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UNIT 3 TRAVEL AND TOURISM

REVISION NOTES
CONTENT ;
3.1 - The role of tourism organisations, their sustainable practices, the products and
services they provide and their appeal
3.2 - Ways travel and tourism organisations work together:
3.3 - Different types of transport and their appeal
3.4 - Sustainable developments within travel and transport
3.5 - Domestic and international travel and transport infrastructure

3.1 - The role of tourism organisations, their sustainable


practices, the products and services they provide and their
appeal
The travel and tourism organisations includes ;

- Travel organisations ;
1. Airlines
2. Train companies
3. Cruise operators

- Tourism organisations
1. Travel agents
2. Tour operators
3. Accommodations providers
4. Food and drink providers
5. Visitor attractions
6. Ancillary service (extra services)
TRAVEL AGENTS
- Sell services and products produced by other tourism organisations
- Products like tickets,travel insurance,accommodation and package holidays
- Types of travel agents include
1. Retail shops
2. Online travel agents
3. Specific tourism agents
- Travel agents also sell products for independent travellers and provides ancillary
services ;

ANCILLARY SERVICES (extra services)


Are services provided by Tour agents like;
1. Guided tours
2. Currency exchange
3. car/bike rentals
-

TOUR OPERATORS
- Tour operators produce and organise packages for tourist
- Packages are made up of different components, products and services which are
put together as one product
- Tour operator can either sell directly or indirectly through travel agents

Types of packages ;
ACCOMMODATION PROVIDERS
- Accommodation is where tourist stay overnight
- Accommodation providers are tourism organisation that provide places for tourist to stay
- Different types of accommodations
1. Hotels
2. Guesthouse
3. bNb
4. Hostels
5. Homestays
6. Camping
7. Serviced apartments

Serviced Self catering Occupancy rates


accommodation accommodations
Apartments with Apartments with no Occupancy rates in
services such as house services and one has to hotels are how much
cleaning and food cook and clean by people are booked in
himself the hotel,

In low season the prices


are reduced to attract
more customers

Accommodations
providers want high
occupancy rates to
increase the profit within
the hotel

FOOD AND DRINK PROVIDERS


Providers that provider food and drink
Different types include ;
1. Restaurants
2. Cafes
3. Street vendor

VISITOR ATTRACTIONS
Places that attract tourist to a destination

Natural attractions Built attractions Special events


Are natural Are built attractions Events that attract
attractions like like wall of berlin, tourist like events,
mount everest and eiffel tower, theme sports event
waterfalls parks and museums
3.2 - Ways travel and tourism organisations work together:

Travel and tourism organisations work together and rely on each other;

Interdependencies Interrelationships
Where two or more travel and When travel and tourism
tourism organisations rely on organisations choose to work
each other to provide together and both can exist
products and services without a interrelationship
3.3 - Different types of transport and their appeal
Travel and tourism have different types of transport ;
1. Air
2. Water
3. Rail
4. Road

AIR RAIL

Positive Negative Positive Negative


- Faster - Expensive - Travelling - Crowded
- Long - Not between - No space for
distance sustainable as cities luggage
travelling they pollute - Beautiful
- Cheap short air scenery
haul - Takes time - Flexible
flights(6Hrs<) due to - Cheap
- booking,check
in etc
-

WATER ROAD
- Travel with own car
- Flexible
-

Factors that affect appeal of different types include


1. Cost
2. Durations or time of travel
3. Sustainability
4. Comfort and enjoyment

3.4 - Sustainable developments within travel and transport


Ways to reduce pollution
1. Use electric cars rather than diesel fueled cars
2. Use public transport
3. Share transport
4. Low emission vehicles
5. Domestic tourism instead of international
3.5 - Domestic and international travel and transport
infrastructure

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