OVERVIEW OF THE

TOURISM INDUSTRY
 TOURISM IMPACTS
1. Economic Impacts
2. Socio-Cultural Impacts
3. Environmental Impacts
 ECONOMIC IMPACTS
1. Earnings of local communities from employment
a. Sale of souvenir items
b. Local food produce
c. Delivery of local services such as massages, tour guiding and tour escorting
d. Food and beverage services in restaurants
e. Room rentals
f. Entrance fees to sites
 SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACTS
Socio-cultural impacts include the gains and losses in the “society” and
“culture” of the host community and the tourist who come for the experience.

These impacts have come from two root words:

Sociology – the study of people, their attitudes and interactions in a group

Culture – Which encompasses the behavioral patterns, traditions, values,

beliefs, morals, laws, arts and customs that people have formed throughout
generations by being part of society
 SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACTS
Positive Socio-cultural Impacts

1. Employment (inclined towards improvement in the standard of living and

how having these finances allow for better educational opportunities for
the children of those who are part of the tourism industry.

2. Increase knowledge and appreciation for other cultures leading to more

tolerance for differences

3. Inspire a stronger sense of “self” and the preservation of one’s own

traditions and practices for the people of the host community
 SOCIO-CULTURAL IMPACTS
Negative Socio-cultural Impacts

1. Social crimes such as rape, gambling, drugs, excessive drinking and theft

2. Lost of innate culture

3. Underemployment

4. Overdependence on tourism
 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
1. Raised level of awareness for preservation and conservation efforts

2. Provision of infrastructure, especially in far-flung, rural areas

Consequences of the environmental impacts

1. Congestion
2. Pollution
3. Accumulation of garbage
4. Damage to natural landscapes
5. Intrusion into the natural habitats of wildlife
 TOURISM SECTORS
1. Accommodations

2. Transportation

3. Intermediaries

4. Destinations

5. Attractions
 ACCOMMODATION

The accommodations provide the lodging requirements – hotel

rooms, dormitories, villas, campsites, and the like – of the tourists in the

area they visit. The board requirements, such as provisions for meals in

canteens, cafeterias, on side streets, in restaurants, and even in

luxurious buffet offerings are also part of this sector.

 TRANSPORTATION

This sector represents the tourists’ movement from Point A to Point

B, or from origin to destination. The evolution of transportation

technology has allowed tourists to travel to farther points around the

globe and has allowed tourism as an industry to grow in exponential

proportions.
 INTERMEDIARIES

The intermediaries are more commonly known as travel agencies

and tour operators. They are mediators of the industry as they bridge

the gap between the suppliers, services and providing this information,

making the necessary arrangements for and in behalf of the tourists.

 DESTINATION AND ATTRACTIONS
The destination is the main place where tourists arrive.

The attractions are the places found within the destination that
comprise the tourists’ itinerary.

Two (2) main classifications of attractions:

1. Natural attractions – are the natural, untouched landscapes and features
of a certain location that make it an attraction.
2. Man-made attractions – are attractions constructed, built, designed, and
invested in by man.
WHY DO PEOPLE TRAVEL?
 TYPES OF TOURISM

Types of Tourism are categories by which people travel, their

preferences, and their activities. These have been identified based 0on

prevailing trends on the purpose for travel and the various activities the tourist

do when they are in the destination.

 TYPES OF TOURISM BASED ON
PURPOSE OF TRAVEL
1. Leisure – it is when a person moves away from his usual tasks and daily
activities to engage in rest, recreation and pleasure. Sightseeing, food trips,
and shopping are included in activities done by leisure tourists.

2. Business – it includes conferences and seminars, meeting with clients,

business partners and potential investors.

3. Education – tourist who travel for educational purposes wish to enrich

themselves academically.

4. Special Interests Tourism – special interest tourists are those who travel for
specific and unique purposes.
 TYPES OF TOURISM BASED ON
ACTIVITIES ENGAGED IN
1. Visiting friend and relatives
2. Religious
3. Culture and heritage
4. Adventure
5. Nature-based
6. Eco-tourism
7. Shopping
8. Sports
9. Gaming
 TOURIST BEHAVIOR
A continuum of tourist behavior according to Stanley Plog

Adventurous and prefer Find comfort in things

to travel alone or in small Allocentrics
Midcentrics Psychocentrics familiar to them even
groups to new when travelling.
destinations

Those in-between the

allocentric and
psychocentric
 ALLOCENTRICS PSYCHOCENTRICS

Sometimes refer to as “mass tourists”

Drifters – Explorers – who prefer packaged tours.
immerse mix with the
themselves in community,
the community too, but remain
and avoid in the “tourist
touristy places bubble”

Allocentrics plan their own trips.

 OTHER TERMS
Tip – gratuity pay, a cash gift given to reward good service in addition to the
regular payment.

Tourist bubble – the area developed specifically as a tourist destination