iGCSE Travel & Tourism Paper 1 Exam
Questions With Revised Answers
Leisure Tourists - answer✔✔Tourists that visit for pleasure in their free time and engage in
leisure-related activities, paid with their own economic resources.
As they are on HOLIDAY.
Business Tourists - answer✔✔High spending tourists that travel for attendance at conferences,
sales trip & trade shows.
They usually make extensive use of premium air fares and luxury hotel rooms.
Business Tourists Examples - answer✔✔MICE; Meetings, Incentives, Conferences &
Exhibitions.
Visiting Friends & Relatives - answer✔✔Travelling for family occasions such as funerals,
weddings or birth.
Can be the purpose of leisure, holidays or recreation.
Sub-Sectors of the Travel & Tourism Industry - answer✔✔Tour Operators, Travel Agents,
Accommodation & Catering, Tourist Information & Guiding Services, Attractions and
Transportation.
Role of Travel Agents - answer✔✔Tourism Service Suppliers for airlines, rail companies, hotels,
etc.
The main role is to sell holidays, ancillary products, advise customers & provide information
Role of Tour Operators - answer✔✔They combine tour & travel components to create a package
holiday at a lower price than if components are bought separately.
- combining a number of inter-related tourism products and services that together offer a
comprehensive experience for travellers.
Role of Accommodation Providers - answer✔✔They provide a variety of accommodation types
to suit a wide range of tourists
e.g. hotel, motel, holiday homes, guesthouse, hostel, holiday village, bed & breakfast.
Role of Catering Outlets - answer✔✔They satisfy a tourists' basic needs in any specific
destination or resort - food and beverage facilities that provide regional & traditional menus.
Role of Transport Providers - answer✔✔They improve the transport facilities & develop them to
make the destination accessible to their markets.Lack of accessibility can break a destination.
They either offer 3 modes of transport:
- Air; Airlines
- Water; Ferry Operators/Cruise Companies
- Land; Railway Companies/Coaches/Car Rentals
Role of Attractions - answer✔✔They draw tourists' attention to a destination by providing
opportunities for relaxation, amusement, entertainment and education.
Types:
Natural - landscape features, lakes, forests, mountains.
Built - animal parks, historic sites, theme parks.
Role of Entertainment Venues - answer✔✔Without these venues there would be no need of other
tourism services. Thus, making it the driving force for tourism and its development.
These venues are made to make the audience engaged & captivated.
e.g. museums, sport stadium, theatres, etc.
Role of tourist information & guiding services - answer✔✔They escort groups of visitors around
monuments, sites or city. They provide information of the history and geography of the area in
the visitor's language heritage and environment through an entertaining and inspiring method.
Tourist Information Centres - answer✔✔They carry a wide range of promotional leaflets,
brochures, guide books and other materials relating to the local region.
They are commonly found at pints of entry or central locations within major tourist areas such as
airports/railway stations.
Role of Ancillary Tourist Services - answer✔✔They provide many opportunities for
intermediaries to offer additional travel products and services to their customers.
e.g. travel insurance, range of local souvenirs, publications & postcards.
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