Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveler's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only”

Classification:

1. Depending on the purpose of travel

this is one of the most used classifications; is to identify tourism as the main reason for the trip or the purpose of the visit, to a certain destination .de according to this criterion, tourism can be classified into three broad categories, which in turn are divided into a whole range of types.

these categories are as follows:

a) conventional tourism or holiday type

b) specialized tourism

c) tourism affinity or common interest

2. According to the form of travel

in this case, tourism, regardless of the type of arrangement made by the tourist to make the trip, can be classified as:

a) Individual tourism

b) group tourism

3. Depending on the type of trip

in the way they have made travel arrangements, tourism can be classified into:

a) independent tourism.

b) organized tourism or fully understood.

4. according to the type of operation

the companies that integrate the said travel industry to better identify the field of tourism businesses, classified as:

a) inbound tourism

b) tourism emissive

5. according to stay in the destination

according to the duration of the stay tourist destination, it can be classified:

a) Itinerant tourism

b) Residential tourism, or stay

Other ways of classifying tourism

Tourism can be identified otherwise to identify the different forms that it can take in society.

a) Mass tourism

b) Selective tourism

c) popular tourism

d) Social tourism

e) Alternative tourism

Types:

·       By produt:

·       Mass tourism

·       Alternative tourism

·       By nature of the activity

·       Active

·       Passive

·       Location Preference

·       Coastal

·       Rural

·       City

·       Lakes

·       Mountains

·       Duration of trip

·       Day

·       Weekend

·       Annual

·       By purpose

Business and pleasure

·       Cultura

·       History

·       Nature

·       Farm

·       Health

·       Family

·       Recreation

Vocabulary

accomodation	alojamiento
admission fee	costo de la entrada
brochure	folleto
camping site, campsite	sitio para acampar
car rental (US)	alquiler de autos
car hire (GB)	alquiler de autos
car park (GB)	estacionamiento
caravan	casa rodante, rulot, caravana
city centre (GB)	centro de la ciudad
cruise	crucero
double room	habitación doble
double room with twin beds	habitación doble con dos camas
downtown (US)	centro de la ciudad
flight	vuelo
fortnight	quincena
guesthouse	casa de huéspedes, pensión
guide	guía
high season	temporada alta
hiking trail	sendero de caminata
holidays (GB)	vacaciones
holidaymaker	veraneante, turista
hostel	hostal
hotel	hotel
hotel chain	cadena de hoteles
inn	posada
low season	temporada baja
motor-home	casa rodante
one-way ticket (US)	viaje de ida
package deal	paquete
parking lot (US)	estacionamiento
resort	lugar de vacaciones
return ticket (GB)	viaje de ida y vuelta
round ticket (US)	viaje de ida y vuelta
season	temporada
sightseeing tour	visita con guía
single ticket (GB)	viaje de ida
single room	habitación simple
sightseer	turista, excursionista
ski resort	estación de esquí
sun lotion	bronceador
sunglasses	gafas de sol
sunblock	filtro solar
sunburn	quemadura de sol
theme park	parque de diversiones
time-sharing	tiempo compartido
tour operator	empresa de viajes
tourist office	oficina de turismo
travel agency	agencia de viajes
travel agent	agente de viajes
vacation (US)	vacaciones
voyage	viaje (en barco o nave espacial)
waiting list	lista de espera
youth hostel	albergue juvenil
to book	reservar
to confirm	confirmar
to drive	conducir
to fly	volar
to go on holiday (GB) / vacation (US)	irse de vacaciones
to go abroad	irse al extranjero
to go camping	ir de camping
to go climbing	ir a escalar
to go hiking	ir a dar una caminata
to go mountaineering	hacer alpinismo
to go sightseeing	visitar lugares de interés
to go skiing	ir a esquiar
to go swimming	ir a nadar
to go to the beach	ir a la playa
to have a good time	pasarlo bien
to have a bad time	pasarlo mal
to make a reservation	reservar
to hold a reservation	mantener una reserva
to plan	organizar
to rent a car	alquilar un auto
to stay	permanecer
to sunbathe	tomar sol
to take a holiday (GB) / vacation (US)	tomarse vacaciones
to take a photograph	tomar una fotografía
to travel	viajar

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Tourist: A tourist is a person who moves from their usual environment to another 
geographic location, being absent from their usual place of more than 24 hours residence and performing overnight in the other geographic point

Types:

1.     ACCORDING TO OFFSET

·       National Tourism

·       International Tourism

2.     TO THE ORIGIN OF THE CURRENT

·       Recreational Tourism

·       Outbound Tourism

3.     ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENT OF THE TRIP

·       by Health Tourism

·       Placer Tourism

·       Religious Tourism

·       Commercial Tourism

·       Cultural Historical Tourism

4.     ACCORDING TO THE FORM OF TRAVEL

·       Independent Tourism

·       Organized Tourism

·       Tourism Group

5.     AGREE TO STAY IN PLACE TARGET

·       Itinerant Tourism

·       Stay Tourism

6.     SPENDING TO THE TOURIST

·       Luxury Tourism

·       Middle Tourism

·       Popular Tourism

·       Subsidised Tourism

7.     ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF AGREEMENT

·       high

·       Middle

·       Low

·       Protected

Travel: Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.

Transport: is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important because it enables trade between persons, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Types: 

·       AIR TRANSPORT: Air transport or airfreight service is moved from one place to another passenger or cargo aircraft using, for profit.

·       GROUND TRANSPORTATION: Ground transportation is one whose networks extend from the surface of the earth. Their axes are visible, because they are formed by a previously constructed infrastructure along which goods and people.

·       AQUATIC TRANSPORT: Shipping is the action of bringing people (passengers) or things (solid or liquid loads) by sea from one geographical location to another on board a ship with a view to profit.

Accommodation It is the action and effect of host or stay (host, aposentar, put one thing into another). The most common use of the term is linked to the place where people spend the night or camp, usually in the middle of a trip or vacation. Hotels, lodges and inns are types of accommodation

Classification:

·        LUXURY

·        FIRST CLASS

·        TOURIST CLASS

·        ECONOMIC CLASS

Catering institutional food service or collective power that provides a certain amount of food and drink at parties, events and performances of various kinds.

Classification:

·       Catering appetizer: This service lasts 15 to 30 minutes. a calculation is made of two bites per person

·       salty and sweet.

·       Catering reception: It lasts about three hours and frequently performed at 20 hours. They are calculated from eighteen to twenty snacks per person; of which 2/3 is salty and sweet 1/3.

·       Catering cocktail: The estimated time is 11 to embodiment 13 or 19 to 21 hours. They are calculated from fifteen to twenty bites per person; 1/3 2/3