PERS lecture 2

Review
- One of the worlds largest revenue generators
- 88 billion + dollars in economic activity
- 17 billion + in export revenue
- over 600 000 jobs
- growth is sensitive to global problems ex. terrorism, SARS, wars, BSE

Terminology (use example from experience)

- Tourism: the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their
environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure business and other
purposes.
- Trip: travel 80 km from home (for reasons other than commuting to work and school).
- Traveller: travels irrespective of purpose.
- Tourist: travelling for pleasure, no remuneration (no money), no school or work, more
than 24hrs.
- Excursionist/same day visitor: a visitor who travels at least 80km from place of residence
does not spend 24 hrs.
- Domestic tourist: tourist within your own country.
- Foreign tourist: Tourist visiting a country in which they do not usually reside
- Inbound tourist: tourist arriving in a foreign country
- Outbound tourist: tourist leaving their home country.

To travel
- To travel I need: clothing, money, transportation, food/water, toiletries, technology,
plans, shelter, language,

History of Tourism – Early civilizations

- Early travel was for survival, find shelter, avoid major disaster, follow the hunt.
- Travel for business (trade), socialize (marriages).
- Slowly expanded to other parts of the world.

- Invented coinage, invented transportation.

- Egyptians major point of tourism, and Greeks (encouraged people to travel for
knowledge), romans/roman empire.

- Fall of Rome, roman catholic church, brought wars – crusades, brought people there,
peaked interest in seeing other places.

- Le grand tour, desire to have children educated in Europe (study abroad, art, culture).

- Industrial revolution, technology, airplanes, cars – for travel.

 - WW1: travel wasn’t safe, stories brought back from far away places triggers desire in
travel.
- Great depression-no jobs, no travel for pleasure. Travelling for work to find jobs have to
relocate encourages travel.

- WW2 – interest in camping, soldiers had to

- Middle class begins to be able to travel

Conditions necessary for tourism

- Accessibility
- Infrastructure
- Time
- Money
- Attraction
- Safety

Growth of tourism
- Advancements in transportation, media coverage
- Introduction of computer systems
- Internet and e-commerce
- Better education systems
- More disposable incomes
- More stressful lifestyles
- Declining cost of travel
- Better marketing and promotions
- Common currencies
- Easing of government restrictions
- Political stability

The Canadian tourism industry

- Creates jobs at a fast rate
- Money generated benefits all levels of government
- Tourism employs diverse groups
- Range of jobs

Transportation, Accomidation, Food and Beverage, Recreation and Entertainment, Travel

Services

Tourism Industry Sectors

Five components of the tourism sector (NAICS)
- Transportation
- Accomidation
- Food and Beverage
 - Recreation and Entertainment
- Travel Services

Eight components of the tourism sector

- Transportation
- Acc
- Food
- Attractions
- Events
- Adventure and outdoor rec
- travel services
- Tourism servies