HFT Chapter 2

This method of travel benefits hotels, car rental agencies, and cruise lines in addition to making international travel much easier.

Air travel;passengers traveling by air will frequently need to reserve hotels, rent a car, or may fly to a destination to partake in a cruise.

____________ make meeting planning easier by doing everything from airport greetings and transportation to the hotel, to sponsoring and organizing events.

DMCs (Destination Management Companies)Destination management companies are service organizations that provide a range of programs and services to meet clients' needs.

Tourism means many different things to different people and can be categorized by several factors. Which of the factors listed below is NOT considered one of the factors of tourism?

Ecotourism

Many countries have a minister of tourism, responsible for advocating for tourism development within the country. The United States does not have such a role; instead, the agency that is the main body for promoting tourism within the United States is ...

TIA; The responsibility for promoting tourism in the United States falls to the organization known as the Travel Industry of American.

_______________ take groups of people on trips that follow a pre-planned agenda, and the trips may last a day or several days.

Tour operators; tour operators conduct more than 500,000 tours annually, and these tours include a variety of packages designed to meet the needs of travelers

Many sites have been designated as World Heritage Sites by this organization.

UNESCOUNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizations) designates World Heritage Sites.

Tourism has become one of the world's most important sources of employment, and most of the new tourism jobs can be found in...

developing countries

Prime ecotourism locations include coral reefs, tropical rain forests, deserts, and...

glacier; glaciers are a prime location for ecotourism because of their remote location and vast surroundings.

Travel by bus, while not as popular as travel by air, does provide travelers with many of the amenities found on a plane and also provides the leisure traveler the opportunity to...

sit back, relax, and enjoy the scenery

Domestic tourism can be classified as ...

visits by inbound international visitors plus internal tourists