What is Tourism? The hospitality and tourism industry is the largest and fastest-growing industry in the world (Walker, 2006). Most people have an intuitive and often simplistic perception about tourism, they usually focus on an image of people travelling away from their homes to other places for recreational purposes, and most people acknowledge that a family vacation trip is a form of tourism while the arrival of an invading army or a refugee influx is not, but the definition of tourism does not
The definition of the word “Tourism” is different source by source, person by person. There is no specific definition for it. Each institution defines “Tourism” in a varied way. Firstly, tourism is related to several groups which involving in or are affected by tourism industry. Their perceptions are crucial to the development for the definition of tourism. Therefore, tourism may be defined as the activities, processes and outcomes by the relationship and interaction among the tourist, government
Introduction Why tourism matters Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in today’s world and provides numerous job opportunities. According to the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report from 2013 more than 98 million people are employed in the tourism industry which makes it up to 3% of all employment. Furthermore, the total travel & tourism contribution to the global economy for the year 2014 is 9.8% of total GDP (Council, Economic Impact of Travel & Tourism , 2015). Even though that
to review the purpose fact on definition of term, trend and factor of tourist revisit intention toward the nature base destination, Factor that may influence the tourist to revisit the destination and the implication that will affect the Malaysia tourism industry in management side perspective. 2.1 Definitions of terms Malaysia is a Southeast Asian country occupying the Malaysia Peninsular and part of the island of Borneo. According to tourism Malaysia (2011) tourism is one of the largest industries
World tourism is considered as a significant factor in the economy of many nations. Today tourism related infrastructure in various parts of the country has improved the quality of life of the local people and helped to promote local arts and crafts. Tourism has contributed to increase awareness about conservation of the environment and the cultural heritage. People have always travelled to distant parts of the world to see monuments, arts and culture, taste new cuisine etc. Tourism has been pivotal
Medical tourism is regarded as a reputed area of tourism industry, which can be seen from an increasing number of IMT travel out of their host countries for treatment purpose each year and Asian countries particularly India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand have now become alternative destinations for international tourists. The research focuses on the decision of contributing Thailand as a medical tourism destination. It is generally known that Thailand‘s economy depends largely on tourism and its
2.3 Model of Destination Competitive 2.3.1 Definition of Destination Competitiveness There are many definitions of destination competitiveness in the research study were proposed; however, there are no generally accepted version of the definition. (Porter, 1990; Spence & Hazard, 1988). Hence, a large number of different concept of destination competitiveness appeared. The concept which included: quality of the tourism experience, tourist expenditure, destination benchmarketing, external environment
Tourism is to a great extent dependent on the range and type of infrastructure available at the destination. Infrastructure is a core area of the tourism industry and plays a distinctive role in the development of this ever-expanding industry. Several countries have recognised the significance of Infrastructure in relation to tourism industry and their governments have coordinated their activities with the tourism industry by providing tourism specific infrastructural facilities. Infrastructure is
travel and tourism industry is an increasingly significant part of the employment structures of advanced industrial nations and lesser-developed countries as the largest industries in the world in terms of both number of employment and revenue. According to United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), a total of US$ 1,075 billion in international tourism receipts were generated by 1,035 million international tourism arrivals in 2012, the highest number ever recorded (UNWTO, 2013). Tourism offers
of explanations and definitions of film tourism in the literature. “Sometimes called movie-induced or film-induced tourism, film tourism is defined [here] as tourist visits to a destination or attraction as a result of the destination being featured on television, video, DVD or the cinema screen” (Hudson and Ritchie, 2005:256). Gjorgievski and Trpkova (2012), citing Beeton (2012) and Macionis (2004) provide the following definition of film-induced tourism: 1. On-location tourism that follows the success