Module One: What is Tourism?

    Learning Objectives:

Ability to define the terms tourism, excursionist, visitor, foreign visitor and travel.

Ability to identify various forms or transportation used in tourism.

Ability to describe the four dimensions of tourism.

Ability to identify the four essentials necessary for tourism to occur.

Be able to locate various tourism data from the internet.

To complete this Topic successfully, please complete the following activities in the order shown below:

Textbook Reading: No text assignment for this module.  Read the on-line lesson.

lesson1.gif (375 bytes)On-line Lesson: What is Tourism?

Additional Reading: Space Tourist

Web Activity: Travel Industry Association of America data collection.

Individual Quiz

Once you have completed the activities in this topic, you should:

Go on to Module Two: Defining Ecotourism.

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