Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TOURISM
BUSINESS TOURISM
• Business meetings
LEISURE TOURISM
• Holidays
VISITING FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES (VFR)
• Long holidays
• Conferences and
conventions
• Short breaks
• Short breaks
• Day visits
• Sport
• Exhibitions and trade fairs
• Incentive travel
• Day visits
• Education
• Culture and religion
• Social and spiritual
Fig 1.1 - Why people travel
it is often of high value and earns hoteliers, caterers
and transport companies signifi cant income. Indeed,
many city-based travel agents operate a separate
department geared exclusively to the specifi c needs
of business clients.
fact that he or she is not paying for accommodation
may well be an incentive to spend more on such things
as eating out and entertainment.
Figures from the United Kingdom Tourism Survey
(UKTS) show that British people made a total of 123.1
million trips within the UK for all purposes in 2009, of
which:
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60.7 million (49 per cent) were holidays (including
holidays with friends and relatives);
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18 million (15 per cent) were on business;
Visiting friends and relatives (VFR) also makes an
important contribution to the income that tourism
businesses receive. You may be wondering how it is that
somebody who stays for free with a friend or relative in
their home is helping tourism in an area. The answer is
that the visitor, although enjoying free accommodation,
is likely to spend money on other goods and services in
the locality, such as food, entertainment and transport,
so contributing to the local economy. Indeed, the very
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44.4 million (36 per cent) were other visits to friends
and relatives;
Some examples from each of the categories shown
in Figure 1.1 will help to give a clearer understanding
of the meaning of travel and tourism. Leisure tourism
examples are shown in Figure 1.2 and different
examples of business tourism are given in Figure 1.3.
