Applied Legislation to the Tourism Sector - State Roles and Globalization

Vocabulary flashcards covering core concepts of the tourism market, legal frameworks, globalization, and the evolving role of the state in tourism.

Tourism Demand

The aspirations, expectations, goods, and services requested and consumed by visitors in destination areas to satisfy their leisure and recreation needs.

Tourism Supply

The set of products and services associated with a specific geographic space possessing tourist value that are made available to consumers in a competitive market.

Tourist Attraction

Any location, object, or event of interest that motivates the movement of visitors, regulated by authorities such as MINCUL, MINAM, and MINCETUR in Peru.

Tourist Structures and Services

The collection of goods, services, equipment, and facilities needed to meet the primary and secondary needs of visitors and drive tourist consumption.

Tourism Infrastructure

The general implementation of public works, systems, and transport networks across a territory that enable general development and support tourism operations.

Tourism Superstructure

The legal and institutional framework regulating tourism activity at national (e.g., MINCETUR, General Tourism Law) and international levels (e.g., UNWTO).

Tourism Product

The composite offer made up of tourist attractions, tourist services and structures, infrastructure, and superstructure.

Globalization

A multidimensional economic, social, technological, political, legal, and cultural process originating in the late 20th century that integrates global markets and standardizes procedures.

R&D+i

Short for Research, Development, and Innovation; key social and technical drivers fostered by globalization to maximize competitive and technological capability.

FOBO

An acronym standing for 'Fear Of Being Offline' (miedo a estar desconectados), originating in technological behavior studies of connected generations.

Millennial Generation

Individuals born between 1980 and 2000, characterized as highly educated, tech-driven, collaborative, and acting as prosumers who generate ideas to improve products.

Welfare State

A protectionist state model that actively intervenes in the economy and directly provides broad social benefits, which declined with globalization.

Regulatory State Role

The redefined role of the state post-globalization where it withdraws from direct business operations (such as owning hotels or airlines) to focus on market regulation, strategic planning, and private investment promotion.

Territorial Competitiveness

The set of conditions established by a state—such as infrastructure, environmental policies, security, and skilled labor—to attract global economic and investment flows.

PENTUR

The National Strategic Tourism Plan (Plan Estratégico Nacional de Turismo), which guides state planning and sustainable development strategies in the tourism sector.

Entur Perú

A historic state-owned network of national hotels created in Peru during the 1950s–1960s to directly build and manage hotel infrastructure prior to market-oriented reforms.