midterm Flashcards
is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. Can be done by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, bus, airplane, ship or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.
travel
Types of travellers:
Visitors
Non-Visitors
travel for the purpose of leisure, business and etc.
visitors
Types of Visitors:
Excursionist
Tourist
Day Visitor, visit for less than 24 hours
Excursionist
Short-term visit, and stay in the destination for at least one night
Tourist
Type of Tourist:
Domestic Tourist
International Tourist
Visiting places within the country of residence/work
domestic tourist
visit to a foreign country
international tourist
types of international tourist:
inbound tourist
outbound tourist
visit by a foreigner to a country
inbound tourist
visit from the country of residence to a foreign country
outbound tourist
is the movement of people and one of the most important elements in tourism.
transport and tourism
UNWTO defines tourism as a subset of travel since it entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes
transport and tourism
refers to the activity or moving and object (people or goods) from one place to another, or the system of doing this
transport or transportation
includes materials conditions such as routes (roads tracks) mean (vehicles), control system (traffic control), handling facilities (bus, trains or plane terminals) and transfer facilities
transport infrastructure
refers to the environment in which the transport takes place: air, ground or water based transport. All vehicles which utilize the same environment belong to the same transport mode
mode of transportation
are utilized by the transportation means
transportation routes
refers to the actual means of mobility realized within a particular mode
transportation means, type of carrier
can either play a functional or utilitarian role, such as the transport between origin and the destination or within the destination where the travel merely means to end, or it can play a key role in the holiday experience itself
tourist transport
Roles of Tourism Transport
- Transportation type as tourist attraction
- recreational experience
- transportation type is the actual holiday setting
This means that transportation is used as a tourist experience. Here the travel cost principle in transport for tourism does not apply where the transport is the main benefit, or at least many of the attributes associated with the mode of transport are beneficial.
transport as tourism
This means that transportation is used as a utility and the level of satisfaction is related to cost and speed of travel, so the mode of travel has no direct intrinsic value in itself.
transport for tourism
it means “bird”. it is broad term depicting all of aspects associated with flying using aeroplane. To be more precise it consist of a range of businesses and activities involved in building and flying aircraft for various purposes
aviation