What is tourism product?

-Tourism Product is the tourism activity or experience that a tourist participates

in.

What is tourism system?

-A framework that identifies tourism as being made up of a number of

components, often taken to include the tourist, the tourist generating region, the transit
route region, the tourist destination and the tourism industry (Leiper, 1990)

Segments of tourism

• Leisure tourism
-The leisure industry encompasses careers based in indoor leisure
centers such as fitness instructors, managers or lifeguards. It also includes careers
in the outdoor arena such as sports instructors, players and coaches. Another
aspect to the industry is entertainment movies, theatres, casinos. In fact, anything
that people do in their 'leisure time' falls within the leisure industry.
• Eco tourism
- Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the
environment and sustains the well being of local people.
• Sports tourism
- Hard definition of sports tourism refers to the quantity of people
participating at competitive sport events. Normally these kinds of events are the
motivation that attracts visitors visits the events. Olympic Games, FIFA World
Cup, F1 Grand Prix and regional events such as NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
could be described as Hard Sports Tourism.
-Soft definition is relatively the tourists travel for participating on
recreational sporting, or signing up for a leisure interests. Hiking, Skiing and
Canoeing can be described as the Soft Sports Tourism.
• Business tourism
- A convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of
individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage
in some common interest. The most common conventions are based upon
industry, profession, and fandom. ...
• Conferencing tourism
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• Events and cultural tourism
- is essentially that form of tourism that focuses on the culture, and
cultural environments including landscapes pf the destination, the values and
lifestyles, heritage, visual and performing arts, industries, traditions and leisure
pursuits of the local population and host community. ...