Tourism Trends in the Latter Half of The 20th Century
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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3'Tourism trends in the latter half of the 20th Century'................................................................3CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................6REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTIONHospitality Industry is one of the major area of service industry that includes largenumber of organizations that are involved in providing a wide range of products and services tothe customer's. For Example – Lodging, travelling, cruise line event planning, service of foodand beverage etc (Ghosh, R.N. and Siddique, 2017). The industry is based on disposable incomeof customers and leisure time. Tourism refers to the business of influencing, attracting andentertaining the tourists and offering them tour packages. The Essay will describe trends intourism industry in latter half of 20th Century. MAIN BODY'Tourism trends in the latter half of the 20th Century'.Tourism has now become a global level industry that supports the travelling of millionsof people at domestic as well as international level. According to World Tourism Organization(WTO) approximately 12% of total population in the world are international travellers in a year2006. According to Matthieson and Wall, tourism consist of the movement of people to differentdestinations, all the activities that are undertaken by tourist during the period of stay anddifferent facilities that are offered to them to fulfil their needs.Leisure refers to free time spent by people away from their job, domestic work as well asactivities like sleeping and eating. Generally, activities of most of the people are not free ofchoice and it may be limited by social pressure. According to various economists, leisure time isvery important for the people (Schänzel, H.A. and Yeoman, 2015). Firms that are operating in Hospitality Industry offers a wide range of products andservices to customer's. Such as facility of accommodation in Hotels, Resorts etc., transportationfacility, theme parks, Centres for tourism information, Theme parks etc. Tourism products aredivided into three categories that are natural, man made and symbolic products. The serviceshave various features like intangible, inseparable, perishable, involvement of customer etc.20th Century: Beginning of Era of Modern HospitalityWorld Tourism Organization has announced 27th September as day of World Tourism.Before 20th Century, only water and land are considered as means for transportation. But,Innovation in tourism industry has provided various other ways for safe transportation. Due tothis, large number of tourists has started visiting different places across the world. Hospitality
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