TRAM211

Transportation
Management
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 Lesson 1

Introduction to
Tourism Transport

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What is Transport Services?
Why it is important in the
tourism?

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Why?

Tourism and transport are immediately

connected to each other, as the movement of
people of the most important elements of
tourism.

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What is the
relationship?

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 Introduction to Tourism Transport
Tourism and Transportation

Theobald (2005) suggests

the derivative of the word

TOURISM
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 Introduction to Tourism Transport
Tourism and Transportation

Tourism is a subset of travel since it entails the

movement of people to countries of places
outside their usual environment for personal or
business / professional purposes (2014)
United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)

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Transportation

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 Transportation
Definition

It refers to the activity of

moving an object
(people or goods) from
one place to another, or
the system used for
doing this.

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 Transportation
Definition

Transportation is vital to tourism. Studies have

shown that tourists spend almost 30 to 40 percent
of their total holiday expenditure on transportation
and the remaining on food, accommodation, and
other activities.

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Transport
Infrastructure

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 Transport Infrastructure
Definition

Includes the material

conditions, means,
control systems,
handling facilities and
transfer facilities.

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 Transport Infrastructure
Mode of Transportation

It refers to the
environment in which the
transport takes place: air,
ground or water-based
transport. All vehicles
which utilize the same
environment belong to the
same transport mode.
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 Transport Infrastructure
Transportation Routes

It is the regular path that is

followed by a movement
of people or goods.
Ideally it follows the
shortest possible distance

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 Transport Infrastructure
Transportation Means and Types of Carrier

It refers to the actual

“means of mobility realized
within the particular mode”.
In conjunction with the
transportation infrastructure,
these means enable the
implementation of transport
services.
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Transportation
Categories

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 Transportation
Categories

Air Transport Land Transport Water Transport

Roads Railways
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 Categories of Transportation
Advantage and Disadvantage

Air Transport
Direct route, high speed, quick service, social and political
ADVANTAGE significance, luxurious travel.

High cost, jet lag, unsuitable for heavy bulk cargo, accidents
DISADVANTAGE always fatal, international rule to be observed.

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 Categories of Transportation
Advantage and Disadvantage

Road Transport
Flexibility, reliable, door to door service, economical,
ADVANTAGE supplements other modes of transport, quick transit for short
distances.

Slow speed, carrying capacity limited, accidents, none-

DISADVANTAGE AC coaches not so comfortable, comfort depends upon
the conditions of roads.

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Advantage and Disadvantage

Railways Transport
Long distance travel cheaper, carrying capacity large,
ADVANTAGE dependable service, quicker than road transportation,
ability to view scenery en route.

Inflexible, unfit to hilly regions, difficulties in rural areas,

DISADVANTAGE
dining car facilities not always available.

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Advantage and Disadvantage

Water Transport
Economical, carrying capacity enormously, develops
ADVANTAGE international and coastal trades.

Slow speed. More Risky. Limited Area of Operation.

DISADVANTAGE
Seasonal.

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Tourism
Transportation

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 Tourism Transportation
Definition

It is ascertain that transport is

an inherent part of tourism.
Now it must be noted that
either it can play a functional
of utilitarian role, such as the
transport between origin and
destination or within the
destination where the travel is
merely a means to an end.
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 Tourism Transportation
Definition

It can also play a role in a holiday

experience itself. It can range
from the transportation type as a
tourist attraction, part of
recreational experience or to
provide the essential component
of tourism product where the
transportation type is the actual
holiday setting.
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Tourism and Transportation
Relationship

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Forms of Tourism

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 Forms of Tourism
Domestic Tourism

It comprises the activities of a resident visitor

within the country of reference, either as part of a
domestic tourism trip or a part of an outbound
tourism trip

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 Forms of Tourism
Inbound Tourism

It comprises the activities of a non – resident

visitor within the country of reference on an
inbound tourism trip.

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 Forms of Tourism
Outbound Tourism

It comprises the activities of a resident visitors

outside the country of reference, either as part of
an outbound tourism trip or as part of a domestic
tourism trip.

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Internal Tourism

It comprises domestic tourism plus inbound

tourism, that is to say the activities of the resident
and non – resident visitors within the country of
reference as part of domestic or international
tourism trips.

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 Forms of Tourism
National Tourism

It comprises domestic tourism plus outbound

tourism, that is to say, the activities of the resident
visitors within and outside the country of
reference, either as part of domestic or outbound
tourism trips.

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Types of Tourists

Tourist Traveler Visitor

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