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Classifications of Travellers CGG3O

What Classifies as “Tourism”?  You are known as a tourist if you are visiting a particular location for at least 24 hours (overnight) but less than a year.  Otherwise you are simply known as a traveller.

 Migrants: Those who move their residences permanently or semi permanently (over a year)  Same-day Visitors: Travellers who stay less than 24 hrs.

Exercises:  Using your textbook complete the exercise on Page 7, #8.  Complete the following chart using the information on page 7.

Tourism Revolution Year 2000  Everyday there were 1.8 million international travelers  On average these people spent $1000/trip on accommodations, meals, entertainment, and shopping  Worldwide tourism receipts = $700 billion

Tourism revolution is a recent phenomenon (Began around 1900’s). Why?  Time  Money  Need economic, social & technological changes to make tourism available to larger populations  Labour laws such as paid vacations – middle class  Today 80% of industrialized world’s pop. Received 3 weeks off  Improvements in infrastructure – road & rail systems  1920’s Niagara Falls became a popular tourist destination  1930’s Canadians were traveling to Florida & South Carolina

Mass tourism  Movement of large #s of people to specialized tourist locations.  Whole resort towns, theme parks, tourism business districts have been developed to attract mass tourist  Example – Banff  Late 1960s & 1970s people wanted to go on vacation without worrying about all the details.  Creation of travel companies and package vacations Package Vacation – includes transportation, accommodations, meals, and entertainment.

Working in Tourism  1 in 15 workers (123 million) worldwide were employed in tourism related jobs worldwide in – More today  Tourism in one of the 3 leading categories of international trade.  Direct employment – jobs that are generated by companies and government departments that deal directly with the traveling public.  Examples: Theme parks, agencies, airports, hotels, museums, guides, restaurants.  Indirect or Spin-off employment – Jobs that support the direct employment sector.  Examples: Local farmers, suppliers, dry cleaning, printing companies