. acess - transport, roads and sea4.  ancillary services - local organisations
2. Infrastructure

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   • superstructure
3. Destination Stakeholders

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   • The host community  Tourists The tourism industry The public sector Other stakeholders (f.x. pressure groups)
4. The Sustainable Destination

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   • carrying capacity destination management strategic planning
   1. Carrying Capacity

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      • Socially Physically Physologically Biologica
   2. Destination Management

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      • Development planning marketing management
   3. Strategic Planning
5. The Competitive Destination

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   • Richie and Crouch  7 key components 1. core resources and attractions 2. supporting factors and resources 3. qualifying and amplifying determinants or situational conditioners  4. destination policy, planning and development 5. destination management 6. comparative vs. competitive advantages 7. global vs competitive environment macro & micro
   1. 7 key Ritchie and Crouch

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      • core resources and attractions supporting factors and resources  qualifying and amplifying determinants destination policy, planning and development destination management comparative versus competitive advantages global versus competitive enivironment
6. The Evolving Destination
   1. TALC

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      • exploration stage butlers destination life sycleinvolvement stagedevelopment stageconsolidation stagestagnation stagedecline stagerejuvenation stage

1. The Supply Side of Tourism
2. The Demand Side of Tourism
3. Measures of Demand

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   • volume statistics value (expenditure) statistics visitor profile statistics
4. Tourism Multiplier

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   • indirect effect direct effect induced effects The economic self-suffieciency of the destination
5. Income

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   • Commodities, accomodation, food important and exports on goods interests, profits, foreign investments fares for carriers money transfer capital goods
6. Employment
7. The Economic cost of Tourism

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   • opportunity cost overdependence/lack of diversity inflation and externalities
8. Tourism Satellite Account

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   • measurements tourism GDP tourism ranking compared to other economic sectors the number of jobs created the amount of tourism investment tax revenues genereated by the industry touism consumption tourism impact on natioanls balance of payments characteristics of human resources

1. The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
2. Consequences of Tourism for the Environment
   1. Positive/ Mutual Benefits

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      • COnservation Environmental education built environment
      1. Conservation
      2. Environmental education
      3. the built environment
   2. Negative/Conflict

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      • flora, fauna, water supply quality, land use, energy, built environment
      1. Climate Change

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         • Global warming deplation of the ozone layer addressing the climate change 1. carbon offset 2. mitigate 3. adapt
      2. Water supply and quality

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         • Tourist activity can have an adverse effect on water quality pump waste, litter, detergents in the water/sea movement of boats and jet skis petrol and oil break down into the water
      3. Land use

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         • The use of land for tourism take away from Agricultural production
      4. Energy
      5. The built environment

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         • poor design traffic management fail to use local design principles architectural pollution local population is often segreated into other part of the town
      6. Flora and Fauna
3. Environmental Impact Assessment and Auditing
   1. EIA

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      • Environmental impact assessment takes place before a development is begun and during its Construction US policy - late 1960¨s 1. identify all impacts of a development, including secondary ones 2. measure the relevant cariables, their magnitude 3. interpret the findings 4. communicate findings to all stakeholders in a clear non-tecnhical style tick box method
   2. EA

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      • Environmental auditing takes Place during Construction management tool providing a systematic, regular, objective evaluation of the environmental performance of a tourism prganisation, plant, building process or product

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• Understanding the role of the Tourist, the host and the encounter an awareness of the importance of the concept of the demonstration effect an appreciation of the theoretical framworks dveloped to understand the relationship between hosts and guests an understanding of the consequences of tourism for host societies awareness of the process and result of cultural change brought about tourism

1. Hosts

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   • the host perception of the Tourists depend upon 3 factors: 1. the level of development of tourism 2. the number and types of Tourists 3. the pace of tourism development
2. The encounter
   1. The demonstration effect

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      • Tourists often demonstrate to the host that they are different by their dress, behaviour, manners and language and come from a Culture which the host should aspire to
   2. Doxey's model

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      • The level of euphoria the level of apathy the level of irritation the level of antagonism the final level
   3. Attitudinal model

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      • various opinions Active - passive positive - negative favorable: aggressice promotion and support of Tourist activity favourable: slight acceptance of and support for Tourist activity unfavourable: aggressive opposition to Tourist activity unfavourable: silent acceptance but opposition to Tourist activity
   4. Staged Authenticity
3. Consequences for the host community
   1. social structure
   2. relocation of hosts
   3. politics
   4. morals
   5. language
   6. Resident's lifestyle

1. 4 Ps
   1. Target Market

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      • market segments must be measurable durable substantial competitive
   2. The Tourism Product

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      • The utilities and services offered to the market place 1. the core product 2. the tangible and intangible product 3. the augmented product the tourism product as a  tangible and intangible product destination amalgams the product as a series of stages experiences
   3. Price

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      • tourism is perishable and highly price elastic tactical and strategic approaches to pricing tactical: last seat selling strategic:  cost-oriented pricing demand oriented pricing discrimination pricing rate of return pricing
   4. Promotion

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      • plays a powerful role in influencing demand, reducing seasonality and creating loyalty promotion is about persuading, informing, reminding and communicating benefits to the potential consumer
   5. Distribution
2. Evolution of marketing approaches

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   • production oriented sales oriented marketing orientation societal marketing
3. Strategic Approaches

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   • product market portfolios growth and development strategies positioning brandingr
4. Tactical level

1. Social Drivers of Change

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   • demographic drivers social drivers
2. Political and Economic Drivers of Change

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   • trade blocks and regionalism globalisation economic drivers
3. Science and the Environmental drivers of change

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   • climate change depletion of natural resources loss of biodiversity
4. Tecnhological drivers of change
5. Transport Future

1. 3 pillars of sustainability
2. Types of tourism sustainability

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   • very weak sustainability/strond tourism imperative weak sustainability / product led tourism strond sustainability / environmental led tourism very strong sustainability / limited tourism
3. Instrument of tourism sustainability

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   • legislations and regulations and licensing certification schemes and self-declarations guidelines and codes of conduct reporting and auditing certification and ecolabels awards privare sector policies taxes and charges  etc
4. Role of the Government
5. Visitor Management

1. 5 main characteristics

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   • cultural appraisals multiple use perishability economic significance ownership
2. Wanhill market perception

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   • me-too attractions grand inspiration attraction new version attractions wonder attractions
3. Nature of core product

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   • natural or man made attractions 1. natural attractions 2. man-made visitor attractions 3. man-made and purpose built attractions 4. event attractions

1. Lashley and Morrison

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   • the private domain the commercial domain the social domain

1. Tour Operators
2. Travel Agents

1. Influences of consumer behaviour
2. models for consumer behaviour
   1. Cognitive approaches
   2. The habitual approach
   3. The reinforcement approach
   4. Sirakaya and woodside