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• 2 The Destination Mix

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• What are the 5 elements that a destination mix contains?

  1. Attractions
  2. Facilities
  3. Infrastructure
  4. Transportation
  5. Hospitality

• What is a competitive destination?

  A destination that is able to increase tourism expenditure, to increasingly attract visitors while providing them with satisfying memorable experiences, and to do so in a profitable way

• What influences which mode a visitor will use?

  the distance between the origin and the destination

• What are the terms in which attractions can be characterized?

  - scope
  - ownership
  - permanency
  - drawing power

• What is a secondary/stopover destination?

  an interesting or necessary place to visit on the way to a primary destination and it aims at satisfying visitors for one to two days

• What is a primary destination?

  A destination attractive enough to be a primary motivation for tourism visits and one that is aimed at satisfying visitors for several days or longer

• What are the 3 characteristics of attractions?

  1. They have the ability to draw people to them
  2. They can be developed almost anywhere
  3. They can act like a growth inducer

• 3 Tourism Impacts on the Economy, Society, Culture and Environment

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• What are the three economic impacts of tourism?

  1. Increasing foreign exchange earnings
  2. Increasing income
  3. Increasing employement

• What is a leakage?

  the value of goods and services that must be imported to service the needs of tourism

• What is the method for estimating the income generated from tourism?

  Determining the income multiplier for the destination