Dimensions of Tourism by Joseph D.

Fridgen Dimensions of Tourism is loaded with valuable facts and ideas for hospitality professionals who want to develop their property or community as a tourist destination. Dimensions of Tourism helps the reader plan services, offers innovative marketing strategies, and provides ideas for shaping tourism policies. Contents 1. Historical Dimensions y Travel in Prehistoric Times y Travel in Neolithic Times Travel in Ancient Civilizations Travel in the Middle Ages Travel in the Renaissance Travel in the Industrial Age The Emergence of Modern Mass Tourism 2. Psychological Dimensions: Perceptions and Attitudes y Motivation y Personality

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Values Learning 3. Psychological Dimensions: Motivation, Personality, Values, and Learning y Motivation y Personality y Values y Learning 4. Social and Cultural Dimensions

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Societies, Culture, and Tourism Social and Cultural Behaviors Social Interactions Social Impacts Cultural Impacts 5. International Dimensions

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Defining International Tourism The Importance of International Tourism Travel Flows The International Tourist International Tourism and Peace 6. Economic Dimensions y The Economic Question

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Lifelong Ideas The Tools of Tourism Economics 7. Environmental Dimensions y Environment: Definitions y Environment and Tourism Behavior y Environmental Perception y The Geography of Tourism

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Environment as an Attraction The Tourism-Environment Connection The "Greening" of Tourism A Tourism Ethic 8. Services for the Traveler y Basic Components of Travel Services y Attractions and Resources y Accommodations

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y Transportation 9. Tourism Planning and Development y Tourism Planning y Tourism Development y The Tourism Development Life Cycle

y Examples from Selected Countries 10. Marketing Perspectives and Planning y The Marketing Evolution
Business Perspectives Product Life Cycles Planning for Marketing Marketing Plans 11. Marketing Tools and Strategies y The P-Mix y Interactive Marketing y Internal Marketing

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Market Research Private and Public Tourism Marketing 12. Research and Measurement y Research and Tourism y Types of Research y The Research Process y Research Consultants 13. Tourism Policy y Policy Defined y U.S. Tourism Policy y Tourism Policy Around the World y International Tourism Organizations

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http://www.chipsbooks.com/dimtourm.htm Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2010, there were over 940 million international tourist arrivals, with a growth of 6.6% as compared to 2009. International tourism receipts grew to US$919 billion (euro 693 billion) in 2010, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 4.7%[2]. As a result of the late-2000s recession, international travel demand suffered a strong slowdown beginning in June 2008, with growth in international tourism arrivals worldwide falling to 2% during the boreal summer months.[3] This negative trend intensified during 2009, exacerbated in some countries due to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, resulting in a worldwide decline of 4% in 2009 to 880 million international tourists arrivals, and an estimated 6% decline in international tourism receipts.[4] Tourism is important and in some cases vital for many countries, such as France, Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy,and Thailand, and many island nations, such as The Bahamas, Fiji, Maldives, Philippines and the Seychelles: it brings in large amounts of income in payment for goods and services and creates opportunities for employment in the service industries associated with tourism. These service industries include transportation services, such as airlines, cruise ships and taxicabs; hospitality services, such as accommodations, including hotels and resorts; and entertainment venues, such as amusement parks, casinos, shopping malls, music venues and theatres.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism
Basic Tourism Units

All types of travellers engaged in tourism are described as visitors. Therefore the term "visitor" represents the basic concept for the whole system of tourism statistics. For the purpose of tourism statistics and in conformity with the basic forms of tourism, visitors are classified as: International visitors: any person who travels to a country other than that in which s/he has his/her usual residence but outside his/her usual environment for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose of visit is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the country visited. Domestic visitor: any person residing in a country, who travels to a place within the country, outside his/her usual environment for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose of visit is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. International and domestic visitors include:

Tourists: these are visitors who stay at least one night in a collective or private accommodation. Same-day visitors: these are visitors who do not spend the night in a collective or private accommodation. Usual environment: the usual environment of a traveller typically consists of the area of 80 kilometres radius around his/her place of residence plus all other places s/he visits more than once a week (although this can vary from country to country depending on the mobility of the population).

http://www.acorntourism.co.uk/t-stats-info.html