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Often seen as a measure of time, and usually means the time left over after work, sleep, household chores and personal obligations have been completed. Leisure Time Variety of activities to be undertaken during leisure time. Recreation A space or location that includes particular attractions and configurations of vacation resorts, infrastructure to support. Local Scale The activities of a person traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for more than 24 hours and less that one year, consecutively. Tourism The spatial interaction happening between components of the tourist system Tourism Flow Those who do not travel or are not traveling now Suppressed Demand Distribution of major climate zones, ecosystems, air and shipping routes, patterns of migration. Global/International Scale Economic factors, population factors and political influences World View of Tourism Demand A space of a country, no matter its size, and its transport networks, tourist regions, and population distributions. National Scale Tourist-generating area, tourist-receiving areas, transit routes, and external issues Tourist System Needed change in tourist behaviors to help in offsetting carbon footprint Global Climate Change Lifestyle, employment, paid vacation entitlement, social status/choice of lifestyle, life cycle determinants, other personal factors Personal View of Tourism Demand A space where assessment of tourism resources are in part of a country. Regional Scale According to the UN World Tourism Organization, the aim of tourism is to: Improve Quality of Life Simple curiosity to experience the strange and/or unfamiliar Wanderlust Codes of conduct, accreditation and certification, licensing and best practice dissemination are all part of: Principles of sustainable development planning Benefits of tourism planning include a basis in sound research, involvement of the local community, a holistic approach, and: implementation by the public sector in partnership with the private sector Main characteristics of tourism resources include all but one of these. Which one is not a characteristic? include only those man-made resources Types of carrying capacity include: physical environmental psychological social economic Carrying capacity is defined as the maximum number who can use a site without unacceptable deterioration in the physical environment and without an unacceptable decline in the quality of experience gained by visitors. True Global tourism resources include both land and water resources, with land encompassing about 71% of the globe and water having the remaining 29%. False When attracting tourist to a national destination, there is a need for at least one attraction, a Unique Selling Proposition (USP) that draws people. True Tourist resources at the local scale will require not only attractions, but infrastructure/support facilities to accommodate the tourists. True The tourism life cycle includes exploration, involvement, development, consolidation, stagnation, decline, bankruptcy and rejuvenation. False The element of climate that has the greatest influence on tourist activity Temperature Latitude, distribution of land and sea, and relief/altitude Determines Climate Important at the beach and how much UV light is reflected from the water and sand Sunshine Influenced by their direction and strength by Earth's rotation, by topography and the gradient between high and low pressure Winds Rain, hail, sleet, snow; season and intensity/duration Precipitation Places differ from one another and there is a desire to travel and in the other the ability to satisfy that desire Complimentary Interaction between competing attractions where one place is closer than the other desired location and therefore is the one traveled to Intervening Opportunity The cost of overcoming the distance between two places in time, effort and money. Transferability Costs that are borne by the community Social and Environmental Operators pass this on to customers as fares Private Costs Offering low fares for travel in off-peak to increase traffic Differential Pricing A series of links and nodes; once established, the place becomes accessible Network In Greenwich, England, the Prime Meridian measures 0 degrees of longitude. Following this same line of longitude around the world, the line of 180 degrees marks the International Date Line World patterns of air routes can utilize The Great Circle Route A bilateral agreement between pairs of countries that define 5 freedoms of the air Chicago Convention of 1944 Which of these in NOT defined as a reason why transport is important for tourism? Climate Which of these is NOT an advantage of traveling by air? Door to Door Flexibility Deregulation has favored the development of 'budget' or low cost air carriers. True In pre-COVID times, cruising is a major part of the water-borne tourism industry. True Road transport is: constrained by national boundaries offers door-to-door flexibility holds various numbers of passengers Choose the best 5 reasons why Europe is pre-eminent in the the world's tourism system: Significant climatic differences north to south Most countries have adopted a single currency, facilitating tourism Europe comprises many relatively small countries in close proximity, making it relatively easy to do short international trips. The infrastructure is of mature and high standard, with good standards of service Europe contains a rich mosaic of languages, cultural resources and tourist attractions of high caliber Demographic trends that affect tourism include a decreasing number of marriages, marrying later in life, and diversity in lifestyles and living arrangements. True