HFT 1000 Exam 1 (100% Errorless)

convention & visitor bureaus (CVBs) correct answers showcase of a city's offerings - attract visitors w/ representatives of attractions, hotels, food, & transportation hub & spoke system correct answers transportation teamwork that maximizes sales- connecting flights and transportation from one small city to another smaller one interdependency correct answers all branches of hospitality rely on each other - lodging, food, transportation, & recreation multiplier effect correct answers like an investment- chain reaction that helps the local economy by recycling money Tourism correct answers accommodating the activities of people traveling w/ lodging, food, transportation, & rec activities - worlds largest industry and 2nd largest employer, 11.2% of World GDP, 4% annual growth driving forces for growth correct answers opening of borders, reasonably priced airfare, 2 income earners, demographic trends, educated travelers United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) correct answers leading intl organization promoting development of responsible & sustainable tourism while contributing to the economy, respect, & peace inbound intl tourism correct answers nonresidents coming in outbound intl tourism correct answers residents going out internal tourism correct answers residents staying in domestic tourism correct answers inbound & internal national tourism correct answers internal & outbound economic impact of tourism correct answers increased employment, international profit, tax revenues, cultural awareness, peace, $7.6 TRILLION, $100 BILLION in tax receipts 2 international organizations influencing economic impact correct answers United Nations World Trade Org. (UNWTO) & World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) positive impacts of tourism correct answers boosts local economy, employment, keeps culture negative impacts of tourism correct answers overcrowding, pollution methods of travel correct answers train, car, bus, air, boat