tourism notes

t our ism 1 tourism tourism is a system more than 24 hours, less than one year to be considered a tourist domestic tourism → travelling within the country, passport not needed. you become a tourist so long as you are travelling for leisure, recreation, or other purposes international tourism → travelling to other countries, passport required the tourist system tourist generating regions: where tourists and tourism businesses may be based tourist destination regions: where the tourists are attracted to. located here are attractions, amenities and facilities which cater to the needs of tourists, TDRs experiences the consequences of tourism development tourist transit regions: the region which the tourist travels through to reach their destination, includes stopover points which can be used for convenience/existence of attractions. this region links the TDRs and the TGRs a l l t h r e e r e g i o n s a r e i n t e r c o n n e c t e d

t our ism 2 why do people move from tourist generating and destination regions each tourist’s decision to travel is based on different combinations of push-pull factors pull factors push factors → affordable → new experiences → abroad family → relax → culture → weather → tourist attractions → stressful work environments → weather → lack of recreation and entertainment options → events/festivals (F1) → unpleasant living environment (bedbug infestation in France → medical healthcare tourism-nature interactions within the local environment positive effects: pay locals to teach them about local traditions → higher revenue/more job opportunities →contributes to local economy negative effects: they leave behind waste when visitng a nature park → degrades environment environments are impacted beyond the tourism destination by tourism activities → tourism contributes to 8% of greenhouse gas emissions changes in nature, communities or ecosystems within the environment can affect the tourism system (and vice versa) economic downturn: less demand for travel → fewer tourists passing through transit routes, transit routes suffer → TDR also suffer, causes a decrease in income. on the positive side, there is now less damage done to the environment changes in TDR can also lead to changes: new attraction opens in TDR → tourists go back to their countries (TGR) and share positive experiences → attract more tourists → increased revenue for transit routes and TDRs

t our ism 3 ★☆★☆factors for tourism growth★☆★☆ motivation to travel ability to travel mobility in tr