Summary: The Tourism System
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2 The Destination Mix
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What are the 5 elements that a destination mix contains?
1. Attractions
2. Facilities
3. Infrastructure
4. Transportation
5. Hospitality -
What is a competitive destination?
A destination that is able to increase tourism expenditure, to increasingly attract visitors while providing them with satisfying memorable experiences, and to do so in a profitable way -
What influences which mode a visitor will use?
the distance between the origin and the destination -
What are the terms in which attractions can be characterized?
- scope
- ownership
- permanency
- drawing power -
What is a secondary/stopover destination?
an interesting or necessary place to visit on the way to a primary destination and it aims at satisfying visitors for one to two days -
What is a primary destination?
A destination attractive enough to be a primary motivation for tourism visits and one that is aimed at satisfying visitors for several days or longer
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What are the 3 characteristics of attractions?
1. They have the ability to draw people to them
2. They can be developed almost anywhere
3. They can act like a growth inducer -
3 Tourism Impacts on the Economy, Society, Culture and Environment
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What are the three economic impacts of tourism?
1. Increasing foreign exchange earnings
2. Increasing income
3. Increasing employement -
What is a leakage?
the value of goods and services that must be imported to service the needs of tourism -
What is the method for estimating the income generated from tourism?
Determining the income multiplier for the destination
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