Contemporary Tourism System

Baikuntha Prasad Acharya

baikunthaprasad@gmail.com

The tourism system is like a spiders web Touch one part of it and reverberations will be felt throughout
- Mill & Morrison (1985: xix)

CHANGE is another big component of tourism system; Changes that influence: Transportation,Visa, Forex Rate, Political Condition etc.

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Tourist Reviewed

Key words: Voluntary Temporary Mobility

NotTourist: Refugees Trafficked Involuntary Migrant

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1. Time: Less than overnight stay a day drifter, tripper & excursionist/ More than 12 months a Migrant 2. Space (Distance): Localized leisure & Commuting

3. Boundary Crossing: Domestic, Regional & International Tourist 4. Purpose of Travel: Military & Diplomat: not Tourist

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Generating Region
(Residence of the Tourist)

TRANSIT ROUTE

Destination
(The Temporary Residence)

Travel to Destination

Return Home

The Environment
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Service Dimension of Tourism

Tourism as a service is produced with an agreement & cooperation of the consumer

Agree ment

Consumer

Service
Co
operation

Tourism

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Experience Product

Consumption

Production

Locating tourism experience & tourism product

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Consumption of Tourism
5 Stages with different psychological elements: 1. Decision to Travel 2. Travel to Destination 3. Activities at Destination 4. Travel from Destination 5. Recollection of the Trip & Destination upon Return to Permanent Residence
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The Tourism Product System

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The Trip Product

The Destination Product The Tourism Business Product The Service Product

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Income Time Political Rights Health Information & Education Safety & Security

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Family Legislated Holiday Work Location Gender Culture

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Define the terminologies Tourism & Hospitality as you have understood after the session. List at least five attributes that you can be hospitable in tourism. What are the five stages of a trip in relation to the tourism system? Discuss how the different stages of a trip might lead to different psychological dimensions of tourism. Recall the four different characteristics that help define and hence study tourism activity.