ENG205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caribbean Tourism Organization
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Collection of competing enterprises that produce the same product. Group of establishments with the same primary activity whose size is statistically significant". Often facilitated by public sector tourism support services. Tourism (unwtp 2008 definition): tourism is a social, cultural and economic phenomenon related to the movement of people to places outside the usual place of residence". Visitors: any person visiting a country (or community) other than that in which the person resides, for any reason other than following an occupation remuneration from within the country visited o o. Excursionists: temporary visitor staying less than 24 hours in the country (or community visited) (including travelers on cruises) Turning into a key driver of socio-economic progress. International tourist arrivals gone from 25m in 1950, to 1,235m in 2016. International tourism represents 7% of worlds exports in g&s. International tourism has grown faster than world trade for the past 5 years.
