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TOURISMTOURISM
TOURISM
•Temporary Visitors
•Staying at least 24 Hrs
•For leisure, business, family, pilgrimage etc.,
EXCURSION
•Temporary Visitor
•Staying less than 24 Hrs
•Excluding people in transit
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MOVEMENT OF TOURISTMOVEMENT OF TOURIST
INTERNATIONAL TOURIST
• travel is from one country to another
INBOUND
• tourists entering a country
OUTBOUND
• tourists leaving their country of origin for another
DOMESTIC TOURIST
• when the travel is within the country
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TYPES OF TOURISMTYPES OF TOURISM
Rest & recuperation
Escape
Communication
Culture and education
Health
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TYPES OF TOURISMTYPES OF TOURISM
Special interest tours
Adventure and wild life
Convention tourism
Alternative tourism
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IMPORTANCE OF TOURISMIMPORTANCE OF TOURISM
Employment generation
Labour intensive
Prosperity -foreign exchange earner
Cultural exchange
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HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
• part of a larger enterprise known as the travel &
tourism industry
• having a common goal of providing desired
products & services to travelers
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HOTEL
• a place where a bonafide traveler can receive food
and shelter & allied services against payment
ORIGIN
• oldest commercial endeavor in the world dating back
1200 years
• with money as medium of exchange trade & travel
flourishes
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EVOLUTION
• the Industrial Revolution in England (1750-1820)- the
birth of modern day hotel industry
• Switzerland took lead in hotel keeping in Europe
• the word “Hotel” was used in England in 1760
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• in England “Inns” cater to nobility and clergy & “Taverns”
to the common man
• in France “Hoteliers” were finer establishments &
“Cabarets” for commoner
• American lodging houses were called “Inn” or “Coffee
House” & were more progressive
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LANDMARKS
• 1794 - New York, USA - the City Hotel : first
building specially erected for hotel purpose
• 1829 - Boston, USA - the Tremont House
Adam & Eve of the modern hotel industry
• End of 19th
century- New York- Waldorf Astoria -
a luxury hotel
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LANDMARKS
• 1908- Buffalo, USA – start of Statler chain of hotels by
Mr. E.M. Statler
• 1930- Great depression- decline of hotel industry
• 1939-45- World war II - upsurge in hotel industry
• 1950 onwards- new concepts: motels, international
chains, time share, franchise, condominium
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TRAVEL & TOURISM INDUSTRYTRAVEL & TOURISM INDUSTRY
TRAVEL & TOURISM INDUSTRY
LODGING OPERATION TRANSPORTATION RETAIL STORES ACTIVITES
HOTELS
MOTELS
RESORTS
TIMESHSHARE HOTELS
CONDOMINIUMS
CONFERENCE CENTRES
CAMPS
PARKS
BED & BREAKFAST
CASINOS
CONVENTION HOTELS
CRUISE SHIPS
SHIPS
AIRPLANES
AUTOS
BUSES
TRAINS
BIKES
LIMOUSINES
RESTAURANTS
LODGES
VENDING
CATERING
SNACKS BARS
CRUISE SHIPS
RETAIL STORES
BARS
TAVERNS
BANQUETS
CONTRACT FOOD
SERVICES
GIFT SHOPS
SOUVENIR SHOPS
ART/CRAFT
SHOPS
SHOPPING
MALLS
MARKETS
MISC. STORES
RECREATION
BUSINESS
ENTERTAINMENT
MEETINGS
STUDY TRIPS
SPORTING
EVENTS
ETHNIC FESTIVALS
CULTURAL EVENTS
SEASONAL
FESTIVALS
GAMING
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HOTEL AND ITS DEPARTMENTSHOTEL AND ITS DEPARTMENTS
OPERATIONAL AUXILLARY
ROOM
DIVISION
HOUSE
KEEPING
FRONT
OFFICE
MAINTENANCE
(ENGINEERING)
ACCOUNTS
SALES &
MARKETING
F&B
CONTROL
STORE &
PURCHASE
HUMAN
RESOURCE
TRAINING
(PERSONNEL)
SECURITY
FOOD &
BEVERAGE
SERVICEPRODUCTION
FIG 1 : DEPARTMENTS OF A HOTEL
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HOUSE KEEPING
LAUNDRY LINEN
ROOM
VALET
SERVICE FLORIST
SERVICING /
CLEANING OF
ROOMS &
PUBLIC AREAS
HEALTH
CLUB &
BEAUTY
PARLOUR
FIG 1.1 – HOUSE KEEPING DEPARTMENT OF A HOTEL
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FRONT OFFICE
RESERVATION INFORMATION
RECEPTION
UNIFORMED
STAFF
TELEPHONE
&TELEX
GUEST
RELATION
BUSINESS CENTRE NIGHT AUDIT
FIG 1.2 – FRONT OFFICE DEPARTMENT OF A HOTEL
HOSPITALITY
DESK
CASHIER
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FOOD & BEVERAGE
(SERVICE)
RESTAURANT BANQUETS
ROOM
SERVICE
BAR
COFFEE
SHOP
GRILL
ROOM
OUTDOOR
CATERING
FIG 1.4 – F & B (SERVICE) DEPARTMENT OF A HOTEL