iGCSE Travel & Tourism Paper 1 [Units
1-4] Notes 2024/2025 Exam All Answers
and Illustrations Given
Leisure Tourists - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tourists that visit for pleasure in their free
time and engage in leisure-related activities, paid with their own economic
resources.
As they are on HOLIDAY.
Leisure Tourists Examples - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Day trippers, Holiday takers,
Short break & overnight visitors.
Business Tourists - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔High spending tourists that travel for
attendance at conferences, sales trip & trade shows.
They usually make extensive use of premium air fares and luxury hotel
rooms.
Business Tourists Examples - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔MICE; Meetings, Incentives,
Conferences & Exhibitions.
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,Visiting Friends & Relatives - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Travelling for family
occasions such as funerals, weddings or birth.
Can be the purpose of leisure, holidays or recreation.
Sub-Sectors of the Travel & Tourism Industry - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tour
Operators, Travel Agents, Accommodation & Catering, Tourist Information
& Guiding Services, Attractions and Transportation.
Role of Travel Agents - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tourism Service Suppliers for
airlines, rail companies, hotels, etc.
The main role is to sell holidays, ancillary products, advise customers &
provide information
Role of Tour Operators - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They combine tour & travel
components to create a package holiday at a lower price than if
components are bought separately.
- combining a number of inter-related tourism products and services that
together offer a comprehensive experience for travellers.
Role of Accommodation Providers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They provide a variety
of accommodation types to suit a wide range of tourists
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, e.g. hotel, motel, holiday homes, guesthouse, hostel, holiday village, bed &
breakfast.
Role of Catering Outlets - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They satisfy a tourists' basic
needs in any specific destination or resort - food and beverage facilities that
provide regional & traditional menus.
Role of Transport Providers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They improve the transport
facilities & develop them to make the destination accessible to their
markets.Lack of accessibility can break a destination.
They either offer 3 modes of transport:
- Air; Airlines
- Water; Ferry Operators/Cruise Companies
- Land; Railway Companies/Coaches/Car Rentals
Role of Attractions - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They draw tourists' attention to a
destination by providing opportunities for relaxation, amusement,
entertainment and education.
Types:
Natural - landscape features, lakes, forests, mountains.
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1-4] Notes 2024/2025 Exam All Answers
and Illustrations Given
Leisure Tourists - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tourists that visit for pleasure in their free
time and engage in leisure-related activities, paid with their own economic
resources.
As they are on HOLIDAY.
Leisure Tourists Examples - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Day trippers, Holiday takers,
Short break & overnight visitors.
Business Tourists - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔High spending tourists that travel for
attendance at conferences, sales trip & trade shows.
They usually make extensive use of premium air fares and luxury hotel
rooms.
Business Tourists Examples - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔MICE; Meetings, Incentives,
Conferences & Exhibitions.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. 1
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,Visiting Friends & Relatives - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Travelling for family
occasions such as funerals, weddings or birth.
Can be the purpose of leisure, holidays or recreation.
Sub-Sectors of the Travel & Tourism Industry - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tour
Operators, Travel Agents, Accommodation & Catering, Tourist Information
& Guiding Services, Attractions and Transportation.
Role of Travel Agents - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Tourism Service Suppliers for
airlines, rail companies, hotels, etc.
The main role is to sell holidays, ancillary products, advise customers &
provide information
Role of Tour Operators - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They combine tour & travel
components to create a package holiday at a lower price than if
components are bought separately.
- combining a number of inter-related tourism products and services that
together offer a comprehensive experience for travellers.
Role of Accommodation Providers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They provide a variety
of accommodation types to suit a wide range of tourists
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, e.g. hotel, motel, holiday homes, guesthouse, hostel, holiday village, bed &
breakfast.
Role of Catering Outlets - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They satisfy a tourists' basic
needs in any specific destination or resort - food and beverage facilities that
provide regional & traditional menus.
Role of Transport Providers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They improve the transport
facilities & develop them to make the destination accessible to their
markets.Lack of accessibility can break a destination.
They either offer 3 modes of transport:
- Air; Airlines
- Water; Ferry Operators/Cruise Companies
- Land; Railway Companies/Coaches/Car Rentals
Role of Attractions - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔They draw tourists' attention to a
destination by providing opportunities for relaxation, amusement,
entertainment and education.
Types:
Natural - landscape features, lakes, forests, mountains.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. 3
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
