WEEK 1

TOPIC : TOURISM : RE-DEFINED

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. To review the basic concepts in travel and tourism.

2. To determine the travel essentials needed in the delivery
of travel products and services.
3. To be able to classify the different flight types.
4. To know the other travel essentials especially in hotels and
tours.

ITTM 211:
COURSE: INTRODUCTION TO TRAVEL AND
TOUR MANAGEMENT
Academic facilitator: CHIM Academic
Community
 GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What is tourism? What is the difference between
travel and tourism?
2. What are the essential elements in travel?
3. What are the essential elements in air, land, or sea
transport?
4. What are the essential elements in
accommodations?
5. What are the essential elements in tours?
 DEFINITION OF TOURISM
Goeldner and Ritchie (2006): Tourism may be defined as the
process, activities, and outcomes arising from the relationships
and the interactions among tourists, tourism suppliers, host
governments, and surrounding environments that are involved
in the hosting of visitors.
Weaver and Leaton (2006): Tourism is the sum of processes,
host communities, origin governments, universities, community
colleges and nongovernmental organizations in the process of
attracting, transporting, hosting, and managing tourists and
other visitors.
Kelly and Nankervis (2001): The tourism industry is a full
range of commercial and noncommercial activities
dedicated to encouraging, facilitating, and responding to
the demands of the tourists.
DEFINITION OF TOURISM
FORMS OF TOURISM
Tourism can be categorized based on the area or destination visited. International
tourism is a form of tourism involving the travel from one country to another. This
type of tourism can be described either as outbound or inbound depending on the
perspective of the person.
• Outbound tourism – visits by residents of a country to another country. Travel
involving people from a country that go or travel to other countries or places.
• Inbound tourism – visits to a country by nonresidents. Travel of people from another
country or places that are received by a host country.
• Domestic tourism – visits by residents of a country within their own country.
• Internal tourism – visits by residents and nonresidents within a country (domestic
plus inbound tourism).
•
National tourism – domestic tourism plus outbound tourism; the totality of tourist
traffic that involves citizens or residents of a country.
 The UNWTO classifies visitors into tourists or
excursionists:

• Overnight visitors or
tourists – visitors who stay
at least one night in a
collective or private
accommodation in the
place or country visited.
• Same-day visitors or
excursionists – visitors who
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Flight Types
Non-stop Flight - A flight between two
points with no intermediate stops and
the same flight number and aircraft.
Direct Flight - A flight with
intermediate stop(s) and the same flight
number and aircraft.
Connecting Flight - A flight with
intermediate stop(s) and a change of
flight number and aircraft.
Change of Equipment/Gauge -
A connecting flight and the same flight
number, but with a change of
aircraft.
TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Flight Itineraries
One-way

MNL CEB

Round-trip

MNL CEB

Open-jaw
MNL CEB

TAG
Circle

MNL CEB

TAG
 TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Service Classes

Business Air - travel by a class superior

to economy but lower than first class
service.
 TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Service Classes

Economy - The least expensive class of

service offered by airlines with the
least
frills and inclusions and the most
restrictions.
 TRAVEL ESSENTIALS : AIRLINES
Service Classes

First -The highest and most expensive

level of service offered with the most
inclusions and the least restrictions.
 OTHER TERMINOLOGIES
Airline Code The two alphanumeric abbreviation of air carriers used by travel
agents and tour operators all over the world (PR – Philippine Airlines, 5J – Cebu
Pacific, etc.)
Airport Code The three-letter unique code that distinguishes an airport from
another. Most of the time, airport codes are the same as city codes but in cities
with multiple airports, this does not apply.
Electronic Ticket Transaction receipt that provides proof that one’s air ticket is
stored in the airline’s database, which can be availed of upon presentation of
proof of identity.
ETD/ETA The estimated time of departures/arrivals of various transportation
services.
Flight A scheduled air service identified by a flight number.
Flight Frequency The number of flights between two specified sectors, or
specified period of time.
 OTHER TERMINOLOGIES
Flight Number A combination of the airline code plus numeric designation of
flights.
Gateway First point of arrival/last point of departure in a country/area
Leg A portion of a flight between any two consecutive scheduled trips.
Open Ticket An airline ticket, which does not specify when a service is to be
performed, which makes the passenger responsible for securing
reservation at a later date.
Passport An official document issued by a competent public authority to
nationals or to residents of the issuing country.
Point of Turnaround Farthest geographical fare break (between two fare
components) from the pricing unit origin.
Visa A permit or authorization stamped on the passport allowing the holder to
enter a country other than their usual place of residence.