iGCSE Travel & Tourism Paper 1 [Units
1-4] Notes
Leisure Tourists - ANSTourists that visit for pleasure of their free time and interact in
amusement-associated activities, paid with their very own economic sources.
As they're on HOLIDAY.
Leisure Tourists Examples - ANSDay trippers, Holiday takers, Short wreck & in a single day
traffic.
Business Tourists - ANSHigh spending travelers that travel for attendance at conferences, sales
journey & exchange suggests.
They typically make sizable use of top rate air fares and luxury hotel rooms.
Business Tourists Examples - ANSMICE; Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions.
Visiting Friends & Relatives - ANSTravelling for family occasions together with funerals,
weddings or birth.
Can be the cause of amusement, holidays or endeavor.
Sub-Sectors of the Travel & Tourism Industry - ANSTour Operators, Travel Agents,
Accommodation & Catering, Tourist Information & Guiding Services, Attractions and
Transportation.
Role of Travel Agents - ANSTourism Service Suppliers for airlines, rail companies, inns, etc.
The important position is to promote holidays, ancillary merchandise, suggest customers & offer
statistics
Role of Tour Operators - ANSThey integrate tour & journey components to create a package
deal excursion at a lower price than if additives are offered one at a time.
- combining some of inter-associated tourism products and services that collectively offer a
complete enjoy for travellers.
Role of Accommodation Providers - ANSThey provide a variety of accommodation types to suit
a extensive variety of vacationers
e.G. Resort, motel, holiday homes, guesthouse, hostel, excursion village, mattress & breakfast.
Role of Catering Outlets - ANSThey fulfill a vacationers' basic needs in any unique destination
or inn - meals and beverage facilities that provide regional & traditional menus.
, Role of Transport Providers - ANSThey enhance the transport centers & expand them to make
the destination available to their markets.Lack of accessibility can break a destination.
They both offer 3 modes of delivery:
- Air; Airlines
- Water; Ferry Operators/Cruise Companies
- Land; Railway Companies/Coaches/Car Rentals
Role of Attractions - ANSThey draw vacationers' interest to a vacation spot through presenting
possibilities for relaxation, entertainment, enjoyment and schooling.
Types:
Natural - panorama features, lakes, forests, mountains.
Built - animal parks, historic sites, subject matter parks.
Role of Entertainment Venues - ANSWithout these venues there might be no want of other
tourism offerings. Thus, making it the using pressure for tourism and its improvement.
These venues are made to make the target audience engaged & captivated.
E.G. Museums, recreation stadium, theatres, etc.
Role of vacationer data & guiding services - ANSThey escort corporations of traffic round
monuments, websites or metropolis. They provide information of the history and geography of
the region within the tourist's language historical past and environment thru an interesting and
galvanizing approach.
Tourist Information Centres - ANSThey bring a huge range of promotional leaflets, brochures,
manual books and other materials relating to the nearby place.
They are commonly discovered at pints of entry or primary places inside primary tourist regions
which includes airports/railway stations.
Role of Ancillary Tourist Services - ANSThey provide many opportunities for intermediaries to
provide extra journey products and services to their clients.
E.G. Travel insurance, range of neighborhood souvenirs, publications & postcards.
Role of Tourist Boards - ANSThey increase the cost of inbound tourism to a selected u . S . A .
By way of identifying a series of targets and facilitating strategies for his or her implementation.
Role of National Tourism Organisations - ANSNTOs exert control and have an impact on from
above even as nearby or regional vacationer forums may be inside the the front line of handing
over services to given destination traffic.
+Economic Impacts of Tourism - ANSIncrease in employment fee - tourism creates various
employment possibilities in exceptional sectors like accommodation, journey corporations,
catering, delivery offerings.