THE MEANING AND

IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM
AND HOSPITALITY
The Relationship of
Tourism and Hospitality
- The tourism and hospitality
industries strong effects one
another. The components of this
large industry include:
• Food and beverage service
• Lodging services
• Recreation the tourism
• Hospitality network
The Food and Beverage
Components

• The public works for food and beverage

services everywhere in hotels, models,
airlines, cruise ship train and shopping
mall. There are commercial restaurants
that provide food and beverage services
such as fast service restaurants.
• Food service establishment are found in
theme parks in school and colleges on
hospitals and home for senior citizens in
prisons and half way houses.
Purpose of Cooking
- to make it’s maximum nutritive value
available in palatable form.
- to develop, enhance or alter in flavor.
- to improve its digestibility.
- to increase its palatability by
improving its color texture or flavor.
- And to destroy pathogenic and
inquiries substances which may be
found in raw food.
Cooking Mediums

Air and Heat

Broiling - is cooking over a source
of direct heat.
Reasting – is cooking on a spit
before and open fire or by
covering with hot cooks.
Baking - is cooking in an oven.
Water
Boiling – is cooking in water at
bailing point
Simmering - is cooking in a bath
of water some what below the
boiling point.
Staving – is simmering or boiling
in water bought to cover the
ingredient.
Steam

Steaming – refers to cooking in

stem arising from added waters.
Waterless Cooking – is cooking
with steam formed from the
water originally present in ford.
Pressure Cooking – is cooking
with steam under pressure
Fat

Sauting – is cooking in a lighting

geared fan allowing the product
to be turned over or flipped for
complete cooking.
Dup. fat frying – refers to cooking
in an amount of fat coefficient
for immersion of food.
Combination of Cooking
Medium
Braising – represents a combination of
souting small amount of liquid in a
covered utensil,
Fricessing – is almost similar to
braising
Pot roasting – is the term commonly
used when a large piece of meat
cooled by the processing methods.
The Lodging
Components
Lodging involves providing
overnight or even logterm
services to guest. The lodging
Industry component has began
to accommodate several
customer preferences from
budget motel to luxury hotel
expansion resort.
There are lodging establishment
that we different terms such as
bed and breakfast resort
condominium and time-staring
lodging needs to these who are
away from home.
Recreation and
Entertainment component
Entertainment originated from
the traditional duties of a host
to entertain his or her guest.
The host has always felt an
obligation to attend to the need
of his or her just not only for
foods but also to entertainment.
Transportation

The main purpose of

transportation is to make it
possible for people to go from
one place to another. The
common means of
transportation are automobiles
recreational vehicles buses,
trains, ships.
Travel Agencies and
Tour Operators
Travel agencies and tour operators are
modern additions to the travel and tourism
world.
- A travel agent is one who sells services in
a travel agency. In the travel business a
package is a bundle of related travel
services offered to a buyer at a price.
- Tour operation are wholesaler who make
the necessary contact with hotels. They
are volume purchasers who are able to
negotiate lower prices because of their
high volume purchase. They are able to all
tour packages at a cheaper price than the
individual consumer.
The definition of tourism
The definition of tourism society in
Britain was Tourism is the temporary
short term movement of people to
destination outside the places where
they normally live and work and their
activities during their stay at there
destination.
- Tourism may be defined in terms of
particular activities selected by
choice and undertaken outside the
home environment.
Cited 5 main
characteristics of Tourism
1. Because of its complexity, tourism is a combination
of phenomena and relationships.
2.It has two essential elements : the dynamic element
or the journey and the static element or the stay.
3. The journey and stay are to and from destinations
outside the place of residence and work:
4.The movement to destinations is temporary and
short – term , with the intention to return within a
few days, weeks, or months; and
5.Destinations are visited for purpose not connected
with paid work that is not to be employed and not
for business or vocational reasons.
Definition of Hospitality
The word “hospitality” is derived from
the laten world hespitane which
means to receive as a guest. The
requirement of a guest in these
circumstances are food beverage,
lodging or shelter.
The principle meaning is a host who
receiving welcomes and caters to
the needs of people who are
temporarily away from their homes.
Meaning of Tourist

A tourist is a person who visits a

country other than that in which he
or she usually resides for a period of
at least 24 hours.
Travel and tourism recommended a
new definition at a ”visitor” as any
person visiting a country other than
that of a earning money.
This Definition covers
two classes of visitors
Tourist, temporary visitors staying 24 hours
whose purpose could be classified as,
A. leisure, such a recreation, holiday health,
study, religion
B. Business
C. Family
D. Mission
E. Meeting
2. Excursionists temporary visitors staying
24 hours in the destination visited and
not making overnight stay.
Elements of travel

A. Distance
B. Length of stay at the
destination
C. Residence of the Traveler
D. Purpose of Travel
Distance Means
Is the difference between local travel
or within a person’s home
community and non local travel or
traveling away from home.
Length of stay at the Destination
Tourists are temporary visitors who
make a least one overnight stay
while excursionists are temporary
visitors who do not stay overnight in
the country that they visit.
Residence of the
Traveler
The residence or origin of the traveler is the third
basic element of travel for business and research
purpose it is important to know where people live.
Purpose of Travel
The fourth basic element is the purpose of travel. It
can be divided into seven:
1. Visiting friends and relatives
2. Conventions, seminars, and meetings
3. Business
4. Outdoor recreation – Hunting, fishing, boating, and
camping.
5. Entertainment – sightseeing, theater, and sports
6. Personal – Family, medical, funeral, wedding and
others.
The Nature of a Tour
To analyze the nature of a tour
systematically it will be helpful to
understand the difference between
domestic and international tourism as well
as independent and package tour.
Domestic tourism refers to travel taken
exclusively within the national boundaries
of the traveler’s country. International
tourism involves the movement of peoples
across international boundaries. An
independent inclusive tour is one in which
the tourist travels to his or her destination
individually, while in the group inclusive
tour, he or she travel in the company of
other tourists.
The Tourist Product
The first characteristic of a tourist product is that it
is a service. It is an intangible item. It cannot be
inspected by prospective purchasers before they
buy as they can with a washing machine, a stereo
or other consumer goods. The second
characteristics is that the tourist product is largely
psychological in its attraction. It is the temporary
use of a strange environment plus the culture and
heritage of the region and other intangible benefits
such as atmosphere and hospitality. Another
characteristic is that the product lends to vary in
standard and quality over time unlike the
production of a television set. A bumpy tight can
change an enjoyable experience into a nightmare.
The Tourist Destination

The tourist destination is a

geographical unit where the
tourists and stays. It may be a
village, a town, a city, a district,
a region, an island, a country or
a continents.
Tourist Servces
• The travel and stay of tourists give rise to
a wide range of services in the course of a
holiday. The principal tourist services are
supplied by passenger transport which
provides the means to reach the
destination, as well as the movement at
the destination. Distinctions in transport
are between public and private, domestic
and international and among the various
modes-land, sea, and air.
Characteristics of
tourism and hospitality
1. In tourism and hospitality, the product is not
brought to the consumer rather the consumer has
to travel and go to the product to purchase.
2. The products of tourism and hospitality are not
used up thus they do not exhaust the country
natural resources.
3. Tourism and hospitality is a labor-intensive
industry more manpower than the other
industries.
4. Tourism and hospitality is people oriented one of
the most important motivations of tourist is to
meet other people.
5. Tourism and hospitality is multidimensional
phenomenon. It is dependent on many and varied
activities which are separate but independent.
6. The tourism and hospitality
industry is seasonal during
vacation seasons millions of
tourism travel which result
increased revenues for several
tourism agencies.
7. The industry is dynamic it is
characterized by the changing
ideas and attitudes of its
customers.
Importance of tourism
and hospitality
Tourism and hospitality has become one of
the worlds major industries.
1. Contribution of the balance of payment
- Examples of countries in which the tourism
and hospitality industry has helped
reduce the deficits
2. Dispersion of development
- International tourism and hospitality is the
best means to spread with among
countries.
3. Effect on general economic development
- Tourist can have beneficial effect on all
economic sector and can lead to the
development of different industries.
4. Employment opportunities
- It is service industry which could
have a significant effect on those
countries with surplus labor such as
the Philippines.
5. Social benefits
- In the same way tourist are also
effected by the experience so that
they often carry with him new and a
new outlook on life when they return
home.
6. Culture enrichment
- Through tourism and hospitality we
can appreciate the rich human and
culture diversity that the world
offers and evolve a natural trust.
7. Education significance
- They provide up to date information
for enhancing the knowledge and
skills required for the development
of the tourism and hospitality
industry.
8. A vital force for peace
- In facilitating more genuine social
relationships among individuals
tourism and hospitality can help
overcome prejudices and faster
international brotherhood and world
understanding.