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Welcome To Hospitality 3rd Edition Chon & Miaer
Chapter 2
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Travel
Undergraduate 1
10/04/2011

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Tourist
Definition
Person who takes trips of one hundred miles or more and who spends at least one night away from home.
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Excursionist
Definition
Person who travels to a site or destination and returns home the same day
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Tourism Industry
Definition
Travel for recreation or the promotion an arrangement or such travel
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Destination
Definition
location where travelers choose to visit and spend time
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Tour and Travel Package
Definition
Composite of related services offered at a single price
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Familiarization Trips
Definition
Free or reduced-price given to travel agents, travel writers, and others in the travel trade, who will then promote the destination.
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Travel Middleman / Travel Intermediaries
Definition
Travel business firms that distribute products from the producers to the clients
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Corporate Travel Manager
Definition
Staff member who handles all aspects of travel arrangements for a corporation's employees
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Incentive House
Definition
Manages incentive travel- Marketing and Management tool used to motivate people by offering travel rewards for achieving a specific goal.
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Charter Operator
Definition
Assembles a package tour and sells it to the public or tour operators
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Tour Operator
Definition
Resells package to groups of tourists
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Inbound Operator
Definition
Specialize in providing tour packages to travelers visiting the United States
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Meeting Planner
Definition
Independent/Employee coordinates every detail of meetings and conventions
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Convention
Definition
generic term referring to any size of business or professional meeting held in one specific location.
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Trade Show
Definition
Exposition
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Exposition
Definition
Event held mainly for informational exchanges among tradespeople. Exhibition where presentation is attraction and source of revenue for exhibitors.
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SMERF
Definition
Social, Military, Educational, Religious and Fraternal.
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Elastic
Definition
Demand that changes with economic change.Demand is not as elastic, not as variable, less seasonal.
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Marketing
Definition
Related group of business activities that have the purpose of satisfying demand for goods and services
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Tourism Promotion
Definition
Estimating demand, producing product, pricing product, promoting product, and distribution
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Functional Image
Definition
impression of a destination associated with specific activities and attractions
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Symbolic Image
Definition
Relationship between one's self concept and the destination's image
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Direct Spending
Definition
Money that goes directly from the traveler into the economy
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Indirect Spending
Definition
respending or tourist dollars within an economy
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Multiplier Effect
Definition
respending that expands the economy. tourist spending in local economy
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Pros of Tourism
Definition
Income )Family or Business), Government revenue (taxes), Cultural Awareness
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Opportunity Cost
Definition
opportunities lost by excluding the development of one industry in order to develop a different one.
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Leakage
Definition
Money that flows out of the economy to purchase outside resources
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Carrying Capacity
Definition
Maximum Number of people who can use the destination without causing the environment to deteriorate and the quality of the visitors experience to decrease
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Eco-Tourism
Definition
ecologically sound tourism
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Frequent Flyer
Definition
promotional program whereby traveler earns free trips based on miles flown
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Frequent Guest
Definition
promotional program whereby traveler earner free or upgraded lodging.
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North American Trade Shows
Definition
National Tour Association (NTA), American Bus Association (ABA), American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA)
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