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Contemporary TourismSystem

Baikuntha Prasad Acharyabaikunthaprasad@gmail.com

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The tourism system is like a spiders web Touchone part of it and reverberations will be feltthroughout

- Mill & Morrison (1985: xix)

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CHANGE is another big component of tourism system;

Changes that influence:

Transportation, Visa, Forex Rate, Political Condition

etc.

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Tourist Reviewed

Key words:

Voluntary

Temporary

MobilityNotTourist:

Refugees

Trafficked Migrant

Involuntary

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1. Time:

Less than overnight

staya day drifter,

tripper &

excursionist/ More

than 12 months a

Migrant2. Space (Distance):

Localized leisure &

Commuting

3. Boundary Crossing:

Domestic, Regional

& InternationalTourist

4. Purpose of Travel:

Military & Diplomat:

not Tourist

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Generating

Region

(Residence of the

Tourist)

Destination

(The Temporary

Residence)

TRANSIT ROUTE

Return Home

Travel to Destination

The Environment

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Service Dimension of Tourism

Tourism as a service is produced with an agreement &cooperation of the consumer

Consu

mer

Tourism

Agree

ment

Co

operation

Service

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Consumption Production

Experience

Product

Locating tourism experience & tourism product

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5 Stages with different psychological elements:

1. Decision to Travel

2. Travel to Destination

3. Activities at Destination

4. Travel from Destination

5. Recollection of the Trip & Destination uponReturn to Permanent Residence

Consumption of Tourism

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1. The Trip Product

2. The Destination Product

3. The Tourism Business Product

4. The Service Product

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The Tourism Product System

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1. Income

2. Time

3. Political Rights

4. Health

5. Information &

Education

6. Safety & Security

7. Family

8. Legislated Holiday

9. Work

10. Location

11. Gender

12. Culture

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Thank you !

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1. Define the terminologies Tourism & Hospitality

as you have understood after the session.

2. List at least five attributes that you can be

hospitable in tourism.

3. What are the five stages of a trip in relation to thetourism system? Discuss how the different stages of

a trip might lead to different psychological

dimensions of tourism.4. Recall the four different characteristics that help

define and hence study tourism activity.