1. INTRO TO TRAVEL AND TOURISM
E. Kristjansson
Rideau High School

2. What is Travel? Travel: Movement from one place to another
Tourism: Travel away from home for the purposes of fun and enjoyment.

3. What Types of Travelers are NOT considered tourists?
Migrants: People who move their residence permanently or semi-permanently
* Can you think of examples?*
Same-Day Visitors: Travelers who stay in a place for less than 24 hours.
* Can you think of examples of this?*

4. The Tourism Revolution
The current phenomenon in which roughly 1.8 million people worldwide travelled outside their home country and spent a total of $700 Billion combined.
This is a recent thing. Until the 1900s, only a select few ultra-rich people could afford the luxury of travel.
Question – What enabled tourism to develop?

5. The Tourism Revolution
Technological developments (trains, ships, airplanes, cars, etc)
Changes in labour laws (more time off, better workers’ rights, paid vacation)
Increased quality of life (people made more money and had more money to spend)
A different ‘view on life’ (vacations became less about luxury and more about needing to get away)

6. Travel Motivators
Travel Motivators

7. Travel Motivators: Economic Factors
ALL About Money
Has to do with ‘Discretionary Income” – how much extra money people have to spend
When economy is good, more people travel and spend money, so tourism workers make more money
When economy is bad, less people vacation, industry makes less money

8. Travel Motivators: Technological Factors
Faster Methods of Transportation such as planes, trains, cars, boats, etc.
More tourism facilities a country has, the more it will attract tourists
Thanks to technology, more people are aware of what each destination has to offer, and destinations can promote themselves cheaper and more effectively

9. Travel Motivators: Demographic Factors
Demography: The study of the characteristics of a population
Of all citizens, those live in richer countries and who are older and have more DISCRETIONARY INCOME are more likely to travel
Those from poorer countries or those without extra income are very unlikely to travel

10. Travel Motivators: Cultural Factors
Ancient cultures of the world draw tourists naturally as they are historically interesting
The older a country’s culture is, the more likely it is to be a tourist destination
Most popular examples are Italy, Greece, Spain, Egypt, Mexico
More Recently: China and Russia

11. Travel Barriers (p13) Take a few minutes to fill out the chart…
Description
Personal Example
Cost
Time
Health
Weather
Family Stage
Lack of interest
Fear

12. Outside Factors Affecting Tourism
Take a few minutes to fill out the chart…
Factor
Description
Example
Economic
Technological
Political
Demographic
Cultural

13. Mass Tourism
Mass Tourism: Movement of large numbers of people to specific tourist locations.

14. Characteristics of Mass Tourism
Large numbers of people
Packaged deals
Specialized resorts
Commercial holiday companies

15. Alternative Tourism
Alternative Tourism lets people personalize their activities and explore the local area and culture first hand
Alternative Tourism is…
Self-planned
Personalized
Low impact
Done at non-peak times

16. Comparison Chart (p 17) Descriptions Mass Tourism Alternate Tourism
Take a few minutes to fill it out!
Descriptions
Mass Tourism
Alternate Tourism
# of people/ size of group
Type of itinerary
Preparations required
Physical requirements
Cost
Length of trips

17. Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable Tourism: “tourism development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations of tourists”
Sustainable Tourism…
Protects the environment
Respects and preserves local culture
Provides for long term use
Provides for long term economic development

18. Chapter Review Questions
To make sure we have it all down, complete the following questions!
Pg 6-7 (4,6,8)
Pg 9 (10)
Pg (14) Point Form…
Pg 13 (22,24)
Pg 16 (26,27)
Pg 17 (31)
Pg 21 (33,35)
Pg 22 (36,37)