Assessment 1: Explore the significance of special interest tourism as part of the tourism product of a destination of your choice. According to Read (1980)‚ in Hall and Weiler (1992)‚ the conceptualization of the term ‘Special Interest Tourism’ (SIT) emerged during the 1980s and can be seen as the predecessor of ‘Niche Tourism’. Early discussion of SIT set the context for the development of niche tourism markets‚ and was seen to be a prime force associated with the expansion of tourism and the motivation
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Introduction of Special Interest Tourism The tourism industry has changed over the years along with the socio-economic situations in many countries. Therefore‚ tourism markets that were popular twenty years ago are now in deterioration as travellers look for some kind of fulfilment and meaning at the destination. Special interest tourism (SIT) can be defined as a form of tourism that provides an enriching experience that is of special interest to visitors in addition to other leisure activities
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Special Interest Tourism This course aims to develop your ability to manage different types of travel products‚ with a particular focus on special interest tourism. Builds an understanding of opportunities in such things as business tourism‚ festival tourism‚ cultural tourism‚ environmental tourism‚ senior tourism‚ food and wine tourism and much more. Lesson Structure There are 10 lessons in this course: 1. Sectors of the Tourism Industry 2. Types of Tourism 3. Accommodation
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Darjeeling since the British Raj and tea tourism for tea lovers gives the tea lovers a perfect opportunities to learn what so unique about staying in the tea plantations‚ knowing about the history and commercial importance. This report includes detailed study on tea tourism in Darjeeling‚ different types of tea‚ advantages and disadvantages of tea tourism. Special Interest Tourism Tourists looking for products that will fulfil their particular need are the special interest tourists referred to as ``niche market
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Special Interest Tourism Lynsey Bone Tutor: Angela Callanan Word count: Special interest tourism 1.0 Introduction This report is going to discuss 3 different types of specialist tourism; it will look at the product differentiation and tourist type‚ Assess the contribution of tourism trends‚ factors and shifts in holiday interests to special interest tourist development. “Special interest tourism may be defined as a form of tourism which involves consumers whose holiday choice is inspired
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1. Introduction A significant part of economic theory focuses on the assumption of a representative consumer buying a homogeneous good. For example‚ think of the standard Bertrand and Cournot models of oligopoly. Consumers only care about the prices in the market and decide how much of a good to buy and from which firm in order to maximize their utility (given a budget constraint). We know that price competition is fiercer than quantity competition and this result is described by the so called
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Unit 13: Special Interest Tourism M1/ Development of Educational Tourism Explain how two relationships between special interests and tourism have developed Educational tourism is used by schools and colleges or any institution to allow student to go on trips‚ theses trips will only be for education purpose. It can be linked to a course in order to know more about certain things and acquire knowledge on different visits made to a museum for example‚ which will help student to learn about different
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competition is characterized by (1) a relatively large number of sellers‚ (2) differentiated products (promoted by advertising)‚ and (3) easy entry and exit from industry (McConnell p.445). Fast food companies fit into monopolistic competition because consumers perceive that there are non-price differences among the competitors’ products‚ there are many producers and customers in a given market‚ and the producers have a degree of control over the price of the products (Wikipedia). Fast food companies
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Product differentiation is one of the strategic elements of products marketing. In order to understand that process‚ I chose to focus on skin care products and more particularly on Chanel ’s products. "Gabriele Chanel was born in 1883 in Saumur‚ France. She adopted the name of "Coco" while she briefly worked as a cafe and concert singer from 1905 to 1908. First a mistress of a wealthy military officer then of an English industrialist‚ she drew on the resources of these patrons in setting up a
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Product Differentiation Definition: Development or incorporation of attributes (such as benefits‚ price‚ quality‚ styling‚ service‚ etc.) that a product’s intended customers perceive to be different and desirable. Advertising and promotion of a product is based on its differentiating characteristics. Source: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/product-differentiation.html Today‚ the market is crowded with similar brands‚ clamoring for the attention of customers. In order for their
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