INSTITUTE : UITHM

DEPARTMENT : TOURISM

Subject Name :- Vacation Planning and Management

Subject Code: TTO-200

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COURSE OBJECTIVES COURSE OUTCOMES

• The course aims to provide CO1 Explain the various concepts of Tourism
industry.
students basic knowledge of
tourism sector. CO2 Prepare the itineraries of different destinations
in India
• This course is designed to equip the
CO3 Assemble the different elements of the tourism
student with the understanding of product and make tour package.
Tour Itineraries.
CO4 Calculate the costing of the Tour package
• This course aims to enrich student
with knowledge of Tour Package.
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Syllabus
• Unit-1- Basic of Tourism Planning and its products Contact Hours: 15
• Introduction- Definition, Concept and meaning of tourism. Tourist, Visitor, Traveller,
Excursionist and Transient - Definition and Differentiation; Interrelationship
between Leisure, Recreation and Tourism; Role of Tourism Infrastructure in
Promoting Tourism at Destination
• Typology- Types of tourism, tourism products
• Tourism Development- Basic meaning, concept and difference between
destinations and attractions. Factors Influencing the Growth and Development of
Tourism.
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VISITOR/TRANSIENT

The Traveler:
• The appellation traveler is generic in the sense that it is relevant to any
form of movement of a person irrespective of the distance travelled.
• Ranging from a small distance of only few kilometers to an immigrant
going for long-haul travel with the purpose of seeking employment or
even to move to the place visited.
• That is, the term refers to a person travelling from place to place
without any consideration of his motive, duration of stay, the
remunerative activity involved or not or return to the place of origin.

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VISITOR/TRANSIENT

EXCURSIONIST AND TRANSIT

The Visitor:
VISITOR/TRANSIENT
• A visitor is also a traveler who sojourns a place or country
ordinarily outside his typical beat area for non-immigration and
non-remunerative purposes.
• Whose movement is of pro tern nature as finally he comes
round again to the place of origin.
• The place from where he at first embarked upon his trip.

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VISITOR/TRANSIENT

EXCURSIONIST AND TRANSIT

The Tourist:
VISITOR/TRANSIENT
• A tourist is a visitor who is motivated to travel put side his ‘beat area’ for recreation,
pleasure, health, study, sports, business etc.
• A tourist is a visitor who is motivated to travel put side his ‘beat area’ for recreation,
pleasure, health, study, sports, business, family and so forth.
• Stays for at least 24 hours at the place of visit, does not involve in any remunerative
activity and in due time returns to his place of domicile.
• It implies that all tourists are travelers/ visitors but all travelers/visitors are not
tourists.
• On top of that it is a fact that all visitors are firstly travelers but the vice-versa may
not hold good.

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The Excursionist:
VISITOR/TRANSIENT
• An excursionist is different from a tourist in terms of duration
of stay at the destination as his period of stay at the place of
visit is less than 24 hours.
• However, it is also true that an excursionist is essentially a
traveler and a visitor.

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Transit Visitor/Transient:
VISITOR/TRANSIENT
• A traveler and a visitor who goes past a country or place without having
a stopover or breaking off his journey on the way other than for layover
and for transportation links.

• Alternatively, a person, moving past a country and while it may take

more than 24 hours in the process, would not be considered as a tourist
or excursionist if his destination is a different country and is just passing
through the in-between country owing to transport ties.

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 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VISITOR, TOURIST AND EXCURSIONIST

VISITOR TOURIST EXCURSIONIST

Any people visiting a country other

than that in which he/she has his Any person coming to country for
usual place of residence, for any legitimate reason other than Any person visiting a country other
reason other than following immigration and who stays at least than his residence and remaining
occupation remunerated from with 24 hours and at most 6 months less than 24 hours.
country visited and remaining at during the same year.
least 24 hours.

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VISITOR TOURIST EXCURSIONIST

They stay more than 24

They stay more than 24
hours and less than 6 They stay less than 24 hours.
hours and less than 1 month.
months.

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VISITOR TOURIST EXCURSIONIST

They are not involved in earning Their activities should be of They shouldn’t get involved in
activities. ‘Economic Nature’. earning activities.

All visitors are not tourists. Al the tourists are called visitors. All visitors may be excursionists.

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