Summary Grade 11_Tourism Summaries

TOURISM

, 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]




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, TYPES OF AIRPORTS

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 &amp 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)




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, IATA Name City Airlines Destinations

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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