BTEC Travel and Tourism
ABTA - answerAssociation of British Travel Agents.
VFR - answerVisiting friends and relatives.
What is dark tourism? - answerTourism that involves visiting a place that is associated
with death and suffering.
CAA - answerCivil Aviation Authority.
Specialist travel examples - answerHealth tourism
Sport tourism
Dark tourism
Cultural tourism
Historical tourism
Horizontal integration - answerWhen a company merges with another in the same field
as them. For example two airlines merging.
Types of tourism - answerDomestic tourism - Taking holidays and trips in your own
country.
Outbound tourism - Travelling to a different country for a holiday or trip.
Inbound tourism - Visitors from overseas coming into the country.
AITO - answerAssociation of Independent Tour Operators.
Sustainable tourism - answerTourism that conserves primary tourist resources and
supports the livelihoods and culture of local people.
Principles of sustainable tourism - answerTourism attempting to make as low an impact
as possible, while helping to generate future employment for local people.
GDP - answerGross Domestic Product
Types of employment - answerDirect - A company hiring staff that they need directly eg.
a festival hiring stage managers.
Indirect - A company hiring someone indirectly eg. a travel agent using a holiday
insurance company.
ABTA - answerAssociation of British Travel Agents.
VFR - answerVisiting friends and relatives.
What is dark tourism? - answerTourism that involves visiting a place that is associated
with death and suffering.
CAA - answerCivil Aviation Authority.
Specialist travel examples - answerHealth tourism
Sport tourism
Dark tourism
Cultural tourism
Historical tourism
Horizontal integration - answerWhen a company merges with another in the same field
as them. For example two airlines merging.
Types of tourism - answerDomestic tourism - Taking holidays and trips in your own
country.
Outbound tourism - Travelling to a different country for a holiday or trip.
Inbound tourism - Visitors from overseas coming into the country.
AITO - answerAssociation of Independent Tour Operators.
Sustainable tourism - answerTourism that conserves primary tourist resources and
supports the livelihoods and culture of local people.
Principles of sustainable tourism - answerTourism attempting to make as low an impact
as possible, while helping to generate future employment for local people.
GDP - answerGross Domestic Product
Types of employment - answerDirect - A company hiring staff that they need directly eg.
a festival hiring stage managers.
Indirect - A company hiring someone indirectly eg. a travel agent using a holiday
insurance company.
