Tourism

System
Lesson 2
 Domestic Tourist
• Tourism of Resident Visitors within the economic
territory of the country of reference
National
Tourism

Tourism of Resident
Visitors within and
outside the
economic territory of
the country of
reference
International
Tourism
• INTERNATIONAL
TOURIST
INDUSTRY – sum of
the domestic
activities that directly
support the
consumption of
goods and services
of foreign tourist in
the country
 INBOUND
Tourist

• Tourism of Non
Resident visitors
within the economic
territory of the
country of reference.
 OUTBOUND
Tourist
• Tourism of Resident
visitors within the
economic territory of the
country of reference.
 Excursionist

• Persons travelling for

pleasure in a period of
less than 24hrs.
(Macintosh and Goeldner
1986)
 Travel
The act of moving outside one’s home community
for business or pleasure but not for commuting to or
from school. (Macintosh and Goeldner 1986)
 VISITOR
Any person visiting a
country other than I which
he has his usual place of
residence for any reason
other than following an
occupation remunerated
from within the country
visited. (United Nations Conference
on International Travel and Tourism
1963)
 FOREIGN
TOURIST

Any person visiting a

country, other than
that in which he/she
usually resides, for a
period of at least 24
hrs.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS
Tourism Characteristics Industry
- a group of establishment whose
principle productive activity in a tourism
characteristic activity.
Tourism Characteristics Activity
- those productive activities whose
principal output is characteristic of
tourism.
 TOURISM SYSTEM
Traveler Generating Regions (TGRs)
- are the places where trips begin.
Transit Routes (TRs)
- intermediate zone where the principal travel
activity of tourism occurs.
Tourist Destination regions (TDRs)
- places where a person chooses to stay a while
in order to experience some feature or
characteristics.
Environments: Human, socio-cultural economical,
technological, physical, legal, etc.