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Travel and Tourism Questions and Answers 2024
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Travel and TourismAccommodation Providers – answer Organizations providing rooms and beds in which a
tourist stay in overnight
Business Travel - answer Travelling away from home for business purposes such as
meetings, conferences, incentive travel, exhibitions and trade fairs.
Commission - answer A sum of money paid by an airline or tour operator to a travel
agent, usually a percentage of the value of the sale
Domestic Tourism - answer People travelling on holiday within their own country for
short breaks or business trips
Economic Leakage - answer Where the money being spent by tourists at a destination
not staying in that destination, but instead leaking out of the area. The term is usually
applied to LEDC's where money is spent in large hotels not owned by local people
Ecotourism - answer Where the main purpose of travel is to appreciate the natural
environment of an area to learn more about its culture and natural history
Exchange Rates - answerThe relative value of one currency compared with another, as
they change it can become cheaper or more expensive when tourists visit another
country
External Pressures - answerPressures that affect and cause change in the travel and
tourism industry over which no organisation or destination has control over
Holiday Camps - answerA form of holiday accommodation developed in the early years
of the twentieth century
Holidays with Pay Act (1938) - answerThe Act of Parliament passed in 1938 that gave
most workers in the United Kingdom the entitlement to one weeks paid holiday each
year
Independent Holidays - answerHolidays organised by the people who are taking them
as opposed to being bought as a package holiday through a travel agent or tour
operator, similar to self-packaged holidays
Infrastructure - answerRefers to items such as airports, communications, roads,
railways, water supply and sewage services, all those services need to be in place
before development of any kind, including leisure and tourism projects
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