Unit 1.2- Key Terms Flashcards
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What is a resort?
A location visited mainly by leisure tourists.
What is a national park/nature park?
Usually a large natural area that is protected by government rules to conserve the landscape and for leisure tourists to enjoy.
What is a nature reserve?
A natural area that is protected to keep rare animals and plants safe from causes by people.
What is a theme park?
A major tourist attraction with many amusements and rides.
What is an all-inclusive resort?
A destination or hotel that provides a wide range of products and services on site.
- customers often make just one advance payment and pay littile to nothing more while stayiing at the resort as accomidations are inlcuded in the intial price
What is a purpose-built resort?
A destination that is planned and built especially for tourism.
What is accessibility?
Ease of reaching or moving around a destination.
What is infrastructure?
The basic systems and services that support local people and tourists in an area.
What are examples of infrastructure?
Roads, rail and bridges, electricity and water supply, and waste disposal systems.
What is mobility?
The ability to move around freely.
What are PRMs?
Persons with reduced mobility.
What are external customers?
Customers who use the products and services of travel and tourism business but who are not members of the staff or business.
What is a cruise?
A relaxing leisure journey, normally on water.
What is a ferry?
Ships or boats that link destinations or places within a destination.
What is an e-scooter?
A type of sustainable, mass personal-use transport available for public use in many destinations.
What is mass rapid transit (MRT)?
A type of rail transport used in some city destinations to transport large numbers of people quickly and cheaply.
What is a trend in travel and tourism?
A way in which patterns of travel have developed over time.
What is customer focus?
The appeal of destinations is what attracts tourists and is part of the customer focus of the travel and tourism industry.
