1. Explain the relationship of tourism and hospitality.

The tourism industry supports the hospitality industry and depends on it for better service. Most
significant services are under the jurisdiction of the hospitality industry, which also provides the
lodging, transportation, leisure activities, and food and drink that make travel enjoyable. The
practice of traveling to various locations with the intention of engaging in leisure activities is known
as the tourism industry. While visitors partake in activities, the hospitality sector complements
tourism by ensuring safety. Although it is clear that the tourism industry depends on the hospitality
industry for both domestic and international travel, the two sectors complement one another
because the tourism industry sets up the peace of mind for travellers.

2. Discuss the components of tourism and hospitality industry

I. Food and Beverages Component – This component is composed of establishments basically

engaged in preparing meals, snacks and beverages for prompt consumption on and off the premises.
– An example of this is a restaurant as part of the hotel services, it can help enhance an excellent
customer experience especially when on tour or for vacation.

II. Travel and Tourism Component

This component focuses on services that are related to people on journey. Transportation services
include a few options for rides such as buses, cabs, planes, ships, trains and others are all part of the
travel industry. Tourism’s major purpose is to encourage people to travel in different places, either
for business or leisure. A. Leisure Travel – it is when a person spends money on lodging, food, and
recreation while taking a vacation trip. B. Business Travel – is when a person travels for work and
spends money on lodging and food. Some people also spend on recreation while on a business trip.

III. Lodging Component

This component focuses on accommodation for a period or a place to sleep for one or more nights.
Fancy hotels, youth hostels, elder hostels, campgrounds, motels and other businesses that provide a
place for people to sleep overnight are all part of the lodging industry. i. Lodging Businesses:

Markets to other market segments such as business travelers, leisure travelers, long-stay travelers,
budget travelers, and special travelers like people working with the government, airlines, and
military.

IV. Recreation and Entertainment Component

This component consists of any activity that people do for rest, relaxation, and enjoyment. The goal
of recreation is to refresh a person’s body and mind from the tiredness they must have felt when
traveling. As for any business that provides activities for rest, relaxation and enjoyment, to refresh a
person’s body and mind is in the recreation business. i. Entertainment Businesses – It provides
shows such as movies or theater, attractions which are places of special interest of visit such as zoos
and museums, spectator sports and participatory sports are all parts of the recreation business.

V. Transportation

This component makes it possible for people to travel from one to another. There are many ways to
do this, from the primitive and simple to the modern and complex involves modes and means of
transport and travel infrastructure like ports and airports.

VI. Travel Agencies and Tour Operators

These are modern additions to the travel and tourism world. Both have become important in the
survival of many businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry. A. Travel Agencies – they provide
various travel destinations, advise people of available holiday packages that will suit their budget
and taste and chart their travel plan. They would generally sell the travel associated products like
currency exchange, car rentals, insurance etc. B. Tour Operators – they are the wholesale operators
who operate tours only through retail travel agencies or they may be direct sell operators who
market their product directly to the public.

3.Define tourism and hospitality

-Tourism consists of activities for travellers and processes of spending time away from home for
relaxation and pleasure. This may be for leisure, business, or other purposes.

-Hospitality is the quality of receiving and treating guests or tourists in a warm, friendly, and
generous way. It is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host entertains the
guests, including the reception and serving of visitors or strangers.

4.Differentiate tourism from excursionists

A tourist is someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business, whileexcursionists is a person
who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist.

Tourist: A person coming to a certain country for legitimate reasons other thanimmigration and who
stays at least 24 hours and at most 6 months during thesame year.

Excursionist: Is any person visiting a country other than his residence andremaining less than 24
hours. Excursionist don’t stay long on a certain place.

5. Various element of travel used as criteria as difining travelers and/or tourist

DISTANCE

A measure that has been used to distinguish travel away from home is the distance traveled on a
trip. A trip is defined as “each time a persons goes to a place3 at least 100 miles away from home
returns.” Travelers on this basis are individuals who travel at least 100 miles in one direction from
home. This definition may be applied in measuring travel by the residents of a country

LENGTH OF STAY

Tourists are temporarily visitors who make at least one overnight stay while exercunists are
temporary visitors who do not stay overnight in the country that they visit.

RESIDENCE OF THE TRAVELER

The residence or origin of the traveler is the third basic element of travel. For business and research
purposes, it is important to know where people live.

PURPOSE OF TRAVEL

The fourth basic element is the purpose of travel. It can be divided into seven;

1. Visiting friends and relatives.

2. Conventions, seminars and meetings

3. Business

4. Odor recreation- hunting, fishing, boating and camping.

5. Entertainment- sightseeing, theater, sports

6. Personal, family-medical, funeral, wedding

7. Others

6. Explain the nature of tour

- responsible travel to natural areas, which conserves the environment and improves the welfare of
local people. It is tourism based on the natural attractions of an area. Examples include
birdwatching, photography, stargazing, camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, and visiting parks.

7. Describe the characteristic of tourist product and tourist a destination

-Tourism Product is defined as the combination of tangible and intangible elements, such as natural,
cultural, and man-made resources, attractions, facilities, services, and activities centered on a
specific point of interest that serves as the core of the destination marketing mix and creates an
overall visitor experience that includes emotional aspects for potential customers. And Tourist
Destination. The common characteristics of tourist destinations are attraction, comfort, and
accessibility, a specific area with certain tourism resources, facilities, and transportation conditions,
which can attract a certain number of tourists to carry out tourism activities.
8. Compare the tourism and hospitality in other industries

Tourism and hospitality differ from other businesses in the following ways: While other products
made in a factory are sent to wholesalers and retailers, they are not brought to the consumer. II.
Since the products of tourism and hospitality are inexhaustible, they rarely deplete a nation’s natural
resources, in contrast to other industries that have finite resources. III. Compared to other
industries, tourism is a labor-intensive sector that needs more manpower.

IV. Rather than concentrating on an actual product, they are people-oriented. V. The tourism sector
is cyclical. There can be more or fewer travelers at some locations than others. VI. Both fields are
evolving. For the enjoyment of both staff and visitors, it includes a variety of activities. VII.
Multifaceted phenomenon It includes people’s travel to and lodging in locations outside of their