TOURISM

Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveler's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only”

Classification

1.    Depending on the purpose of travel

This is one of the most used classifications; is to identify tourism as the main reason for the trip or the purpose of the visit, to a certain destination .de according to this criterion, tourism can be classified into three broad categories, which in turn are divided into a whole range of types.

These categories are as follows:

a)    conventional tourism or holiday type.

b)    specialized tourism.

c)    tourism affinity or common interest.

2.    According to the form of travel

In this case, tourism, regardless of the type of arrangement made by the tourist to make the trip, can be classified as:

a)    Individual tourism.

b)    group tourism.

3.    Depending on the type of trip

In the way they have made travel arrangements, tourism can be classified into:

a)    independent tourism.

b)    organized tourism or fully understood.

4.    according to the type of operation

The companies that integrate the said travel industry to better identify the field of tourism businesses, classified as:

a)    inbound tourism.

b)    tourism emissive.

5.    according to stay in the destination

According to the duration of the stay tourist destination, it can be classified:

a)    Itinerant tourism.

b)    Residential tourism, or stay.

Other ways of classifying tourism

Tourism can be identified otherwise to identify the different forms that it can take in society.

A.   Mass tourism.

B.   Selective tourism.

C.   popular tourism.

D.   Social tourism.

E.   Alternative tourism.

Types:

     I.        By product:

§  Mass tourism

§  Alternative tourism

    II.        By nature of the activity:

§  Active

§  Passive

  III.        Location Preference:

§  Coastal

§  Rural

§  City

§  Lakes

§  Mountains

  IV.        Duration of trip:

§  Day

§  Weekend

§  Annual

   V.        By purpose:

§  Business and pleasure

§  Culture

§  History

§  Nature

§  Farm

§  Health

§  Family

§  Recreation

Vocabulary

	English	Español		English	Español
1	Accomodation	Alojamiento	51	Sightseer	Turista, excursionista
2	Arrival	Llegada	52	Single room	Habitación individual
3	Baggage allowance	Equipaje permitido	53	Ski resort	Estación de esquí
4	Brochure	Folleto	54	Stay	Estancia
5	Business trip	Viaje de negocios	55	Suitcase	Maleta
6	Camping site, campsite	Sitio para acampar	56	Sun lotion	Bronceador
7	Car hire (GB)	Alquiler de autos	57	Sunblock	Filtro solar
8	Car rental (USA)	Alquiler de autos	58	Sunburn	Quemadura de sol
9	Caravan	Casa rodante, caravana	59	Sunglasses	Gafas de sol
10	Cruise	Crucero	60	Tent	Tienda de campaña
11	Delay	Retraso	61	Ticket	Billete
12	Departure	Salida	62	Ticket office	Taquilla
13	Destination	Destino	63	Time-sharing	Tiempo compartido
14	Double room	Habitación doble	64	To confirm	Confirmar
15	Downtown	Centro de la ciudad	65	To drive	Conducir
16	Excess baggage	Exceso de equipaje	66	To fly	Volar
17	Excursion; outing	Excursión	67	To go abroad	Irse al extranjero
18	Flight	Vuelo	68	To go camping	Ir de camping
19	Frontier; border	Frontera	69	To go climbing	Ir a escalar
20	Guide; tour guide	Guía (grupo turistas)	70	To go hiking	Ir a dar una caminata
21	Guidebook	Guía (libro)	71	To go mountaineering	Hacer alpinismo
22	Hand luggage	Equipaje de mano	72	To go on vacation	Irse de vacaciones
23	High season	Temporada alta	73	To go sightseeing	Visitar lugares de interés
24	Hiking trail	Sendero de caminata	74	To go skiing	Ir a esquiar
25	Hostel	Hostal	75	To go swimming	Ir a nadar
26	Hotel	Hotel	76	To go to the beach	Ir a la playa
27	Information office	Oficina de información	77	To have a good time	Pasarlo bien
28	Inn	Posada	78	To hold a reservation	Mantener una reserva
29	International driving licence	Permiso internacional de conducción	79	To make a reservation	Reservar
30	Itinerary	Itinerario	80	To plan	Organizar
31	Journey; trip	Viaje	81	To rent a car	Alquilar un auto
32	Lost property office; lost and found	Oficina de objetos perdidos	82	To stay	Permanecer; quedarse
33	Low season	Temporada baja	83	To sunbathe	Tomar sol
34	Luggage	Equipaje	84	To take a photograph	Tomar una fotografía
35	Luggage trolley	Carrito de equipajes	85	To travel	Viajar
36	Luxury hotel	Hotel de lujo	86	Tour	Gira, recorrido
37	Map	Mapa	87	Tourism	Turismo
38	Motor-home	Casa rodante	88	Tourist	Turista
39	One-way ticket	Tiquete viaje de ida	89	Tourist office	Oficina de turismo
40	Organized tour	Viaje organizado	90	Travel agent	Agente de viajes
41	Parking lot	Estacionamiento	91	Travel bag	Bolsa de viaje
42	Passenger	Pasajero	92	Travel insurance	Seguro de viajes
43	Passport	Pasaporte	93	Train	Tren
44	Permit to stay	Visado de estancia	94	Trip	Viaje
45	Pleasure trip	Viaje de placer	95	Vacation	Vacaciones
46	Reservation	Reserva	96	Visa	Visado
47	Resort	Lugar de vacaciones	97	Voyage	Viaje (en barco)
48	Return	Regreso ; vuelta	98	Waiting list	Lista de espera
49	Route	Ruta	99	Waiting room	Sala de espera
50	Season	Temporada	100	Youth hostel	Albergue juvenil

Tourist

A tourist is a person who moves from their usual environment to another geographic location, being absent from their usual place of more than 24 hours residence and performing overnight in the other geographic point.

Types:

According to offset:

§  National Tourism

§  International Tourism

To the origin of the current:

§  Recreational Tourism

§  Outbound Tourism

According to the statement of the trip:

§  By Health Tourism

§  Placer Tourism

§  Religious Tourism

§  Commercial Tourism

§  Cultural Historical Tourism

According to the form of travel:

§  Independent Tourism

§  Organized Tourism

§  Tourism Group

Agree to stay in place target:

§  Itinerant Tourism

§  Stay Tourism

Spending to the tourist:

§  Luxury Tourism

§  Middle Tourism

§  Popular Tourism

§  Subsidized Tourism

Environmental impact of agreement:

§  High

§  Middle

§  Low

§  Protected

Travel

Travel is the movement of people between relatively distant geographical locations, and can involve travel by foot, bicycle, automobile, train, boat, airplane, or other means, with or without luggage, and can be one way or round trip.

Transport

Is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations. Transport is important because it enables trade between persons, which is essential for the development of civilizations.

Types: 

Air transport: Air transport or airfreight service is moved from one place to another passenger or cargo aircraft using, for profit.

Ground transportation: Ground transportation is one whose networks extend from the surface of the earth. Their axes are visible, because they are formed by a previously constructed infrastructure along which goods and people.

Aquatic transport: Shipping is the action of bringing people (passengers) or things (solid or liquid loads) by sea from one geographical location to another on board a ship with a view to profit.

Accommodation

Accommodation It is the action and effect of host or stay (host, put one thing into another). The most common use of the term is linked to the place where people spend the night or camp, usually in the middle of a trip or vacation. Hotels, lodges and inns are types of accommodation.

Classification:

§  Luxury

§  First Class

§  Tourist Class

§  Economic Class

Catering

The Catering institutional food service or collective power that provides a certain amount of food and drink at parties, events and performances of various kinds.

Classification:

§  Catering appetizer: This service lasts 15 to 30 minutes. a calculation is made of two bites per person salty and sweet.

§  Catering reception: It lasts about three hours and frequently performed at 20 hours. They are calculated from eighteen to twenty snacks per person; of which 2/3 is salty and sweet 1/3.

§  Catering cocktail: The estimated time is 11 to embodiment 13 or 19 to 21 hours. They are calculated from fifteen to twenty bites per person; 1/3 2/3 salty and sweet.