HRTM 110 Midterm Questions with
complete solution
tourism - correct answer compromises activities of people traveling to and
staying in places outside their usual environment
tourist - correct answer a person who stays for more than one night and less
than one year
visitor - correct answer people who visit a country ther than where they reside
for not more than one year
excursionist - correct answer people who travel to a site and return the same
day
First Age of Tourism: Pre-Industrial Revolution - correct answer phoenicians
were the first travelers
trade was their motivation
romans traveled too *military
Second Age of Tourism: Railway Age - correct answer first railroad in US built
in 1830
1869- transcontinental travel (coast to coast)
Third Age of Tourism: Automobile Travel - correct answer production began
in 1891
200 million cars registered
, Fourth Age of of Tourism: Air Travel - correct answer 1903- Write Brothers
made first flight
first US scheduled air service was in 1915
free market of competition
*JET travel made traveling to foreign locations made it available,
deregulations made it affordable
dregulation - correct answer competition went up and priced went down
Fifth Age of Tourism: Cruise Ships - correct answer a floating resort,
increased 100% from 1970 to 2000
most cruise ships sail under foreign flags
*TV show: the Love Boat sparked the cruielines
Sixth Age of Tourism: Space - correct answer *Denise Titos: first guy to go to
space
soon deregulated
World Tourism Organization (WTO) - correct answer economic studies and
stats
International Air Transportation Association (IATA) - correct answer provides
commisions to travel agensts
bank account- IATA #
United States Travel and Tourism Administration (USTTA) - correct answer
create awreness of the US around the world
advertise the state, state tourism offices
complete solution
tourism - correct answer compromises activities of people traveling to and
staying in places outside their usual environment
tourist - correct answer a person who stays for more than one night and less
than one year
visitor - correct answer people who visit a country ther than where they reside
for not more than one year
excursionist - correct answer people who travel to a site and return the same
day
First Age of Tourism: Pre-Industrial Revolution - correct answer phoenicians
were the first travelers
trade was their motivation
romans traveled too *military
Second Age of Tourism: Railway Age - correct answer first railroad in US built
in 1830
1869- transcontinental travel (coast to coast)
Third Age of Tourism: Automobile Travel - correct answer production began
in 1891
200 million cars registered
, Fourth Age of of Tourism: Air Travel - correct answer 1903- Write Brothers
made first flight
first US scheduled air service was in 1915
free market of competition
*JET travel made traveling to foreign locations made it available,
deregulations made it affordable
dregulation - correct answer competition went up and priced went down
Fifth Age of Tourism: Cruise Ships - correct answer a floating resort,
increased 100% from 1970 to 2000
most cruise ships sail under foreign flags
*TV show: the Love Boat sparked the cruielines
Sixth Age of Tourism: Space - correct answer *Denise Titos: first guy to go to
space
soon deregulated
World Tourism Organization (WTO) - correct answer economic studies and
stats
International Air Transportation Association (IATA) - correct answer provides
commisions to travel agensts
bank account- IATA #
United States Travel and Tourism Administration (USTTA) - correct answer
create awreness of the US around the world
advertise the state, state tourism offices
