Untitled Flashcards Set

Flashcard #1
Term: Components of the tourism and hospitality industry
Definition: Food and Beverage Services, Lodging Services, Recreational Services, Travel Related (Tourism) Services.

Flashcard #2
Term: Food and Beverage Component
Definition: The public looks for food and beverage services everywhere - in hotels, motels, airlines, airports, cruise ships, trains, and shopping malls.

Flashcard #3
Term: Lodging Component
Definition: Lodging involves providing overnight or even long-term services to guests. Lodging facilities such as inns, motor hotels, lodges, or motor inns are hotels and motels that use different names.

Flashcard #4
Term: Parador
Definition: Old Spanish monastery or castle that was converted to a hotel.

Flashcard #5
Term: Pension or pensione
Definition: A French or Italian home in which guests are provided with a room and board.

Flashcard #6
Term: Chateau
Definition: A French castle or elegant country home used as a hotel.

Flashcard #7
Term: Ryokan
Definition: A Japanese inn in which traditional customs are observed.

Flashcard #8
Term: Hostel
Definition: A lodging facility in which inexpensive accommodations are provided to students and guests on a nonprofit basis.

Flashcard #9
Term: Recreation and Entertainment Component
Definition: Entertainment originated from the traditional duties of a host to entertain his or her guests, offering different kinds of entertainment.

Flashcard #10
Term: Travel and Tourism Component
Definition: Travel and Tourism are used together as an umbrella term to refer to businesses that provide primary services to travelers.

Flashcard #11
Term: Transportation
Definition: The main purpose of transportation is to make it possible for people to go from one place to another.

Flashcard #12
Term: Travel Agencies and Tour Operators
Definition: Travel agencies and tour operators are modern additions to the travel and tourism world.

Flashcard #13
Term: Travel agent
Definition: One who SELLS travel services in a travel agency. Sells travel services that are assembled by others into 'packages.'

Flashcard #14
Term: Tour operators
Definition: Wholesalers who make the necessary contacts with hotels, airlines, and other providers of travel services and devise packages which will appeal to retail buyers.

Flashcard #15
Term: Tourism
Definition: Tourism is a multidimensional phenomenon; it is difficult to describe. SUM of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of nonresidents, insofar as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected to any earning activity.

Flashcard #16
Term: Tourism Society in Britain
Definition: The TEMPORARY SHORT TERM MOVEMENT of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during their stay at these destinations.

Flashcard #17
Term: Hospitality
Definition: Hospitality is derived from the Latin word 'Hospitare', which means 'to receive as a guest.' It implies that a host is prepared to meet a guest's basic requirements while the guest is away from home.

Flashcard #18
Term: Visitor
Definition: Person visiting a country other than their usual residence for at least 24 hours.

Flashcard #19
Term: Tourist
Definition: A person who VISITS A COUNTRY usually resides for a period of at least 24 hours. The purpose could be classified as leisure, business, family, mission or meeting.

Flashcard #20
Term: Excursionist
Definition: Temporary visitor not staying less than 24 hours in the destination visited and not making an overnight stay.

Flashcard #21
Term: Four Elements of Travel
Definition: Distance, Length of Stay at the Destination, Residence of the Traveler, Purpose of Travel.

Flashcard #22
Term: Distance
Definition: Difference between local travel or traveling within a person's home community and nonlocal travel or traveling away from home.

Flashcard #23
Term: A trip
Definition: Each time a person goes to a place at least 100 miles away from home and returns.

Flashcard #24
Term: Length of Stay at the Destination
Definition: Tourists are temporary visitors who make at least one overnight stay, while excursionists are temporary visitors who do not stay overnight in the country that they visit.

Flashcard #25
Term: Residence of the Traveler
Definition: The origin of the traveler is the third basic element of travel.

Flashcard #26
Term: Purpose of Travel
Definition: It can be divided into seven: 1. Visiting friends and relatives; 2. Conventions, seminars, and meetings; 3. Business; 4. Outdoor recreation - hunting, fishing, boating, and camping; 5. Entertainment - sightseeing, theater, and sports; 6. Personal-family, medical, funeral, wedding; and 7. Others.

Flashcard #27
Term: Package tour/inclusive tour
Definition: Arrangement in which transport and accommodation is bought by the tourist at an all-inclusive price.

Flashcard #28
Term: Independent Inclusive Tour (IIT)
Definition: One in which the tourist travels to his or her destination individually.

Flashcard #29
Term: Group Inclusive Tour (GIT)
Definition: He or she travels in the company of other tourists.

Flashcard #30
Term: International Tourism
Definition: Movement of people across international boundaries.

Flashcard #31
Term: Tourist Product
Definition: Combination of activities and services purchased by a tourist.

Flashcard #32
Term: Tourist Destination
Definition: Geographical unit where tourists visit and stay.

Flashcard #33
Term: Attractions
Definition: Factors drawing tourists to a destination, including site and event attractions.

Flashcard #34
Term: Site Attraction
Definition: Is one in which the destination itself has appeal. May be a country, a geographical region such as the Alps, a city, or a resort such as Boracay.

Flashcard #35
Term: Amenities
Definition: Facilities like accommodation, food, and entertainment at a tourist site.

Flashcard #36
Term: Accessibility
Definition: Convenience of transport to a destination at a reasonable price.

Flashcard #37
Term: Principal tourist services
Definition: Are supplied by passenger transport, which provides the means to reach the destination, as well as the movement at the destination.

Flashcard #38
Term: Characteristics of Tourism and Hospitality
Definition: Not used up, includes labor-intensive, people-oriented, multi-dimensional aspects, seasonal, and dynamic.

Flashcard #39
Term: Importance of Tourism and Hospitality
Definition: Contribution to the balance of payments, Dispersion of development, Effect on general economic development, Employment opportunities, Social benefits, Cultural enrichment, Educational significance, Vital force for peace.