1 Tourism Systems and Foundations Free Online FlashCards

What is tourism?

Tourism is a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon involving travel outside a person’s usual environment and the activities connected to that travel.

How is a visitor defined in tourism statistics?

A visitor travels to a main destination outside their usual environment for less than a year, for a purpose other than being employed by an entity in the place visited.

What is a system?

A system is a set of connected elements whose interactions produce outcomes.

What five elements does Leiper’s tourism framework identify?

Leiper’s framework identifies tourists, the generating region, the transit route, the destination region, and the tourism industry.

Who counts as a tourism stakeholder?

Tourism stakeholders are people and organizations that affect tourism or are affected by it, including visitors, businesses, residents, governments, workers, and community groups.

What is destination management?

Destination management is the coordinated, strategic management of the elements that make up a destination.

How can tourism’s effects feed back into a destination’s future?

Tourism’s effects can influence residents’ attitudes and policy choices, which in turn can affect a destination’s future appeal.

What makes a visitor a tourist?

A tourist is a visitor who stays overnight at the destination.

What is a same-day visitor?

A same-day visitor, or excursionist, visits without staying overnight.

Why is tourism studies interdisciplinary?

Tourism studies is interdisciplinary: fields such as business, geography, economics, sociology, anthropology, history, and environmental studies examine different dimensions of tourism.

Why is tourism considered an open system?

Tourism is an open system because it exchanges people, money, information, services, and impacts with its wider social, economic, political, and natural environment.

What is the generating region in Leiper’s framework?

The generating region is the place where a tourist’s trip begins.