AICE Travel and Tourism Review

Key Definitions

  • Good: Tangible item that is owned (e.g., hotel bathrobe).
  • Service: Something done for a person (e.g., housekeeping).
  • Ancillary: Add-on (e.g., travel insurance, guided tours).
  • Perishability: Product expiring after a time (e.g., online tickets).
  • Seasonality: Availability limited to a time (e.g., ice skating in Times Square).
  • Intangibility: Something not physically touchable (e.g., online purchase).
  • Sustainable: Having little impact (e.g., skiing).
  • Responsible: Making a better place to live/visit.

Cultural Characteristics of a Destination

  • Examples include speaking Korean in Korea and eating empanadas in the Dominican Republic.

Events

  • Lunar New Year in China: Celebration and worship.
  • Independence Day in the Dominican Republic: Party.

Historical Destinations

  • Great Wall of China: Represents unification.
  • Mount Rushmore (USA): Symbolizes freedom and democracy.
  • Colosseum (Italy): Symbolizes powers of old emperors.

Types of Tourism

  • Domestic Tourism: Residents traveling within their country.
  • International Tourism: Residents traveling outside their country.
  • Inbound Tourism: Non-residents visiting a country.
  • Outbound Tourism: Residents visiting another country (e.g., Americans going to Spain).

Social Factors Affecting Travel and Tourism

  • Cultural factors: Tourist expectations, festivals, and events.
  • Social Media: Impacts destination appeal.
  • Accessibility: Ease of travel to a location.

Ecological Factors Affecting Travel and Tourism

  • Climate, biodiversity, landscape.

Technological Factors Affecting Travel and Tourism

  • Pros: Online booking (easier, flexible), digital payments, mobile apps.
  • Cons: Hacking, data deletion.

Economic Development

  • MEDC: Strong economically developed country (e.g., United States).
  • LEDC: Low economically developed country (limited access to healthcare, nutrients).

VFR

  • Visiting Friends and Family.

Employment

  • Direct employment: Jobs providing goods (e.g., desk clerk, airline pilot).
  • Indirect employment: Support roles not directly involved with the supplier.
  • Internal customer: People within an organization receiving goods/services from another part of the business.

Religious & Cultural Tourism Examples

  • Visiting Jerusalem, Mecca, cathedrals.