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ITTM PPT Week 1.odp
ITTM PPT Week 1.odp
ITTM 211:
COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO TRAVEL AND
TOUR MANAGEMENT
Academic facilitator: CHIM Academic
Community
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What is tourism? What is the difference between
travel and tourism?
2. What are the essential elements in travel?
3. What are the essential elements in air, land, or sea
transport?
4. What are the essential elements in
accommodations?
5. What are the essential elements in tours?
DEFINITION OF TOURISM
Goeldner and Ritchie (2006): Tourism may be defined as the
process, activities, and outcomes arising from the relationships
and the interactions among tourists, tourism suppliers, host
governments, and surrounding environments that are involved
in the hosting of visitors.
Weaver and Leaton (2006): Tourism is the sum of processes,
host communities, origin governments, universities, community
colleges and nongovernmental organizations in the process of
attracting, transporting, hosting, and managing tourists and
other visitors.
Kelly and Nankervis (2001): The tourism industry is a full
range of commercial and noncommercial activities
dedicated to encouraging, facilitating, and responding to
the demands of the tourists.
DEFINITION OF TOURISM
FORMS OF TOURISM
Tourism can be categorized based on the area or destination visited. International
tourism is a form of tourism involving the travel from one country to another. This
type of tourism can be described either as outbound or inbound depending on the
perspective of the person.
• Outbound tourism – visits by residents of a country to another country. Travel
involving people from a country that go or travel to other countries or places.
• Inbound tourism – visits to a country by nonresidents. Travel of people from another
country or places that are received by a host country.
• Domestic tourism – visits by residents of a country within their own country.
• Internal tourism – visits by residents and nonresidents within a country (domestic
plus inbound tourism).
•
National tourism – domestic tourism plus outbound tourism; the totality of tourist
traffic that involves citizens or residents of a country.
The UNWTO classifies visitors into tourists or
excursionists:
• Overnight visitors or
tourists – visitors who stay
at least one night in a
collective or private
accommodation in the
place or country visited.
• Same-day visitors or
excursionists – visitors who
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Flight Types
Non-stop Flight - A flight between two
points with no intermediate stops and
the same flight number and aircraft.
Direct Flight - A flight with
intermediate stop(s) and the same flight
number and aircraft.
Connecting Flight - A flight with
intermediate stop(s) and a change of
flight number and aircraft.
Change of Equipment/Gauge -
A connecting flight and the same flight
number, but with a change of
aircraft.
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Flight Itineraries
One-way
MNL CEB
Round-trip
MNL CEB
Open-jaw
MNL CEB
TAG
Circle
MNL CEB
TAG
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Service Classes