Tourism Studies Week#1
Published on Nov 27, 2015
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MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
2 LECTURERS
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MR. EMILIO VARINI
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FOR EACH ASSESSMENT YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES
... AND SUPPORT THEM WITH RELEVANT DATA
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THE TOURISM INDUSTRY AT A GLANCE
- 9% of GDP
- 1/11 jobs
- 1.5 trillion USD in exports
- 6% of World's exports
- From 25 to 1133 million tourists in 65 years
- 1245 billion receipts from international tourism (3.7%↗️)
Tourism: an import/export industry
How does it compare with a manufacturing industry?
Trillion: a million millions
How does it compare with a manufacturing industry?
Trillion: a million millions
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A TOURISM SYSTEM BY LEIPER
- 3 regions (source-transit-destination)
- Departing and returning travellers
- One tourism sector
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The Leiper Model
THE LEISURE SPECTRUM
LEISURE - RECREATION - TOURISM
The concept of leisure: its history and conditions of existence
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THE PRODUCT "TOURISM"
- Intangibility
- Heterogeneity
- Inseparability
- Perishability
- Lack of ownership
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TOURISM AND ITS MULTIPLE FORMS
- Domestic/international
- Leisure & recreation
- Education & health
- Business & professional
- Inbound/outbound
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS...
Is tourism mainly international?
Most tourists travel by plane!
Tourism is only about holidays!
Large multinational companies dominate the tourism industry!
Tourism suffers from crises!
Visiting friend in Geneva?
Travelling to Basel for the week-end?
Skiing in Crans-Montana?
going to Iceland for a conference?
Most tourists travel by plane!
Tourism is only about holidays!
Large multinational companies dominate the tourism industry!
Tourism suffers from crises!
Visiting friend in Geneva?
Travelling to Basel for the week-end?
Skiing in Crans-Montana?
going to Iceland for a conference?
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