First Class Fundamental of Tourism and Hospitality

Hello everyone! Today I Nurul Amira want to share about what I learned about Fundamental of Tourism and Hospitality in chapter 1. In this chapter,I learned about what is tourism! The definition of tourism is the temporary,short term travel of non-residents along transit routes to and from a destinations. Tourism comprise the activities of persons travelling to and stayingin place outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for other purposes.I also learned about tourism industry sectors  and hospitality industry sectors. And the last one that I learned in this chapter is 5 characteristics of tourism and hospitality industry.

5 characteristics of tourism and hospitality industry are:
-perishable
-intangibility
-inseparability
-changeability
-variability


Then,in chapter 2,I learned about the concept of tourists. There are 19 thing that I must know about tourists concept. Tourist also known as traveller,visitor,excursionis and backpacker. Tourist guide,travel agent,outbound tourist,inbound tourist ,domestic tourist and international tourist are also include in tourist concept. Trip,visit,recreation,leisure time ,guest,lodging,food and beverage,housekeeping and culinary are in tourist concept too.