This document discusses cultural diversity and its relationship to tourism. It begins by defining culture and discussing the material and non-material aspects of culture. It then discusses cultural diversity and how diversity exists among both tourists and employees in the tourism sector. Embracing diversity helps tourism businesses appeal to international markets. Culture can also be promoted as a tourism product, telling the stories of local history and traditions. However, tourism can negatively impact culture through commodification, loss of authenticity, and other issues. Managing diversity and cultural impacts is an important part of sustainable tourism.
1) In what ways is tourism changing?
2) What influences tourism trends? Reasons for the growth of tourism (3Ds)
3) Why is tourism subject to regional fluctuations? (RUDO)
Tourism involves travel away from one's home for purposes such as holidays, business, visiting friends and relatives, pilgrimages, or sporting events. It is a major global industry, employing more people than any other. The tourism industry comprises various components including accommodation, transportation, attractions, support services, food and beverage operations, and retail stores. New developments may include very large airplanes carrying hundreds of passengers, space tourism, underwater hotels, and more specialized accommodation types. Tourism benefits local economies and brings cultural exchange, but tourists' experiences depend on descriptions provided before their visits.
The chapter defines tourism and differentiates between tourists and excursionists. It explores the various elements used to define travelers, including distance, length of stay, residence, and travel purpose. Tourism involves a dynamic journey element and static stay element. Tourists stay at least 24 hours while excursionists stay less than 24 hours. A tourist destination depends on attractions, amenities, and accessibility. Tourism makes unique contributions to economies and societies through jobs, cultural exchange, and promoting peace.
Globalization has significantly impacted the tourism industry in several ways. Tourism growth has supported globalization, and people are increasingly interested in visiting other countries due to improved transportation and communication (Paragraph 1). Tourism is driven by both global supply factors like worldwide tour operators and demand factors like increasing incomes (Paragraph 5). The effects of globalization on tourism include a more uniform tourist behavior and challenges like communication difficulties between globally organized companies (Paragraphs 6-7). Tourism alliances and strategic partnerships between organizations have formed to help companies cope with these globalization challenges (Paragraphs 8-9). While globalization poses threats like environmental issues, governments and organizations should work to develop more sustainable tourism and help underdeveloped areas grow, to maximize the benefits of
1. The Tourism Industry
2. Classic Tourism Development Theories
3. Ideal Sustainable Tourism Development
4. Issues in Tourism Development
5. Some Possible Solutions
This topic introduces the cultural diversity in tourism and hospitality industry. it also discusses the types of culture and the advantages of cultural diversity in the hospitality industry.
Tourism can have both positive and negative socio-cultural impacts on host communities. Negative impacts include loss of cultural identity through commodification of traditions, loss of authenticity, and adaptation to tourist demands. Tourism can also cause cultural clashes over behaviors and inequality. However, tourism may also contribute to socio-cultural conservation by strengthening communities' pride in their culture and encouraging understanding between different peoples. For tourism's benefits to outweigh its risks, local communities must be involved in the planning process.
1) In what ways is tourism changing?
2) What influences tourism trends? Reasons for the growth of tourism (3Ds)
3) Why is tourism subject to regional fluctuations? (RUDO)
Tourism involves travel away from one's home for purposes such as holidays, business, visiting friends and relatives, pilgrimages, or sporting events. It is a major global industry, employing more people than any other. The tourism industry comprises various components including accommodation, transportation, attractions, support services, food and beverage operations, and retail stores. New developments may include very large airplanes carrying hundreds of passengers, space tourism, underwater hotels, and more specialized accommodation types. Tourism benefits local economies and brings cultural exchange, but tourists' experiences depend on descriptions provided before their visits.
The chapter defines tourism and differentiates between tourists and excursionists. It explores the various elements used to define travelers, including distance, length of stay, residence, and travel purpose. Tourism involves a dynamic journey element and static stay element. Tourists stay at least 24 hours while excursionists stay less than 24 hours. A tourist destination depends on attractions, amenities, and accessibility. Tourism makes unique contributions to economies and societies through jobs, cultural exchange, and promoting peace.
Globalization has significantly impacted the tourism industry in several ways. Tourism growth has supported globalization, and people are increasingly interested in visiting other countries due to improved transportation and communication (Paragraph 1). Tourism is driven by both global supply factors like worldwide tour operators and demand factors like increasing incomes (Paragraph 5). The effects of globalization on tourism include a more uniform tourist behavior and challenges like communication difficulties between globally organized companies (Paragraphs 6-7). Tourism alliances and strategic partnerships between organizations have formed to help companies cope with these globalization challenges (Paragraphs 8-9). While globalization poses threats like environmental issues, governments and organizations should work to develop more sustainable tourism and help underdeveloped areas grow, to maximize the benefits of
1. The Tourism Industry
2. Classic Tourism Development Theories
3. Ideal Sustainable Tourism Development
4. Issues in Tourism Development
5. Some Possible Solutions
This topic introduces the cultural diversity in tourism and hospitality industry. it also discusses the types of culture and the advantages of cultural diversity in the hospitality industry.
Tourism can have both positive and negative socio-cultural impacts on host communities. Negative impacts include loss of cultural identity through commodification of traditions, loss of authenticity, and adaptation to tourist demands. Tourism can also cause cultural clashes over behaviors and inequality. However, tourism may also contribute to socio-cultural conservation by strengthening communities' pride in their culture and encouraging understanding between different peoples. For tourism's benefits to outweigh its risks, local communities must be involved in the planning process.
This document defines tourism and different types of domestic and international tourism. It discusses that tourism involves traveling outside one's usual environment for less than a year for various purposes. Domestic tourists travel within their own country, and there are more domestic than international tourists who also spend more. The types of domestic tourists in the Philippines are discussed as intraregional, interregional, and local tourists depending on how far they travel within the country. A comparison is made between domestic and international tourism in terms of costs, documentation needs, and cultural adjustment. The document also introduces the concepts of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for analyzing tourism.
This chapter discusses the key players involved in tourism planning and management: tourists, host communities, governments, the tourism industry, non-governmental organizations, and media. It outlines the basic responsibilities of tourists and the rights they should expect to have protected. The host community is described as heterogeneous and can both passively receive tourists or actively participate in tourism planning. Governments are involved in tourism for reasons such as representing all stakeholders impartially and developing necessary infrastructure. The tourism industry self-regulates its operations through marketing. NGOs include interest groups and industry associations. Media plays a key role by providing travel information to the public.
The students who have asked difficult questions, which have helped us clarify our own thinking, and the students from many countries who have provided us with interesting insights into the national and cultural differences in tourist behavior.
Travel 10 1Philippine Tourism and Geography week 1jay
This document provides information about a tourism and geography class being taught at Treston International College's School of Hospitality Management. It includes details about the professor, Prof. Tito Antonio A. Ofilada Jr., the school and class mission/values, rules, course description and objectives, grading system, and introductory content about tourism in the Philippines based on national plans and statistics.
The tour commentary is the tour guides primary tool of trade. Excellent tour guides pay attention to how they delivery their commentary on every tour by striving for continuous improvement. The slide explores some of the ways a tour guide can use his or her tour commentary to achieve excellence in guiding.
Define what a travel Market is in the context of the travel business.
Explain the difference between business travel and holiday travel.
Explain what motivates people to travel and their travel needs and aspirations.
The document discusses definitions of tourism terms from international organizations. It describes how the League of Nations defined an international tourist in 1937 as someone who visits a country other than their own for at least 24 hours. The 1963 Rome conference recommended defining visitors and tourists to compile international statistics. A visitor is someone who travels for non-work reasons, while a tourist stays at least 24 hours for purposes like leisure, business, or religion. The document also examines holistic definitions of tourism and conceptual frameworks like Leiper's model, which outlines the three elements of tourism - the human (tourist), geographical (generating and destination regions), and industrial (tourism businesses).
Tourism involves people traveling to destinations outside of their normal residence for pleasure and involves spending money in the places visited. There are several types of tourists including international, regional, and domestic tourists. The tourism product encompasses the experiences and memories created during travel. Key aspects that make the tourism product successful include accessibility, amenities, attractions, and accommodation. The tourism sector comprises eight subsectors including accommodation, food and beverage, transportation, attractions, and more.
Techniques in Tour Guiding 2018 by Paul OlolaWhistling Crow
Tour Guiding is increasingly gaining traction in tourism generating regions with guides expected to play multiple roles towards ensuring visitors have an enjoyable, memorable and meaningful experience. The lecture presentation discusses the different facets of guiding skills and techniques required for top-notch guiding.
Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries. It is influenced by factors such as increasing incomes, more leisure time, and lower travel costs. The internet has also fueled tourism growth by enabling online booking and providing information to help travelers make informed plans. Tourism involves both traveling for pleasure and the businesses that provide tours and services. It is defined as travel for leisure or business purposes that does not result in permanent residence. Tourism brings economic benefits but also requires management and coordination between various stakeholders to reconcile tourist and resident needs.
The document defines tourism demand as the number of people who travel away from their home to use tourism facilities and services. It lists factors that affect tourism demand such as government policies, marketing, available services, and socio-political changes. It also discusses determinants of demand elasticity between business and leisure travelers. Tourism products are often consumed simultaneously and can be substituted for other products. The document defines tourism supply as all assets, services, and goods available to visitors. Tourism supply consists of attractions and shapes tourism demand in a country. It lists the components of tourism supply including transportation, accommodation, hospitality services, and attractions.
This document discusses various social effects of tourism. It examines how tourism impacts individuals, families, and societies. It explores resentment that local populations may feel towards visitors. It also looks at travel patterns related to age, the emergence of group travel, and the concept of social or subsidized tourism for low-income groups. The principal goal is to appreciate tourism's broad social impacts and how relationships between hosts and guests can be managed positively.
Special interest tourism involves tours focused on a specific subject or hobby. It provides a more meaningful experience for tourists by meeting their specific interests. Special interest tourism has grown due to factors like improved transportation, increased leisure time, and developments in equipment. The internet and social media have also influenced growth by promoting niche destinations and activities. Research helps the tourism industry understand travelers' motivations and behaviors to develop appealing products and experiences. Differentiation is important for competing in the tourism market by making offerings distinct from competitors.
Differentiate the difference among direct, indirect, induced, and dynamic impacts of tourism on the economy;Identify the positive and negative impacts of tourism on the economy.
The document discusses various approaches to studying tourism including institutional, product, historical, managerial, economic, sociological, geographical, and interdisciplinary approaches. It also discusses the economics of tourism, including the economic benefits such as foreign exchange earnings, government revenues, employment opportunities, and infrastructure investment. Some of the economic costs of tourism mentioned include inflation, opportunity costs, dependency, seasonality, leakage, enclave tourism, seasonal jobs, and the underground economy. The concept of the tourism multiplier is also introduced.
Historical development of Tour Guiding Monte Christo
The document provides an overview of the history of tour guiding around the world and in the Philippines. It discusses how tour guiding began in ancient times with writers like Herodotus providing travel accounts. It then outlines the development of tourism and organized travel during periods like the Greek Empire, Renaissance, and modern age. Key events like the founding of Thomas Cook's travel agency established the modern tourist industry. The document also introduces important tour guide associations in the Philippines like CAT-G Inc. and defines different types of tour guides such as specialized, on-site, and naturalist guides. It highlights some notable Filipino tour guides including Carlos Celdran, Ivan Man Dy, and Josefino "Kuya Penn" Larena Jr.
The document discusses India's tourism industry and the Ministry of Tourism's role in regulating it. It outlines the ministry's hotel classification system of 1-5 star ratings and heritage categories. It also discusses the ministry's approval and classification of travel agents, tour operators, adventure tour operators, and transport operators. Various tourism products and the seven pillars of tourism are briefly mentioned as well.
The tourism product - characteristics of tourismKaren Houston
Tourism is a composite, service-based industry that provides a total experience for tourists visiting destinations. The tourism product consists of attractions, activities, amenities, and accessibility. Quality in tourism is important due to competition, and focuses on managing expectations, developing products/services, training employees, and implementing quality assurance standards.
This document discusses tourism demand, including definitions and important data for measuring demand. Tourism demand is defined as expenditures by visitors during and related to trips outside their usual environment. Key data for measuring demand includes number of visitors, transportation method, length of stay, accommodations, and money spent. Demand is determined by lifestyle factors like income and age as well as the supply environment. Volume statistics measure arrivals and departures while value statistics measure expenditures. Visitor profiles provide additional details. Demand is measured based on propensity to travel and resistance factors like costs and cultural differences at potential destinations.
The document discusses several key perspectives on the impacts of tourism. It outlines both the economic advantages and disadvantages of tourism. The advantages include foreign investment and employment opportunities for local communities. However, tourism can also cause issues like seasonal unemployment, income leakage from the local economy, and overreliance on the tourism industry. The document provides an overview of different economic factors to consider regarding tourism's impacts on a destination.
Cultural Impacts, cultural impacts of TourismMazie Garcia
Tourism and hospitality increases cultural acculturation and convergence as people are exposed to new cultures. This exposure can lead to the adoption of new technologies, languages, and values from other cultures. While tourism stimulates the preservation of traditional arts and crafts to attract visitors, it also risks overcommercializing and manipulating cultures for tourist entertainment. Measures need to be taken to enhance intercultural exchange and incorporate local culture into Western-style structures to minimize negative impacts and preserve cultural integrity.
By linking culture and tourism we come to the cultural tourism, the form of tourism with the growing interest in the world, as the number of tourists increases. These are travels motivated by cultural reasons. However, in order to talk about them, it is necessary to introduce or educate potential tourists with the possibilities of destinations, in terms of cultural content. On the other hand, in order to make this tourist-cultural experience possible, it is necessary to have adequate education of all those on the side of the offer and provision of services. Serbia has potentials for the development of cultural tourism, but in order to prevent it from remaining only at the level of potentials, education of all participants in this chain is needed. However, cultural tourism is not and should not be directed exclusively towards foreign tourists; the offer should be harmonized with the requirements of national, regional, international as well as global tourists.
This document defines tourism and different types of domestic and international tourism. It discusses that tourism involves traveling outside one's usual environment for less than a year for various purposes. Domestic tourists travel within their own country, and there are more domestic than international tourists who also spend more. The types of domestic tourists in the Philippines are discussed as intraregional, interregional, and local tourists depending on how far they travel within the country. A comparison is made between domestic and international tourism in terms of costs, documentation needs, and cultural adjustment. The document also introduces the concepts of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for analyzing tourism.
This chapter discusses the key players involved in tourism planning and management: tourists, host communities, governments, the tourism industry, non-governmental organizations, and media. It outlines the basic responsibilities of tourists and the rights they should expect to have protected. The host community is described as heterogeneous and can both passively receive tourists or actively participate in tourism planning. Governments are involved in tourism for reasons such as representing all stakeholders impartially and developing necessary infrastructure. The tourism industry self-regulates its operations through marketing. NGOs include interest groups and industry associations. Media plays a key role by providing travel information to the public.
The students who have asked difficult questions, which have helped us clarify our own thinking, and the students from many countries who have provided us with interesting insights into the national and cultural differences in tourist behavior.
Travel 10 1Philippine Tourism and Geography week 1jay
This document provides information about a tourism and geography class being taught at Treston International College's School of Hospitality Management. It includes details about the professor, Prof. Tito Antonio A. Ofilada Jr., the school and class mission/values, rules, course description and objectives, grading system, and introductory content about tourism in the Philippines based on national plans and statistics.
The tour commentary is the tour guides primary tool of trade. Excellent tour guides pay attention to how they delivery their commentary on every tour by striving for continuous improvement. The slide explores some of the ways a tour guide can use his or her tour commentary to achieve excellence in guiding.
Define what a travel Market is in the context of the travel business.
Explain the difference between business travel and holiday travel.
Explain what motivates people to travel and their travel needs and aspirations.
The document discusses definitions of tourism terms from international organizations. It describes how the League of Nations defined an international tourist in 1937 as someone who visits a country other than their own for at least 24 hours. The 1963 Rome conference recommended defining visitors and tourists to compile international statistics. A visitor is someone who travels for non-work reasons, while a tourist stays at least 24 hours for purposes like leisure, business, or religion. The document also examines holistic definitions of tourism and conceptual frameworks like Leiper's model, which outlines the three elements of tourism - the human (tourist), geographical (generating and destination regions), and industrial (tourism businesses).
Tourism involves people traveling to destinations outside of their normal residence for pleasure and involves spending money in the places visited. There are several types of tourists including international, regional, and domestic tourists. The tourism product encompasses the experiences and memories created during travel. Key aspects that make the tourism product successful include accessibility, amenities, attractions, and accommodation. The tourism sector comprises eight subsectors including accommodation, food and beverage, transportation, attractions, and more.
Techniques in Tour Guiding 2018 by Paul OlolaWhistling Crow
Tour Guiding is increasingly gaining traction in tourism generating regions with guides expected to play multiple roles towards ensuring visitors have an enjoyable, memorable and meaningful experience. The lecture presentation discusses the different facets of guiding skills and techniques required for top-notch guiding.
Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries. It is influenced by factors such as increasing incomes, more leisure time, and lower travel costs. The internet has also fueled tourism growth by enabling online booking and providing information to help travelers make informed plans. Tourism involves both traveling for pleasure and the businesses that provide tours and services. It is defined as travel for leisure or business purposes that does not result in permanent residence. Tourism brings economic benefits but also requires management and coordination between various stakeholders to reconcile tourist and resident needs.
The document defines tourism demand as the number of people who travel away from their home to use tourism facilities and services. It lists factors that affect tourism demand such as government policies, marketing, available services, and socio-political changes. It also discusses determinants of demand elasticity between business and leisure travelers. Tourism products are often consumed simultaneously and can be substituted for other products. The document defines tourism supply as all assets, services, and goods available to visitors. Tourism supply consists of attractions and shapes tourism demand in a country. It lists the components of tourism supply including transportation, accommodation, hospitality services, and attractions.
This document discusses various social effects of tourism. It examines how tourism impacts individuals, families, and societies. It explores resentment that local populations may feel towards visitors. It also looks at travel patterns related to age, the emergence of group travel, and the concept of social or subsidized tourism for low-income groups. The principal goal is to appreciate tourism's broad social impacts and how relationships between hosts and guests can be managed positively.
Special interest tourism involves tours focused on a specific subject or hobby. It provides a more meaningful experience for tourists by meeting their specific interests. Special interest tourism has grown due to factors like improved transportation, increased leisure time, and developments in equipment. The internet and social media have also influenced growth by promoting niche destinations and activities. Research helps the tourism industry understand travelers' motivations and behaviors to develop appealing products and experiences. Differentiation is important for competing in the tourism market by making offerings distinct from competitors.
Differentiate the difference among direct, indirect, induced, and dynamic impacts of tourism on the economy;Identify the positive and negative impacts of tourism on the economy.
The document discusses various approaches to studying tourism including institutional, product, historical, managerial, economic, sociological, geographical, and interdisciplinary approaches. It also discusses the economics of tourism, including the economic benefits such as foreign exchange earnings, government revenues, employment opportunities, and infrastructure investment. Some of the economic costs of tourism mentioned include inflation, opportunity costs, dependency, seasonality, leakage, enclave tourism, seasonal jobs, and the underground economy. The concept of the tourism multiplier is also introduced.
Historical development of Tour Guiding Monte Christo
The document provides an overview of the history of tour guiding around the world and in the Philippines. It discusses how tour guiding began in ancient times with writers like Herodotus providing travel accounts. It then outlines the development of tourism and organized travel during periods like the Greek Empire, Renaissance, and modern age. Key events like the founding of Thomas Cook's travel agency established the modern tourist industry. The document also introduces important tour guide associations in the Philippines like CAT-G Inc. and defines different types of tour guides such as specialized, on-site, and naturalist guides. It highlights some notable Filipino tour guides including Carlos Celdran, Ivan Man Dy, and Josefino "Kuya Penn" Larena Jr.
The document discusses India's tourism industry and the Ministry of Tourism's role in regulating it. It outlines the ministry's hotel classification system of 1-5 star ratings and heritage categories. It also discusses the ministry's approval and classification of travel agents, tour operators, adventure tour operators, and transport operators. Various tourism products and the seven pillars of tourism are briefly mentioned as well.
The tourism product - characteristics of tourismKaren Houston
Tourism is a composite, service-based industry that provides a total experience for tourists visiting destinations. The tourism product consists of attractions, activities, amenities, and accessibility. Quality in tourism is important due to competition, and focuses on managing expectations, developing products/services, training employees, and implementing quality assurance standards.
This document discusses tourism demand, including definitions and important data for measuring demand. Tourism demand is defined as expenditures by visitors during and related to trips outside their usual environment. Key data for measuring demand includes number of visitors, transportation method, length of stay, accommodations, and money spent. Demand is determined by lifestyle factors like income and age as well as the supply environment. Volume statistics measure arrivals and departures while value statistics measure expenditures. Visitor profiles provide additional details. Demand is measured based on propensity to travel and resistance factors like costs and cultural differences at potential destinations.
The document discusses several key perspectives on the impacts of tourism. It outlines both the economic advantages and disadvantages of tourism. The advantages include foreign investment and employment opportunities for local communities. However, tourism can also cause issues like seasonal unemployment, income leakage from the local economy, and overreliance on the tourism industry. The document provides an overview of different economic factors to consider regarding tourism's impacts on a destination.
Cultural Impacts, cultural impacts of TourismMazie Garcia
Tourism and hospitality increases cultural acculturation and convergence as people are exposed to new cultures. This exposure can lead to the adoption of new technologies, languages, and values from other cultures. While tourism stimulates the preservation of traditional arts and crafts to attract visitors, it also risks overcommercializing and manipulating cultures for tourist entertainment. Measures need to be taken to enhance intercultural exchange and incorporate local culture into Western-style structures to minimize negative impacts and preserve cultural integrity.
By linking culture and tourism we come to the cultural tourism, the form of tourism with the growing interest in the world, as the number of tourists increases. These are travels motivated by cultural reasons. However, in order to talk about them, it is necessary to introduce or educate potential tourists with the possibilities of destinations, in terms of cultural content. On the other hand, in order to make this tourist-cultural experience possible, it is necessary to have adequate education of all those on the side of the offer and provision of services. Serbia has potentials for the development of cultural tourism, but in order to prevent it from remaining only at the level of potentials, education of all participants in this chain is needed. However, cultural tourism is not and should not be directed exclusively towards foreign tourists; the offer should be harmonized with the requirements of national, regional, international as well as global tourists.
Tourism products are what tourists need during travel like package tours, accommodation, transportation, guides, and shopping. They are a combination of services from different industries. A tourism product is an experience of a place through its location and people at a particular time, including everything a visitor contacts during their stay. It aims to provide experiences tourists cannot get at home by selling experiences different from everyday life.
Tourism provides many social, economic, cultural, and environmental benefits. Socially, it fosters cultural exchange and understanding between visitors and hosts. Economically, tourism generates income from foreign visitors and jobs in industries like accommodation, transport, and attractions. It also supports regional development. Culturally, tourism preserves heritage and encourages pride in local traditions. Environmentally, it spurs conservation efforts and raises environmental awareness when people experience natural areas through tourism. Tourism can boost community facilities and quality of life when properly planned to reduce impacts and encourage sustainable practices.
This document discusses various aspects of cultural and heritage tourism. It defines cultural tourism as tourism focused on a destination's lifestyle, history, art, architecture, and religion. Heritage tourism focuses on authentically representing past stories, people, customs, and traditions. Cultural heritage tourism aims to both preserve cultural heritage and generate economic benefits from tourism. Some challenges include overtourism damaging attractions and infrastructure strain. Successful cultural heritage tourism balances conservation, accurate interpretation, and authentic visitor experiences to support sustainable local economies.
Culture, has been defined as “the whole complex of distinctive spiritual, intellectual, & emotional features that characterize a society or social group. It includes not only the arts and letters, but also modes of life, the fundamental rights of a human being, value systems, traditions and beliefs”.
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This document discusses different types of tourism, including mass tourism, visiting friends and relatives (VFR), cultural tourism, religious tourism, business tourism, and health tourism (which includes wellness and medical tourism). Mass tourism involves large groups traveling together and is often the cheapest option. VFR involves visiting friends and family. Cultural tourism explores local culture, traditions, and heritage. Religious tourism involves visiting pilgrimage sites. Business tourism includes travel for meetings, conferences, and exhibitions. Health tourism encompasses travel for wellness, spa treatments, or medical procedures.
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This document discusses different types of tourism, including mass tourism, visiting friends and relatives (VFR), cultural tourism, religious tourism, business tourism, and health tourism (which includes wellness and medical tourism). Mass tourism involves large groups traveling together and is often the cheapest option. VFR involves visiting friends and family. Cultural tourism explores the culture, heritage, and ways of life of destinations. Religious tourism involves visiting places of worship or pilgrimage. Business tourism includes travel for meetings, conferences, and exhibitions. Health tourism encompasses travel for healthcare and well-being purposes.
Social and cultural significance of tourismRenu Malra
Tourism can provide economic benefits to local communities while also preserving local culture. It acts as an economic stabilizer, particularly in rural areas, by providing employment opportunities. Tourism improves infrastructure which enhances quality of life, and can increase community pride. It also raises awareness of local issues and facilitates cultural exchange, helping to preserve traditions for younger generations.
This document provides an introduction to exploring the potential of cultural sites for tourism development in Kakumiro District, Uganda. It defines key terms like culture, cultural tourism, and cultural sites. It then describes several important cultural sites in the district that could be developed for tourism, including Semwema Rock Caves, Munsa Earthworks, Kooki Haibale, and Kabagole Cultural Site. Each site is explained in terms of its historical and cultural significance to help assess their potential for promoting cultural tourism in the area.
Tourism is one of the world's fastest growing industries and a major source of foreign exchange and employment. It involves travel for leisure or business purposes outside of one's usual environment. The tourism industry encompasses transportation, accommodations, restaurants, retail, and other hospitality services. Tourism has significant economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts on destinations. While it generates jobs and tax revenue, it can also increase costs of living, disrupt local culture and damage the environment if not managed sustainably.
This document discusses tourism and its psychological and cultural impacts. It notes that mass tourism began growing rapidly in the 1970s due to various economic and social factors. Tourism now forms the basis of many economies worldwide. While tourism can promote peace and understanding, the interactions between tourists and locals are often superficial. Tourism experiences can be stressful and psychologically taxing for both tourists and hosts. While some tourists seek genuine cultural experiences, most encounters between tourists and locals are brief and commercial. Tourism impacts local cultures and economies in both positive and negative ways.
Cultural and heritage tourism focuses on experiencing and learning about the cultural aspects of destinations, including historical, artistic, scientific, and lifestyle elements. This includes festivals, performing arts, traditions, gastronomy, religious sites, and more. Some key challenges to cultural heritage conservation in less developed areas include financial constraints, private ownership of historic buildings that limits preservation, and human habitation that can degrade heritage sites over time through pollution and wear.
Cultural tourism allows tourists to participate in local cultural activities and festivals, enabling a genuine cultural exchange. It also helps local communities embrace and promote their culture as a driver for economic growth. Cultural tourism is defined as enhancing interactions between cultures through visiting natural areas, museums, and historically preserved places to share values.
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This document discusses cultural heritage and cultural entrepreneurship in Cyprus. It defines cultural heritage as traditions, customs, and values that are passed down between generations. Cultural heritage is divided into tangible heritage (places and objects) and intangible heritage (music, language, techniques). The document also discusses how cultural traditions in Cyprus are being rediscovered and inspiring new artistic and entrepreneurial ventures, such as fashion designers incorporating traditional embroidery into their work. Schools have also launched initiatives to promote cultural heritage, for example by having students create outfits from recycled clothing decorated with traditional motifs. The document promotes cultural entrepreneurship as a way to sustain and spread cultural heritage.
Heritage tourism in India remains largely unexplored territory. There are significant opportunities to expand heritage tourism given India's rich cultural heritage and the economic benefits it can provide. However, realizing this potential will require an integrated nationwide strategy that promotes preservation, development of sites and attractions, improved infrastructure and visitor services, aggressive marketing, and public-private partnerships. Coordinated efforts across multiple stakeholders are needed to develop heritage tourism as a major sector in India.
Socio cultural impact of tourism by manika agarwal Shlok Agarwal
Tourism can have both positive and negative socio-cultural impacts on host communities. It can lead to changes in local lifestyles and values through commodification of culture and loss of authenticity. However, tourism also provides opportunities for cultural preservation, economic development, and understanding between different groups when managed sustainably.
Place As Product - A Place-Based Approach to Cultural Tourism 2013Steven Thorne
Cultural tourism is a lucrative market that many destinations aim to capitalize on. However, most destinations take an "attractions-based" approach that focuses only on marquee cultural attractions without understanding tourists' motivations or the destination's overall culture and sense of place. This document advocates for a "place-based" approach where the destination is understood holistically through inventorying all its cultural assets across domains like heritage, arts, cuisine and nature. These assets are then strategically positioned and linked with themed routes to reveal an authentic "tapestry of place." When marketed this way with sense of place at the core, a destination can better appeal to and profit from cultural tourists.
This document discusses social carrying capacity as it relates to tourism. Social carrying capacity refers to the maximum number of tourists an area can support without negative social, cultural, or economic impacts on the local community or degradation of the visitor experience. It examines both positive and negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism on communities. Positive impacts include education/training, enhanced quality of life, pride in local culture, and cultural awareness/peace, while negative impacts include commodification of culture, increased crime, loss of cultural identity, displacement of locals, economic tensions, and potential exploitation of workers. The conclusion states that sustainable tourism development aims to enhance community welfare through economic opportunities while preserving cultural heritage and quality of life, rather than relying solely on numerical carrying
This document discusses cultural heritage tourism and opportunities for partnerships. It defines cultural heritage tourism as focusing on historical, artistic and lifestyle experiences. Some key points made include:
- Cultural heritage tourism can provide economic and social benefits to communities.
- There are three main types of partnerships and packaging opportunities between cultural heritage attractions and other tourism businesses: attractions of the same type, different attraction types, and partnerships between cultural and non-cultural attractions.
- Successful partnerships require cultural heritage attractions to consider how they can meet the needs of tourism businesses and wider community goals through approaches, schedules and descriptions.
- Governments and organizations can help bring potential partners together to communicate and develop mutually beneficial opportunities.
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Experience Montreal's vibrant culture and thrilling outdoor adventures. From hiking scenic trails at Mont-Saint-Bruno to kayaking the Saint Lawrence River, there's something for every adventurous young adult. Explore street art, camp under the stars, and immerse yourself in nature's beauty just beyond the city's bustling streets.
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Discover the exhilarating world of snowshoeing through our presentation, highlighting the challenges faced by beginners. From physical exertion to technical finesse and braving harsh winter conditions, each step in the snow brings new obstacles and unforgettable adventures. Embrace the challenge and conquer the winter wonderland with confidence!
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1. Chapter Two: Cultural Diversity and Tourism
Culture and Diversity
Cultural diversity as a tourism product
Cultural diversity (in Visitors, host and
employees of Tourism Sector
Impacts of Tourism on Culture
2. Culture and Diversity
Culture Defined
• Culture is the behavioral orientation that is unique to
a particular group of people.
• Culture can be defined as all the ways of life
including arts, beliefs and institutions of a
population that are passed down from generation
to generation.
• Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire
society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress,
language, religion, rituals, art.
3. Culture…
• Culture
– Values, beliefs, attitudes, language, symbols,
rituals, behaviors, and customs unique to a
particular group of people passed from one
generation to the next
– Often defined set of rules foundation of behavior
– is learned not innate
– Dynamic and constantly changing
4. • Culture consists of both material culture and non-
material culture.
• Material culture refers to the physical objects,
resources and spaces that people use to define their
culture.
• These include homes, monuments, cities, schools,
churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, artifacts,
tools, means of production, goods and products, stores,
and so forth.
• Thoughts or ideas that make up a culture are called the
non-material culture.
5. Culture Cont’d…
• In contrast to material culture, non-material
culture does not include any physical objects or
artifacts. Examples of non-material culture
include any ideals, ideas, beliefs, values, norms
• This pattern of behavior is collective, learned and
carried through generations.
• culture cuts across different levels of society,
including national, regional, gender, generational,
class and corporate levels.
• It is important to prioritize the knowledge and
understanding of the different levels of culture in
international business strategy.
6. Diversity
• Cultural diversity, also known as multiculturalism, is the set of
characteristics that distinguishes groups within a society.
• These cultural characteristics are expressed through the value
systems, symbols, practices and rituals of every group.
• variables of diversity include age, culture, health status and
condition, ethnicity, experience, gender, sexual orientation, and
many other variables and combinations of variables.
• The ways that domestic and international tourists and
employees contribute to the diversity of the tourism and
hospitality industry cannot be ignored
• Each cultural group wants to maintain its identity, be respected
for its uniqueness, and socialize future generations to honor its
heritage
7. Embracing Cultural Diversity
• Education in cultures enhances the capacity of
personnel to understand and acknowledge the
critical aspects of cultural diversity.
• It also helps cultivate a favorable corporate
image in international markets by observing
the cultural expectations of your host
countries.
• This neutralizes the potential cultural barriers
and conflicts, such as stereotypes, that may
arise in your international business activities.
8. Culture as a tourism Product
• Nowadays, culture has been a major driver of tourism.
• People may travel:
– To visit unique Culture
– To visit similar Culture
– To study a certain culture
• Culture and tourism have a mutually beneficial relationship which
can strengthen the attractiveness and competitiveness of regions
and countries
• In most cases, culture is a major asset for tourism development
• Tourists have needs and wants to learn other culture and get
unique tourism experience from cultural tourism and those
products can be shaped to satisfy the needs and wants of
consumer.
9. Culture as a tourism product Contd...
• Tourism also provides an important means of
enhancing culture, understanding and creating
income which can support and strengthen
cultural heritage, cultural production and
creativity.
• Creating a strong relationship between tourism
and culture can therefore help destinations to
become more attractive and competitive as
locations to live, visit, work and invest.
10. Culture as a tourism product Contd...
• Culture is increasingly an important element of the
tourism product, which also creates distinctiveness in a
crowded global marketplace
• Cultural tourism products involving knowledge,
religion, art, custom, living habit, history, legend and
other cultural things can include in cultural tourism
products .
• Some people traveled specifically to gain a deeper
understanding of the culture or heritage of a destination
• Example many international tourists travel towards
southern Ethiopia so as to visit unpolluted indigenous
culture, e.g. Hamar and Konso
11. Culture as a tourism product Contd…
• Culture is a major factor in the attractiveness of most
destinations, not only in terms of tourism, but also in
attracting residents and inward investment
• Culture has been increasingly employed as an aspect of
the tourism product and destination imaging strategies
• According to Europa Nostra (2005) “more than 50% of
tourist activity in Europe is driven by cultural heritage
and cultural tourism is expected to grow the most in the
tourism sector.”
• Cultural tourism, as a major tourism motivation,
includes visits to tangible and intangible cultural
resources, with the intention to gather new information
and experiences to satisfy the visitors’ cultural needs.
12. Culture as a tourism product Contd…
• Cultural tourism product can be a composition of:
1. The core product, being the cultural tourism supply
(monuments, sclutures, cultural events, local culture, way of
Dressing, artifacts, Jewelries, visual arts, performing arts and
etc.
The visual arts gives a way to express feeling, emotion,
opinion, or taste through visual means, for instance,
photography, painting, sculpting and drawing.
Performing Arts have ways to express an opinion, emotion,
feeling, or taste, through means of performance, like, theatre,
public speech, dance, music and more
2. The additional product, being the general tourism product
elements and the related tourist services (general tourist
facilitates and services and transportation infrastructure).
13. Cultural tourism products can be categorized as follows:
Category Examples
Historic cultural
tourism product
Including cultural heritage and relics
Artistic cultural tourism
product
Including folk art, fork music, performance
art and architecture art.
Regional cultural
tourism product
Including local traditional culture, local
cuisine culture, local festival and ancient
architecture.
Religious cultural
tourism product
Including religious sites and events.
Recreational cultural
tourism product
Including amusement park, theme park,
botanic garden and zoo.
Scientific cultural
tourism product
Including museum, industrial tourism,
agricultural tourism, military tourism,
adventure tourism and scientific expedition.
14. Features Cultural tourism Product…
• Mckercher & du Cros (2002) proposed some
common features to create such products.
Tell a story: cultural and heritage tourism places have
been described as destinations with a story, with
cultural tourism described as the process of telling the
story
Telling a story can help tourists to better understand
local history and culture and create tourist interest in
hearing that story by making the story relevant to life.
It can also instill the destination with new meaning
and signalize tourists how to interpret the cultural
tourism products.
15. Features of Cultural tourism Product
• Make it a participatory experience: tourism by its very nature is an
active, participatory experiential activity
• Most cultural tourism products, such as cultural events, festival, and
etc. could provide opportunities for encouraging tourists’
participation.
• Focus on quality and authenticity:
• Since the tourists who will consume the cultural tourism products are
most likely well-educated and sophisticated, they are far more
culturally aware.
• So they will select the best value option with good quality and
reasonable price from the
intensive competition in the tourism market.
• The quality and authenticity on the cultural tourism products will be a
determined factor to attract and satisfy them
16. • Hospitality and tourism present a unique
opportunity to understand new cultural
experiences for both employees and the tourists.
• It is important for the personnel to understand
and appreciate different cultures to enhance the
nature of their interactions with tourists of
different cultures, religions, races, creeds, colors,
ages, genders and sexual orientations.
• It is for this reason that businesses playing their
trade in this industry must endeavor to train their
personnel to appreciate and accommodate people
from diverse backgrounds around the world.
17. Cultural diversity (in Visitors, host and
employees) of Tourism Sector
• The workforce composition in the hospitality and
tourism establishments is definitely vast and diverse.
• It is necessary to employ people from all walks of life
and nationalities so as to nurture workplace diversity
that portends positive influence and enhanced
productivity in the hospitality and tourism industry.
• Workplace diversity also enables businesses in the
hospitality and tourism industry to nurture and portray
a positive image of inclusive equal employment
opportunities for all without regard to race, gender or
nationality.
18. Cultural diversity (in employees…)
• Workplace diversity in the hospitality and
tourism industry is enhanced through visions
that promote equal employment opportunity to
cater for the different nationalities in the
market.
• The industry gets to appreciate the world's
socio-cultural and economic differences
through the recruitment of people of diverse
backgrounds.
19. Cultural diversity (in employees…)
• Businesses in tourism industry need to establish
organizational policies that not only discourage
discrimination but also encourage intercultural activities
such as cultural educational programs and forums.
• Tourism and hospitality businesses also should employ
organizational structure that comprise of people from
different regions and races and spread key appointments
to qualified staff from across the board.
• Workplace diversity not only facilitates easy
understanding of different cultural, social and economic
perspectives but also enhances the delivery of satisfactory
services through communication and observation.
20. Cultural diversity (in employees…)
• Having people from different cultural background
can make the economy more attractive for visitors
and employees
• Multiculturality is often an attraction for tourism,
offering generally an authentic experience for
visitors of different backgrounds.
• Besides, an ethnically or linguistically varied
population can also provide a linguistically more
skillful labor force, more sensitive to the needs of
visitors coming from different cultures, and create
a more comfortable environment for them.
21. Diversity (in Visitors)
• Like that of employees there is a great diversity
among visitors and Local communities
• Visitors may be discriminately treated based on
their
– Nationality
– Religion
– Physical appearance
– Gender
– Age
– Race and Ethnic group
– Gender
22. Diversity in Employees…
• As communities become more diverse, it is important
that organizations become diverse as well, for both
functional and psychological reasons.
• Functionally, companies need employees who speak
customers' languages and understand their needs.
• Psychologically, communities and customers typically
prefer to do business with companies who employ
people from their own backgrounds.
• Thus, companies in diverse communities often make
hiring for and managing a diverse culture an important
strategic element.
23. Enhancing Cross-Cultural Communication
• Education in a culture enables members of
international workforce to learn and appreciate
their diverse backgrounds.
• It enables employees to make proper
interpretations of verbal and nonverbal
communication of other cultures.
• For example, the nonverbal communication
protocols of Western and Asian cultures are
different when it comes to issues such as eye
contact and gestures.
24. • The avoidance of eye contact, for example,
underscores respect in Asian cultures while it
portrays mistrust in the American culture.
• Knowledge of these cultural differences
enhances intercultural negotiating skills.
Moreover, the proper coding of messages and
interpretation of meanings boosts sales and
fosters greater interpersonal collaborations
within multicultural workforce.
25. • The knowledge of different cultures improves the
experience and skills of employees.
• A personnel team that has experience working in
multicultural business environments enhances the
competitive advantage of international business.
• Such a culturally empowered workforce also makes it
easier for you to expand and adjust favorably to new
international markets.
26. Negative impacts of tourism on diversity
• The socio-cultural impacts of tourism described
here are the effects on host communities of direct
and indirect relations with tourists, and of
interaction with the tourism industry.
• For a variety of reasons, host communities often
are the weaker party in interactions with their
guests and service providers, leveraging any
influence they might have.
• These influences are not always apparent, as they
are difficult to measure, depend on value
judgments and are often indirect or hard to identify.
27. • Impacts arise when tourism brings changes in value
systems / behaviour, threatening indigenous identity.
• Changes often occur in community structure, family
relationships, collective traditional life styles,
ceremonies and morality.
• Tourism can cause change / loss of local identity and
values by:
• Commodification
• Standardization
• Loss of Authenticity
• Adaptation to Tourist Demands
28. Commodification
• Tourism can turn local cultures into commodities
when religious rituals, traditional ethnic rites and
festivals are reduced and sanitized to conform to
tourist expectations, resulting in what has been
called "reconstructed ethnicity.“
• Once a destination is sold as a tourism product,
and the tourism demand for souvenirs, arts,
entertainment and other commodities begins to
exert influence, basic changes in human values
may occur.
• Sacred sites and objects may not be respected
when they are perceived as goods to trade.
29. Standardization
• standardization is the process of satisfying
tourists' desires for familiar facilities.
• While landscape, accommodation, food and
drinks, etc., must meet the tourists' desire for the
new and unfamiliar, they must at the same time
not be too new or strange because few tourists are
actually looking for completely new things.
• Tourists often look for recognizable facilities in
an unfamiliar environment, like well-known fast-
food restaurants and hotel chains.
30. Loss of authenticity and staged authenticity
• Adapting cultural expressions to the tastes of
tourists or even performing shows as if they
were "real life" constitutes "staged
authenticity".
• As long as tourists just want a glimpse of the
local atmosphere, a quick glance at local life,
without any knowledge or even interest,
staging will be inevitable.
31. Adaptation to tourist demands
• Tourists want souvenirs, arts, crafts, and cultural
manifestations, and in many tourist destinations,
craftsmen have responded to the growing demand,
and have made changes in design of their products
to bring them more in line with the new customers'
tastes.
• While the interest shown by tourists also
contributes to the sense of self-worth of the artists,
and helps conserve a cultural tradition, cultural
erosion may occur due to the commodification of
cultural goods.
32. Culture clashes
• Because tourism involves movement of people to different
geographical locations, and establishment of social relations
between people who would otherwise not meet, cultural
clashes can take place as a result of differences in cultures,
ethnicity, religion, values, lifestyles, languages, and levels
of prosperity.
• The result can be an overexploitation of the social carrying
capacity (limits of acceptable change in the social system
inside or around the destination) and cultural carrying
capacity (limits of acceptable change in the culture of the
host population) of the local community.
• The attitude of local residents towards tourism development
may unfold through the stages of euphoria, where visitors
are very welcome, through apathy, irritation and potentially
antagonism, when anti-tourist attitudes begin growing
among local people.
33. Cultural clashes
• Many tourists come from societies with different
consumption patterns and lifestyles than what is current
at the destination, seeking pleasure, spending large
amounts of money and sometimes behaving in ways that
even they would not accept at home.
• One effect is that local people that come in contact with
these tourists may develop a sort of copying behavior, as
they want to live and behave in the same way.
• Especially in less developed countries, there is likely to
be a growing distinction between the 'haves' and 'have-
nots', which may increase social and sometimes ethnic
tensions.
34. Irritation due to tourist behavior
• Tourists often, out of ignorance or carelessness, fail to
respect local customs and moral values.
• When they do, they can bring about irritation and
stereotyping.
• They take a quick snapshot and are gone, and by so
acting invade the local peoples' lives.
• In many Muslim countries, strict standards exist
regarding the appearance and behavior of Muslim
women, who must carefully cover themselves in public.
35. • Tourists in these countries often disregard or are
unaware of these standards, ignoring the prevalent
dress code, appearing half-dressed (by local
standards) in revealing shorts, skirts or even bikinis,
sunbathing topless at the beach or consuming large
quantities of alcohol openly.
• Besides creating ill-will, this kind of behavior can be
an incentive for locals not to respect their own
traditions and religion anymore, leading to tensions
within the local community.
• The same types of culture clashes happen in
conservative Christian communities in Polynesia, the
Caribbean and the Mediterranean.
36. Ethical issues
• Crime generation Crime rates typically increase with the growth
and urbanization of an area, and growth of mass tourism is often
accompanied by increased crime.
• The presence of a large number of tourists with a lot of money
to spend, and often carrying valuables such as cameras and
jewellery, increases the attraction for criminals and brings with it
activities like robbery and drug dealing.
• Repression of these phenomena often exacerbates social tension.
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, tourists staying in beachside five star
resorts close to extremely poor communities in hillside "favelas"
are at risk of pickpockets and stick-ups.
• Security agents, often armed with machine guns, stand guard
nearby in full sight, and face aggressive reactions from locals
who are often their neighbours when they go home.
37. • The commercial sexual exploitation of
children and young women has paralleled the
growth of tourism in many parts of the world.
• Though tourism is not the cause of sexual
exploitation, it provides easy access to it.
• Tourism also brings consumerism to many
parts of the world previously denied access to
luxury commodities and services.
38. The Role of Tourism Cultural Diversity Conservation
• Tourism can contribute to positive developments, not
just negative impacts. It has the potential to promote
social development through employment creation,
income redistribution and poverty alleviation.
• Other potential positive impacts of tourism include:
Tourism as a force for peace Strengthening
communities Facilities developed for tourism can
benefit residents Revaluation of culture and traditions
Encourages civic involvement and pride
39. • Travelling brings people into contact with each other and, as tourism
has an educational element, it can foster understanding between
peoples and cultures and provide cultural exchange between hosts
and guests.
• Because of this, the chances increase for people to develop mutual
sympathy and understanding and to reduce their prejudices.
• Tourism encourages civic involvement and pride Tourism also helps
raise local awareness of the financial value of natural and cultural
sites and can stimulate a feeling of pride in local and national
heritage and interest in its conservation.
• More broadly, the involvement of local communities in tourism
development and operation appears to be an important condition for
the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
• In the end, sympathy and understanding can lead to a decrease of
tension in the world and thus contribute to peace.