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222417
Level 3 year 2
UNIT 14: Specialist Tourism
P1: describe the types and providers of specialist tourism
Introduction
SIT (special interest tourism) - this type of tourist go on a holiday for a really specify reason.
The tour operator books holidays for the customer that want to go to a destination for
trekking, photography, cooking or any other activity.
Arches holidays who is an independent online/ call centre tour operator who plan holidays
for their customers who want to go holidays for a specific reason. They offer plenty
destinations which the customers can choose from. Such as Asia, North, Central and South
America, Caribbean, Europe and many other different destinations around the world.
Headwater is another online tour operator who are based online but also have a call centre.
They plan itinerary and also include accommodation for their customer. They also give their
customers maps so that it will be easier for them to find places and what activity they will be
doing.
Cultural tourism- this type of tourism is when people travel to a different country to
experience and learn about their cultural. The tourist sometimes stay with the locals in
order to gain more knowledge about their lifestyles and how they used to live in the past.
ACE cultural tours area integrated tour operators which is owned by the ACE foundation,
who are specialised in cultural tourism. They cover most of the cultural things that people
would want to see such as history, art, archaeology and much more. They sometimes they
also offer tours where people are able to go to places they might not be allowed to go, there
tours are private tours and the tourists would have to pay extra in order to see and learn
about this. They have an office where people can come and book or they can do the booking
online as well.
According to the results of the Tourism and Culture Survey in the year 2015 by UNWTO, the
growth of arrivals increased for cultural tourist arrivals are growing steadily compared to
overall international arrivals by 40%. As per solimar internationals 81% of the US tourists
come for cultural tourism. 80% of the tourists that visit London says that their only reason to
visit it here is because if the heritage and culture, with 40 million visits to these cultural sites
and 7.3 billion spent by them According to a report by cultural tourism vision for London in
the year 2015.
http://www2.unwto.org/webform/survey-big-data-and-cultural-tourism
222417
Level 3 year 2
UNIT 14: Specialist Tourism
P1: describe the types and providers of specialist tourism
Introduction
SIT (special interest tourism) - this type of tourist go on a holiday for a really specify reason.
The tour operator books holidays for the customer that want to go to a destination for
trekking, photography, cooking or any other activity.
Arches holidays who is an independent online/ call centre tour operator who plan holidays
for their customers who want to go holidays for a specific reason. They offer plenty
destinations which the customers can choose from. Such as Asia, North, Central and South
America, Caribbean, Europe and many other different destinations around the world.
Headwater is another online tour operator who are based online but also have a call centre.
They plan itinerary and also include accommodation for their customer. They also give their
customers maps so that it will be easier for them to find places and what activity they will be
doing.
Cultural tourism- this type of tourism is when people travel to a different country to
experience and learn about their cultural. The tourist sometimes stay with the locals in
order to gain more knowledge about their lifestyles and how they used to live in the past.
ACE cultural tours area integrated tour operators which is owned by the ACE foundation,
who are specialised in cultural tourism. They cover most of the cultural things that people
would want to see such as history, art, archaeology and much more. They sometimes they
also offer tours where people are able to go to places they might not be allowed to go, there
tours are private tours and the tourists would have to pay extra in order to see and learn
about this. They have an office where people can come and book or they can do the booking
online as well.
According to the results of the Tourism and Culture Survey in the year 2015 by UNWTO, the
growth of arrivals increased for cultural tourist arrivals are growing steadily compared to
overall international arrivals by 40%. As per solimar internationals 81% of the US tourists
come for cultural tourism. 80% of the tourists that visit London says that their only reason to
visit it here is because if the heritage and culture, with 40 million visits to these cultural sites
and 7.3 billion spent by them According to a report by cultural tourism vision for London in
the year 2015.
http://www2.unwto.org/webform/survey-big-data-and-cultural-tourism
