Understanding the Tourism Environment: Typologies and Development

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the tourism environment, exploring various typologies and their impact on the industry. It discusses Cohen's, Smith's, and Amex's tourist typologies, highlighting the different categories within each. The report emphasizes the significant role of the tourism industry in global economies and its contribution to economic development. It concludes that the tourism and travel business significantly contributes to economic development and holds a substantial market share, driven by various characteristics that motivate the sector's growth. The analysis references several academic sources to support its findings and provide a well-rounded understanding of the tourism environment.

Understanding the
Tourism Environment

INTRODUCTION
The concept of Tourism is refers to as a business or
pleasure that attracts different customers in a form of
traveller that are provided with entertainment, tours and
accommodations. Tourism is not one which is done only
at local or at national level but now a days people are
more preferring an international tourism which provides
them great pleasure and happiness.

Typologies of tourism industry
The tour operations has developed a specific for
their business in every economy and country and
created a linkage between all those who are
interested with tourism and the market players. The
tour operators are highly dependent on the
hotelier’s for taxies, accommodation or transporter
for their souvenirs.

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 Cohen’s Tourist Typology: This typology is being separated into four different categories that are
organized mass tourists, individual mass tourists, explorers and drifters.
 Smith’s tourist typology: These are separated into seven different categories that are explorer, elite, off
beat, unusual, incipient, and mass & charter. The explorers use to find latest destinations, elite are denoted
with those tourists who prefers to have pre arrangement.
 Amex’s tourist typology: This is divided into five different which are adventure, worriers, dreamers,
economizers and the indulgers. The adventures are those who are educated and like to have new
experiences. Worriers use to have less self-confidence.

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 The industry of tourism is one of the globe’s
biggest industries is ingrained in the
people’s lives across the world. The travel by
people are not only limited to their own
country but also covers the foreign country.

Conclusion…..
 From the above report it can be concluded that a tourism and travel
business has contributed to the large extent in the development of
economy as well as holds a great share in market. There are different
characteristics that motivates the total sector for its development.

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