UNDERSTANDING TOURISMBY: THE JETSETTERS

Themes in Leisure ( 4LI003)

Valeria, Chancelle, Sofia, Amanda

• NATURE AND SCOPE OF TOURISM

• THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

• DISCIPLINES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO TOURISM.

Aims and Objectives:

TOURISM IS A MOVEMENT WHICH CUTS ACROSS CONVENTIONAL SECTORS IN

THE ECONOMY,SUCH US: ECONOMIC,SOCIAL,CULTURAL AND

ENVIRONMENTAL NATURE. TOURISM HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS MULTI-FACETED.

The Nature and scope of tourism

• Business Tourism • Convention Tourism • Culinary / Gastronomic Tourism • Cultural Heritage / Ethnic Tourism • Dark Tourism • Environmental / Eco-Tourism • Farm Tourism • Genealogy Tourism • Health / Spa Tourism • Religious Pilgrimage Tourism • Sex Tourism • Space Tourism • (as a logical extension of existing

incarnations of tourism)• Sports Tourism • Volunteer / Service-Based Tourism

Nature & Scope

Dark Tourism

Historical Development of Tourism

Babylon & Egypt: Festival, Spiritual

Ancient Greece: Sports, Recreation

Roman Empire: 300AD, Health, Military

Middle Ages: Religion, Pilgrimage

16th – 18th Century 19th Century 20th Century

Tourism: A Modern Synthesis, 4th Edition Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell pg.19

• RELIGION FESTIVE & CELEBRATION

• SPORTS EVENTS (OLYMPIC GAMES)

• PLEASURE TRAVELLING

• TRAVELLING BY THE SEA

• MILITARY (BUILD AND MAINTAIN EMPIRES)

Ancient Greece

Lickorish & Jenkins (1977)Four Stages

Prehistory Tourism Transport The Interwar

Period Tourism take-off

Tourism Take-Off

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‘TRAVEL AND TOURISM IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST INDUSTRIES… ’ ( W T T C S H A R E S T R AV E L T R E N D S .   2 0 1 4 . M A N A M A : A L B A WA B A ( M I D D L E E A S T LT D

2013- TRAVEL & TOURISM’S TOTAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY ROSE TO 9 .5% OF GLOBAL GDP - (US $7 TRILLION) .

GROWING FASTER THAN SECTORS IN FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS SERVICES, TRANSPORT & MANUFACTURING.

NEARLY 266 MILLION JOBS WERE SUPPORTED BY TRAVEL & TOURISM IN 2013 ( W W W. W T T C . O R G/ ~ / M E D I A / F I L E S / R E P O R T S / . . . /R E G I O N A L % 2 0 R E P O R T S / W O R L D 2 0 1 4 . A S)

‘ T O U R I S M I S C O N S TA N T LY E VO LV I N G A N D C H A N G I N G D U E T O I N N OVAT I O N I N T R A N SP O RT O R P R O D U C T S . ” ( A R M S T R O N G A N D W I L L I A M S 2 0 0 5 )

Tourism - 21st Century

The seven stages of tourist development

Butler (1980)

A graph of Butler’s resort life cycle model

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/tourism/tourism_uk_rev1.shtml

Tourism is multidisciplinary

 The World Travel and Tourism Council's (WTTC) 2014 Global Summit speakers included; business leaders, academics, politicians, environmentalists and journalists. WTTC shares travel

rends. 2014. Manama: Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd.

Source: Adapted from Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Study of Tourism: Choices of disciplin and approach.

Disciplines that contribute to the tourism.

Geography

Economics

Sociology Anthropology Ergonomics

Urban and regional planning

Where tourism develops and why

Economic impact of tourism

Element of people’s leisure time

The host-guest relationship

Activities which are safe for touristsPlanning and development of tourism

Leiper’s Model

ciromeworld.blogspot.com

References

http://www.academia.edu/2415708/Tourism_-_its_historical_development http://ieg-ego.eu/en/threads/europe-on-the-road/the-history-of-tourism http://www.slideshare.net/hillarypjenkins/tourism-history?related=1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/tourism/tourism_uk_rev1.shtml ciromeworld.blogspot.com Source: CAA/Mintel Tourism: A Modern Synthesis, 4th Edition Stephen J. Page and Joanne Connell pg.19 (WTTC shares travel trends. 2014. Manama: Al Bawaba (Middle East Ltd.) (INSTITUTE OF TOURISM ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL

EDUCATION-HTTP://FAMA2.US.ES:8080/TURISMO/TURISMONET1/ECONOMIA%20DEL%20TURISMO/POLITICA%20TURISTICA/TOURISM%20IN%20THE%20FACE%20OF%2021%20CENTURY%20CHALLENGES.PDF

(Tourism Principles and Practices, (Fletcher, Fyall, et al )pg.2.) .” ( ARMSTRONG AND WILLIAMS 2005) WTTC shares travel rends. 2014. Manama: Al Bawaba (Middle East) Ltd. Source: Adapted from Jafar Jafari, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Study of Tourism: Choices of disciplin

and approach Rebecca McGrath, Research Analyst http://academic.mintel.com/display/716344/

Q & A