The document discusses the 5 components of tourism management known as the 5A's of tourism: attractions, accessibility, accommodation, activities, and amenities. Attractions refer to places that are visited for their natural, cultural, or historical value. Accessibility involves the transportation options like roads, rail, water, and air that provide tourists access to destinations. Accommodation refers to the hotels, lodges, and other places tourists can stay. Activities include things tourists can do at a place or attraction like nature walks or boating. Amenities are the basic services and facilities at tourist destinations that meet tourists' needs while away from home.
2. Components of tourism (5A’s of tourism)
1. Attractions
2. Accessibility
3. Accomodation
4. Activities
5. Amenities
3. Attractions
When a place is visited for its intrinsic or exhibit
innate or cultural value, historical importance,
natural or built splendor, offering leisure,
adventure and amusement, it becomes a tourist
attraction
● Natural attractions
● SocCultural attractions
● Built attractions
4. Acessibilty
Travel or transport is one of the major component
of tourism
Tourist gets access to destination by:
● road
● Rail
● Water
● Air
5. Accomodation
Tourists who leave their place of residence need
to stay in hotels, lodges, resorts and other type
of rest houses which in tourism studies are
called as accomodation
6. Activities
It includes activities which a place or
attraction holds such as nature walks,
history & architecture, boating, views,
health, etc.
7. Amenities
Amenities or facilities refers to
aspects such as basic services at
tourist destinations that are
required to meet the needs of
tourists whilethey are away from
home
● Natural
● Manmade
