Tourism Terms Traveller-Anyone on a trip anywhere, whatever the length or purpose Visitor- someone engaged in tourism Tourist- an overnight visitor Tourism-

• Tourism

Terms

• Traveller-Anyone on a trip
• anywhere, whatever the length
• or purpose
• Visitor- someone engaged in tourism
• Tourist- an overnight visitor
• Tourism- is the set of activities of a person outside his or her environment for at least one night and less than 12 months

Definitions

• Domestic tourism = residents inside own country, 80Km. distance, overnight.
• Inbound – coming into a country from another
• Outbound – Canadians going outside the country
• International – inbound and outbound

Domestic Travel

• Number 1 in Canada
• Reasons: size, currency exchange,
• time, relatives.
• Where?
• Ontario and British Columbia, Quebec
• Favourite mode of transportation?
• automobile.

Inbound tourists

• 1- USA
• 2. United kingdom
• 3.- Japan
• 4. France
• 5.Germany
• 6. Hong Kong
• 7. Austrailia

Outbound

• 1. USA

Importance of Tourism

• Largest and fastest growing industry in world
• Canada = $50 billion in 1999
• Nova Scotia $1.82 billion
• Largest employer – 546,000 Canadians

Impacts of Tourism

• Economic
• Employment for 1.3 million
• Profits for hundreds of businesses
• Revives depressed areas
• Cultural
• Passport to peace thru understanding other people

3. Environmental

• Right kinds of tourism
• Sustainable
• Trying not to destroy the environment

Categories of tourism

• 1. Ethnic and cultural - observe cultural expressions and lifestyle of present and vanishing people

Heritage sites

2. Business traveller

• Nondiscretionary travel
• Inflexible schedules
• Frequent business traveler
• Conventions/seminars
• Female business traveler

3. VFR

• Visiting friends and relatives
• Do not spend as much money
• Usually only purchase transportation
• Depends less on service providers

4.Vacation & Leisure

• Discretionary travel
• Flexible schedules
• Pleasure seekers, family travel, seniors, adult travelers

5. Sports

• Spectators
• Performing
• Volunteering

6. Special interests

• Learning vacations
• Festivals
• Events

Barriers to Travel

• Cost
• Lack of time
• Accessibility or distance
• Age
• Health
• Fear
• Tastes and experience

Things Travellers Need to Know

• Documentation
• Customs
• Health problems
• Foreign Currency
• Foreign Languages

8 Sectors of the Canadian Tourism Industry

• Transportation
• www.westjet.com
• Accommodation
• www.deltahotels.com

8 Sectors cont’d.

• 3. Food & Beverage
• www.bostonpizza.com
• 4. Attractions
• www.pier21.ns.ca

8 Sectors – cont’d.

• Events & Conferences
• www.wtcchalifax.com
• Adventure & Recreation
• www.whistler-blackcomb.com

8 Sectors cont’d.

• Tourism Services
• www.tians.org
• Travel Trade
• www.thomascook.com