Tour & Travel reviewer

Tourism

the activity where individuals travel to different places, typically outside their regular environment.

Hospitality

it involves the practices of pleasantly welcoming and serving guests or clients, as well as providing for their needs.

Tourism Management

the management of multitude of activities such as studying tour destination, planning the tour, making travel arrangements and accommodations.

Tourist (demand side)

is the central figure in the tourism system, the person who initiates travel due to motivations such as relaxation, etc.

Attractions

are the main motivators for tourist to visit a destination

Transportation

the mobility system that brings tourist to around destinations

Accommodations

provides temporary lodging tourists.

Travel Intermediaries

these are the middlemen that connect tourist to services.

Travel agencies

plan and book travel itineraries

Tour operators

create and sell tour packages.

Meaning of OTA

Online Travel Agencies

Destination Area and Host Community

it is the place being visited including its people, culture, infrastructure, and tourism services.

Tourist

a traveler who stays at least one night in the place visited

Traveler

is any person who moves between different geographic locations.

Excursionist (same day visitor)

a visitor who does not stay overnight in the destination visited.

Visitor

an umbrella term for both tourist and excursionist

Tourism Industry

the network of business and services that provide the needs of the traveler

Attraction

it is the physical or cultural feature of a place that can satisfy tourist

Cultural Heritage

it is an expression of the manner of living developed by a community and passed on from one generation to the next.

Destination

it is a place where tourist visits and stays their for at least 24 hrs

Eco Tourism

It involves maintenance and enhancement of natural system such as water, air, woods, forest, and fauna through tourism.

Hiking

a long vigorous walk on a trail

Intermediaries

it links between the form of goods and service tourists.

Itinerary

a documented plan of tour

Leisure

The free time when obligation are at a minimum and one can relax

Site

it is a particular place bound by physical or cultural characteristics

Skiing

activity and competitive winter sports

Snorkeling

swimming on or through a water body while being equipped with a diving mask.

Terrain

it is a stretch of land, especially when its regard to its physical features

Tourist Demand

the total number of person who travel or wish to travel to use their tourist facilities away from their places of work and residency

Tourism Carrying Capacity

the maximum number of people that may visit the tourist destination at the same time.

Travel

the act of moving outside one’s home community for business or pleasure but not for commuting or traveling

Mass Tourism

it involves tourism of diverse organize larges of people to special tourist location

Alternative tourism

individually organized tours to find first-hand information about a place.

Adventure Tourism

risk and excitement and prefer remote and exotic destination for diff adventures activities

Culinary Tourism

they travel to experience taste different foods, together with lectures on food history.

Disaster Tourism

to experience natural disasters, travel to observe, help and donate, they travel diff disasters out of curiosity.

Dark Tourism

Areas that were once sites of events involving deaths, suffering and grief.

Eco Tourism

advocates and promotes the protection and preservation of ecosystem

Heritage Tourism

pursues the appreciation of different attributes of society

Medical or Health Tourism

seek healing and relief from adverse health conditions

Nautical Tourism

undertaken by tourist through sailing and boating.

Space Tourism

to experience to travel in space, this activity is only limited.

Sports Tourism

appreciation and involvement in sports event or competition