...Rachael Himes Final essay questions AUIP North Queensland 1. What was your best experience on the AUIP Queensland trip? Why? My favorite experience during the AUIP Queensland trip was snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef. I have been fascinated by the ocean ever since my first trip to Myrtle Beach in 2002. I have always been interested in marine biology but have never taken an opportunity to take a course and really learn about it. I thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem and all the organisms and surrounding ecosystems it interacts with. Learning about the GBR ecosystem before snorkeling made the experience more interesting and rewarding. Having two guides also made the experience better because they knew more about the ecosystem and were experienced in that area. Snorkeling was by far the best way to end the trip and I was very happy that our itinerary saved the best for last. 2. What was your worst experience on the AUIP Queensland trip. Why? My least favorite experience on the AUIP Queensland trip was camping in the outback at Tyrconnell. This was my least enjoyable stay of the trip because I personally do not like camping. I have always thought of camping to be quite boring. I also found it hard to concentrate while preparing the debate and writing the essays because everyone was working in the same area. I also felt that when we did not have the course work and debate to prepare, there wasn’t much else to do. Although I found...
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...A vacation to New Zealand, even with similarities to the United States, requires a certain amount of preparation; it is not a three-hour trip to Disney, it is a 17-hour time difference that requires knowledge of: local customs, location, weather, current issues, and future expectations. New Zealand: Having never been to New Zealand, I find it very interesting that it was the last major landmass that humans discovered (Wilson). Though the time line is heavily debated, most scientists approximate that man settled some time 800 years ago. In comparison to North America, which is somewhere around 25,000 years, New Zealand is still young (Warner pg. 47). Important Considerations Location, Climate, and Topography: • Southeast of Australia, New Zealand is similar in size to Colorado; its southern location from the Equator means opposite seasons from Europe and North America. • New Zealand’s climate is classified as Cbf (Fig. 2). • Most of the North Island lies on the Australia Plate, where as the South Island is on the Pacific Plate (Fig. 1). This, combined with active volcanoes, creates a hotbed for seismic and volcanic activity (CIA). • One quarter of the earthquakes have been below a 2.0 magnitude, but within the last year alone, New Zealand has seen 17,246 earthquakes with a majority ranging from 0-5 magnitudes (Geonet). (Fig. 2) Link: http://koeppen-geiger.vu-wien.ac.at/. Topography • New Zealand formed after the collision of the Australian and...
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...Visit www.flightcentre.com.au | Call 1300 733 867 Flight Centre Limited trading as Flight Centre ABN 25 003 377 188 ACN 003 377 188 Flight Centre Booking Number 6516699 Your Itinerary: Issued Monday 29 April 2013 Present this itinerary with your photo ID (or passport for international travel) at check-in. Avoid delays at check-in. Confirm flight times and terminal information within 24 hours prior to departure. Flight Details Malaysia Airlines MH140 Fare Class: ZBT3MAU Airline Reference: L0GDW Travellers Mr Xiong Yang Departs Sydney 9:40PM Wednesday 15 May 2013 Baggage 40kg of checked bags included Arrives Kuala Lumpur 4:30AM Thursday 16 May 2013 Frequent Flyer Program International check-in 2 hours prior to scheduled departure time. You need a valid passport for international travel. Domestic check-in 1 hours prior to scheduled departure time. You need a valid Australian photo identification to check-in. Check in online at airlines' websites within 24 hours of departure. Important Information Confirm flight times and terminal information within 24 hours prior to departure. Qantas flights QF1-QF399 depart from the International Terminal. Jetstar flights depart from Domestic and International Terminals. Use this itinerary to check in. Australian and New Zealand flights use electronic tickets, you will not be issued with a paper ticket. Domestic check-in 1 hour prior to the scheduled departure time. You need valid Australian photo identification to check-in....
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...destination to assist visitors to the area. AVICs provide information about accommodation, tours, activities, events, etc. Some AVICs also make bookings. AVICs are “accredited” centres, identified by an italic “i”. B B&B Bed and breakfast facility; usually not more than six rooms. Benchmarking Comparing results with similar tourism businesses or assessing the business against an industry average. ANR Arrival notification report used by wholesale agents. BEC Business Enterprise Centre. APEX Airlines advanced purchase fare. BLIS Business Licence Information Service. ATE Australian Tourism Exchange. ATE is Australia’s largest international tourism trade show for inbound operators and overseas wholesalers; coordinated by Tourism Australia. Block booking Hotel rooms held without deposit for regular group travel. ATEC Australian Tourism Export Council, formerly known as ITOA. ATLAS Computer/reservation system used by some travel agents. ATO Australian Tax Office Attendance building Marketing and promotional programs designed to increase attendance at conventions, trade shows, meetings, and events. Attraction A man-made or natural facility, location or activity that offers an item or items of specific interest. Availability Dates available for booking a tourism product....
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...has backpacker tourism developed in Australia and what factors have contributed to the growth this type of tourism, including the profile of domestic and international backpackers? The backpacker tourism market has become one of Australia’s most successful niche markets. It is making an important contribution to the overall economy and to regional economies as backpackers visit a range of destinations. Special interest tourists such as backpackers, engage in backpacker tourism for a specific reason usually to satisfy particular interest or need. (Derrett 2001) The purpose of this essay is to evaluate backpacker tourism as a form of special interest tourism. This evaluation was based on examining the evolution and development of the backpacker tourism in Australia. In addition, a range of statistics outlines the profile of the domestic and international backpackers in Australia. Research into backpacker tourism articulated a shift in late 1980s, with new terminology such as ‘free independent traveler’ and ‘backpacker’ entering the tourism industry in favor of previous descriptions. The term ‘backpacker’ is extensively used by tourism market in Australia and New Zealand. In recent years, this type of terminology has begun to be used globally. (Hannam & Ateljevic 2009) A backpacker can be defined as “a traveler aged 15 years or above who spent at least one night in night in either backpacker or hostel accommodation during travel in Australia”. (Tourism Victoria 2009) From an...
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... California became a state. The Gold Rush brought thousands of immigrants, both foreign and domestic, to California. This and later mass migrations, combined with the state's natural riches, assured Calfornia's success as it developed its diversified agriculture and industry, fisheries, forestry, and mining industries, aircraft plants and shipyards, tourism and recreation, the film industry, and the technological sector epitomized by Silicon Valley (highlighted in another National Register itinerary: Santa Clara County: California's Historic Silicon Valley). More than 90,000 people made their way to California in the two years following the first discovery and more than 300,000 by 1854 — or one of about every 90 people then living in the United States. The stampede ripped families apart and stripped towns of a large percentage of their young men. Not all of the prospectors were American. An 1850 census showed that 25 percent of those counted were from countries as far away as Australia and China. It wasn't easy getting there. From the East Coast, one could take a 15,000-mile, five-month voyage around the tip of South America....
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...promotes competitive and sustainable tourism policies and instruments, fosters tourism education and training, and works to make tourism an effective tool for development through technical assistance projects in over 100 countries around the world. UNWTO’s membership includes 156 countries, 6 territories and over 400 affiliate members representing the private sector, educational institutions, tourism associations and local tourism authorities. Its headquarters are located in Madrid, Spain. Grand Tour Modern tourism can be traced to what was known as the Grand Tour, which was a traditional trip of Europe (especially Germany and Italy) undertaken by mainly upper-classEuropean young men of means, mainly from Western and Northern European countries. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage. Though primarily associated with the...
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...4 major trends in China’s tourism industry * Posted On: 13th November 2013 * By: Olivier * With 2 Comments 4 major trends in China’s tourism industry On March 25th, the world’s leading tourism technology partner Amadeus released a research report completed by Frost & Sullivan. The report reveals four trends that analyze the future direction of China’s tourism industry. These four trends include: technology and infrastructure applications increased for tourism; Chinese travelers demand more personalized; Asia Pacific travel barriers between countries diminishing and exit procedures more streamlined; high-end and low-end tourism market quick growth. The report noted that technological innovation is the driving factor in the four major trends. Commenting on the report, Amadeus Executive Officer of China, Bart Tompkins said: “The report researches the Chinese tourism market current and future development. In the rapidly changing market, the tourism industry must adapt to these changes and propose appropriate technical solutions, which are the tourism practitioners’ key to success in this fierce competition. Amadeus will work together with the Chinese tourism industry, with innovative technology, to find solutions to deal with these changes, and jointly promote Chinese tourism market with healthy and rapid development. “ CORE TREND ONE: LEAPFROG DEVELOPMENT The first trend to observe is this huge development of Chinese tourists as you can see on the graph below: ...
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...Analysis Analysis Website Of Travel Of Travelling Website Expedia.com World's 2nd travel website Expedia is an Internet-based travel website based in the US with localised sites for 22 countries : (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada,Denmark, France, Germany,India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, SouthKorea, Mal aysia, Mexico, Netherlands, NewZealand, Norway,Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UK, US). Expedia was started by Microsoft and later spun off as a multi-billion dollar company because it was "no longer about software intensive technology" and they were "concerned that they would not do their best at this." In October 2012, an advert for Expedia, titled "Find Your Understanding" As the world’ s largest online travel agency, their goal is to help plan a great trip with the best prices. Expedia offers : Hotels Flights Car-rentals Cruises Activities Easy to use. Very exciting. Wonderful graphics. Options that encourage travel What is ‘ Advertising Stickiness ’ ? (advertising) a research measure that captures the extent to which viewers wish to spend more time looking at or reading a print ad. The low stickiness rating helped explain why its ad’s brand linkage rating was so low: people were turned off by the blurriness of the main photo. Stickiness and Websites When a website is sticky, it means that there's something about it that makes Internet users want to return. Many websites use the advertising revenue model; however, some are more successful...
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...in the Travel Agency Service Industry, the research was based on secondary data to specifically consider the following issues, as identified by AFTA: • Travel agency reservations and bookings as compared to reservations and bookings conducted over the internet; • Use of the internet for information sourcing for travel decision making as opposed to advice from travel agents; • Variations in usage of the internet versus travel agents according to market segment and length of stay; • Direct selling by airlines; • Reasons for traveller use of the internet; and • Best practice competitive strategies by key travel agents. Data Sources and Limitations The data for the study were drawn from a number of sources, including IbisWorld, Tourism Australia, Roy Morgan, AC Nielsen, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre (STCRC) and various media sources. It should be noted that the IbisWorld (2005) data was used extensively as it provided regular updates on the travel agent industry. The wide-ranging...
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...expeditions Scotland, Arctic & Russia Scotland and Faroe Islands | European Arctic | Russian Arctic | Russian Far East 2012 it Stra it tra Denmark S Denmark ATLANT C A T L A N T II C OCEAN OCEAN St Kilda St Kilda Reykjavik Reykjavik GREENLAND GREENLAND Isafjordur Isafjordur ICELAND ICELAND Oban Oban Faroe Faroe Islands Islands ouu SSo b byy ss ree or So Scc nd nd 90° 90° 60° 60° 30° 30° Edinburgh Edinburgh UK UK Norweg an N o r w e g iia n Shetland Islands Shetland Islands G een and G rre e n lla n d Sea Sea Spitsbergen Spitsbergen Longyearbyen Longyearbyen 0° 0° North North Sea Sea NORWAY NORWAY Sea Sea North North Pole Pole 30° 30° 60° 60° 90° 90° Franz Josef Franz Josef Land Land Novaya Novaya Zemlya Zemlya 2012 EXPEDITION PROGRAM CRUISE DATES VOYAGE * Kayaking Option # Diving Option WILD SCOTLAND & EUROPEAN ARCTIC 11-24 June 14 days WILD SCOTLAND AND THE FAROE ISLANDS*# SPITSBERGEN ODYSSEY* SPITSBERGEN ODYSSEY*# JEWELS OF THE ARCTIC *# JEWELS OF THE ARCTIC * RUSSIAN COAST TIC IC ARC T ARC E CL E L CIR C CIR B aren ts B aren ts Murmansk Murmansk Sea Sea a lya mly em Ze aaZ yy vaa oov N N Kara Kara Sea Sea PAGE 8 R R 19-29 July 11 days 29 July-8 Aug 11 days 8-21 Aug 14 days 21 Aug-3 Sept 14 days 10 10 12 12 25 June-7 July 13 days 7-19 July 13 days 19-31 July 13 days 31 July-13 Aug 14 days 13 Aug-7 Sept 26 days 8-21 Sept 14 days RING OF FIRE* BERING SEA EXPLORER*...
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...Contiki Holidays You Have One Life, One Shot, So Make It Count! Assessment 1: Major Assignment Group Work: Hung, Jess, Tshala, Rana and Tiffany 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview ............................................................................................................................... 2 Backstage Pass to Europe ..................................................................................................................... 2 Travel Styles .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Team Contiki ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Make Every Moment Count .................................................................................................................. 3 Getting Around ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Me Time ................................................................................................................................................ 4 Join Us Online........................................................................................................................................ 4 Save With Contiki ...................................................................
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...The Marketing Plan Developing a Marketing plan As with any business venture, your entry into international markets should be well planned. A detailed marketing plan should be developed to provide a blueprint for your marketing activities. Whether you are a small family run attraction or an international airline, the principles for a marketing plan are the same. The purpose of marketing is to match the right product to the right market, providing an optimum return on investment. It is more than just advertising. Essentially there are four elements (the four P’s) of marketing: product, price, place and promotion. A good marketing plan incorporates a combination of these elements. Writing a marketing plan is one of the most important steps that you can take to improve your business’s effectiveness and efficiency. The plan will guide your marketing decisions and assist in allocatingyour resources. It should incorporate: > Overall business objectives. What is it that your organisation wants to accomplish? > Assessment of the market environment. What are the factors, internally and externally, that will affect your business and servicing of identified markets? > Market Identification. What are the specific markets and segments that are most likely to use your product? > Marketing Objectives. Are the objectives for each target market measurable, achievable, time-specific, non-ambiguous and flexible? > Marketing Strategies. What is the best combination of the four P’s...
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...GUIDE FOR TRAVELLERS know before you go Contents Heading overseas? Before you go Departing Australia Aviation security Departing by sea Departing by pleasure craft Arriving in Australia by air Arriving in Australia by sea Arriving in Australia by pleasure craft Using your mobile phone and camera Baggage searches Prohibited and restricted goods Travelling with medicines What do I have to declare to ACBPS? Duty and tax Duty-free concession limits Exceeding your duty-free concession limits Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) Where can I get more information? Complaints and compliments 1 3 3 4 5 5 6 9 9 10 10 11 12 14 20 20 23 25 27 29 Heading overseas? Are you one of more than 31 million travellers getting ready to pass through an Australian international airport or seaport this year? If you are, this guide will help you prepare for your trip and give you an idea of what to expect when you pass through Australian Customs and Border Protection Service (ACBPS) at an international airport or seaport. ACBPS officers play an important role in protecting Australia’s borders from the entry of illegal and harmful goods and unauthorised people. Activities undertaken by ACBPS include: • • • • • • checking passports as travellers arrive and depart Australia checking arriving and departing travellers’ documents questioning and searching arriving travellers and their baggage for prohibited or restricted goods searching aircraft or vessels for prohibited or restricted goods seizing prohibited...
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...Tourism Marketing Management Tourism Marketing Management Submitted by: Mayur Peswani (A-38) Rahul Purswani (A-39) Shivangi Agarawal (B-01) Tania Patel (B-41) In-Depth Analysis Of Major Tour Operators in India Submitted to: Prof. Bijal Mehta Submitted by: Mayur Peswani (A-38) Rahul Purswani (A-39) Shivangi Agarawal (B-01) Tania Patel (B-41) In-Depth Analysis Of Major Tour Operators in India Submitted to: Prof. Bijal Mehta Table Of Contents Tourism Marketing Management 0 0 Tourism Marketing Management 2 Latest facts and figures of tourism sector (till Jan,2015) 4 Direct contribution of tourism and hospitality to GDP 4 Foreign tourists arriving in India 5 Foreign exchange earnings from tourism in India 5 Expected share of tourists by expenditure 5 Visa on Arrival and Earnings 7 Background Literature 13 Methodology 20 Analysis 22 (Of Tour Operator Industry) 22 Analysis & Interpretation 24 (Of Our Survey) 24 Findings of Study 37 Tourism Marketing Management * Tourism Sector in India (Overview) Introduction Tourism and hospitality, a key sector of the Indian economy, plays a key role in the growth of Brand India and accounts for around 12.4 per cent of the total employment in India. Globally, tourism ranks fifth as an export category after fuels, chemicals, food and automotive products. The tourism and hospitality sector in India is highly optimistic with a large number of hotel chains having lied...
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