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Tour and Travel Management
INFRASTRUCTURE
DESTINATION
 Degree of development of basic
 A specific area that a traveler decides to infrastructure may discourage would be
visit for the day or spend at least one visitors
night.
ATTRACTIONS
 A destination needs to have sufficient
and adequate facilities to meet the  Ownership and permanency of the
needs of tourists. attraction and its availability is a major
consideration
Tourist Destination
HOSPITALITY RESOURCES
 geographic area with adequate facilities
that is visited because of its attractions,  General public attitude toward visitors
activities, or events and language facilities can enhance the
desirability of a destination.
Tourism Site:
 Service attitudes and quality of the
 a component of a destination centered service can also play a major role in
on specific sights, activities, or events. determining the suitability of the
destination.
Tourist Sight/Attraction:
 an attraction at a site known for its

ESTABLISH FIRST THE MARKET PROFILE
exceptional beauty or its uniqueness.
The regular traveler
 Employed either in the government or

Match the market segmentation with the
private sector between 23-30 years old.
following destination characteristics:
 College graduate earning between
TRANSPORTATION 16,00php to 33,000 a month.
 May or may not travel in groups
 the accessibility by air, sea, or land in
 Still looking for the best value
terms of travel time, equipment,
 Site or activity oriented
convenience, and safety.
 Prefers comfort but it is not essential
 Also consider whether the mode of
transportation to sites is public or The budget traveler
private
 Female college students between 17-22
FACILITIES years old
 Prefers group travel, very strong cost
 Availability of lodging facilities, a
considerations
variety of food and beverage outlets,
 Sight-seeing oriented
and support industries should be
considered
 Look at both high-end and low-end
services
 For example, IATA Europe in Area 2
comprises not only geographical
DESTINATION EVALUATION
Europe but also the following countries
Accessibility and
islands:
 All transpiration to and from the origin  Three North African countries i.e.,
 Includes all support infrastructure Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia
 Includes transfers as well  The Azores, Madeira, and Canary
Comfort, convenience, capacity, and capability Islands
 The part of Turkey situated on the
 Comfortable facilities and improvement Asian continent
of basic facilities  Thus, cities like Ankara, Algiers,
 Sometimes also deals with the capacity Rabat, Tunis, and Las Palmas are all
to service visitor needs located in IATA Europe.
 Capability to service visitor needs
Education and entertainment AREA 1

 Tourist products should have an The first classification according to sub-areas:
educational value
North America
Service, safety, and security
 Canada (CA), Mexico (MX), St. Pierre &
 Should meet the visitor’s expectations Miquelon (PM), the United States of
 Includes the prevention of accidents America including Puerto Rico and the
and the maintenance of peace and US Virgin Islands (US)
order.
Central America
WORLD TOURISM GEOGRAPHY
 Belize (BZ), Costa Rica (CR), El Salvador
 In order to facilitate the adjustment of (SV), Guatemala (GT), Honduras (HN),
fares, International Air Transport Nicaragua (NI)
Association (IATA) has divided the
world into three (3) main AREAS: Area Caribbean Sub-Area
1, Area 2, and Area 3.  Bahamas (BS), Bermuda (BM), Guyana
 They are regularly used in the (GY), French Guyana (GF), Suriname
interpretation of tariff rates and in the (SR), Caribbean Islands
calculation of international airfares.
Airlines sometimes refer to these areas
as TC1 (for area 1), TC2 (for area 2),
and TC3 (for area 3).
 Under each area, there are smaller
“sub-areas” or “sub-regions” which, in
the IATA context, may have a different
meaning from what is generally implied
by the geographical term.

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 an attraction at a site known for its

 Employed either in the government or

Education and entertainment AREA 1

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