By Stephen J. Page

Ch. 1. Tourism this day: Why is it an international phenomenon embracing all our lives? -- Ch. 2. Tourism: Its origins, progress and destiny -- Ch. three. call for: Why to humans have interaction in tourism? -- Ch. four. offer of tourism -- Ch. five. Transporting the vacationer I: floor delivery -- Ch. 6. Transporting the vacationer II: The aviation region -- Ch. 7. lodging and hospitality providers -- Ch. eight. journey working and shuttle retailing -- Ch. nine. customer points of interest -- Ch. 10. administration of tourism -- Ch. eleven. public zone and tourism -- Ch. 12. dealing with the customer and their affects -- Ch. thirteen. way forward for tourism: submit tourism?

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2 What time dimension is involved in the tourism visit, which requires a minimum and a maximum period of time spent away from the home area and the time spent at the destination? In most cases, this would involve a minimum stay of more than 24 hours away from home and less than a year as a maximum. 3 What situations exist where some countries may or may not choose to include travellers, such as cruise passengers, travellers in transit at a particular point of embarkation/departure and excursionists who stay less than 24 hours at a destination, as tourists?

Each of these functions involves decision-making by managers, businesses, tourist destinations or organizations so that they can be harnessed to achieve the objectives and tasks associated with managing tourism. The word ‘organization’ is often used as an all-embracing term to refer to the type of tourism entity which is involved with tourism as a business or other level. These businesses are motivated by their involvement in tourism to make a profit and, therefore, the efficient organization and management of their activities is essential to ensure that company or organizational objectives are met.

This is underpinned by growth in domestic tourism, which has grown to over 17 million arrivals a year. These were created in advance of the wider commitment to creating a free trade area in Asia among the member countries of the ASEAN trading bloc, which announced the phased introduction of liberalization measures in 2008 for a single aviation market for all passenger services by 2015. The rapid expansion of the country’s tourism economy has been accompanied by a massive growth in its tourism capacity and infrastructure.

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