Notes

- SOCIOECONOMIC VARIABLES AND THEIR EFFECT ON TRAVEL -

1.) AGE (patterns of travel based on age)
2.) INCOME & SOCIAL STATUS (social class status)
3.) EDUCATION (strong correlation between education and travel)
4.) LIFE STAGES OF THE FAMILY (the presence of children)


- THE RISE OF NEW TRAVEL PATTERNS -

1.) TRAVEL CLUBS the most significant development in
group travel consist of travel clubs.
(ex.)THUNDERBIRD RESORT

2.) AIRLINE GROUP & ARRANGEMENTS
Another development in group travel is introduction of
different types of tour fares promoted by airlines. These are the
following:
1. Groups of 15 or more are given reduced fares
2. Charter service
3. Pubic charter
4. Incentive tours

3.) SPECIAL INTEREST TOURS
these are tours arranged for those who are interested in a
particular activity such as bird watching, festivals, fishing,
hunting, scuba diving, photography, flower arrangement,
golf, skiing, mountain climbing and the like.



- PREFERENCES THE INTERNATIONAL TOURIST -

1.) Complete relaxation to constant activity
2.) Traveling near one’s home environment to a totally strange environment
3.) Complete dependence on a group travel to travelling alone
4.) Order to disorder


- TYPES OF TOURIST ROLES -

1.) The Organized Mass Tourist (least adventurous)
2.) The Individual Mass Tourist (the organized mass tourist)
3.) The Explorer (tourist arranges his trip by himself)
4.) The Drifter (goes the farthest away)