Travel Reference
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the safety needs because the person enjoys a new experience in a comfortable (safe-feeling)
environment. At the same time, it meets the exploration need because the person leaves home
and travels to a different place, albeit a familiar one.
SUMMARY
Sociologists are interested in tourism because travel profoundly affects individuals and families who
travel, inducing behavioral changes. The new insights, understandings, and appreciations that travel
brings are enlightening and educational.
A person who travels to a strange environment encounters problems that must be resolved. How
well the traveler solves these problems will largely determine the degree of the trip
s success. In
planning a trip, the traveler must decide how much cultural distance (from the home environment) he
or she desires. Tourists differ greatly in this regard.
In this chapter we have described various social phenomena related to mass tourism. Included are
social tourism, international travel behavior extremes, and barriers to travel. Your understanding of
these can help to provide a basis for determining tourist volume policy. Consideration must be given to
the likely in
uence that masses of tourists will have on their hosts. Furthermore, applying the
procedures explained in this chapter should minimize the negative sociological in
uences and enhance
the positive effects of large numbers of tourists on their host society. Although tourism expenditures
have a negligible effect on crime, tourists are potential targets for crime. It is essential that they be
protected as much as possible.
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KEY CONCEPTS
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crimes against tourists
cultural distance
discretionary income
effects of travel experiences
group travel
negative social effects on host society
people with disabilities
resentment toward tourists
social tourism
sociology
standardization
travel patterns
travel preferences of
international
tourists
trinketization
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INTERNET EXERCISES
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The Internet sites mentioned in this chapter plus some
selected additional sites are listed for your convenience on
the companion Web site for this topic,
www.wiley.com/college/goeldner
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2.
What community programs are offered?
3.
What youth programs are offered?
ACTIVITY 2
Site Name:
International Organization of Social Tourism
ACTIVITY 1
Site Name: Open Doors Organization
URL:
(OITS)
URL:
http://www.bits-int.org/en/
Background Information:
www.opendoorsnfp.org
Background Information:
OITS is an international non-
pro
t association whose aim is to promote access to
tourism for all, and more particularly, for low income
population groups.
The Open Doors Organization
(ODO) was founded in 2000 for the purpose of creating a
society in which all persons with disabilities have the same
consumer opportunities as those without. It aspires to
teach businesses to succeed in the disability market, while
simultaneously empowering the disability community.
Exercise
1.
What are the origins of social tourism?
2.
What is the Calypso project?
Exercises
1.
What corporate programs are offered?
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