2016 Travel Luxe Report

There are the tourists—those who seek temporary relaxation, or famous sights. There are the travelers—those who wander, without aim, for the love of moving. There are the explorers—those seeking adventure, the thrill of unearthing things rarely seen.

Several studies have investigated the perception of the local community on the tourism impacts and tourism development. The research by Ramkissoon and Nunkoo (2011) in Port Louis showed that favorable attitude toward the tourism industry was found to support for tourism development, with higher insights of positive tourism impacts, this means that the community shows higher support for the industry. Nejati, Mohamed & Omar (2014) found that locals in Perhentian Island have an ominously greater level of outlook towards the positive economic impacts of tourism than residents in Redang Island after comparing the two islands in Malaysia. Aside from the perceived negative environmental impacts of tourism, locals on both islands

While many problems are associated with International tourism, it can still offer some advantages. For one thing, International tourism can open job opportunities for the native citizens. To demonstrate, when tourists visit an area, the vast majority of them don’t have a clue on

The 1960 's marked the beginning of cruise tourism ( Brida, et.al, 2013). However, it wasn 't until the 70 's and 80 's that the cruise industry began to experience moderate growth. All of this changed however in 90 's when cruise tourism took root in Europe, Asia and Oceania and 3.8 million people worldwide embarked on ocean adventures ( Brida, et.al, 2013). Although the industry has experienced continual growth since the 90 's, and cruises are consistently ranked as one of the top preferred vacation type by holiday goers, the cruise tourism industry is still relatively small in relation to other forms of international tourism (Brida, et.al, 2013).

Visit the real destinations that are not necessarily part of the tourist route: Tourists get to know the local different lifestyles and expose themselves to unique and exciting experience of the old culture. Often these destinations are not part of the popular tourist routes which makes them even more appealing to many people because they get the feeling of visiting special places that most other tourists do not get to see.

Over the last 60 years, tourism has benefited from continuous growth and diversification, becoming one of the largest as well as the fastest growing world’s economic sectors. Tourism becomes one of the major categories of global trade in services. Nowadays, 7% of global goods and services exports are contributed by international tourism, and for the last four years, it has grown faster than the general global trade.[ Exports from international tourism rise 4% in 2015, (2016, May 6). Retrieved from http://media.unwto.org/press-release/2016-05-03/exports-international-tourism-rise-4-2015]

Tourism in Canada consists of 12 Global Markets, split among leisure and business travellers. Canada receives 18 million international visitors, 190 tourism businesses, and provides 630,000 jobs. Markets that Destination Canada have invested in, performed 45% higher than the international tourism growth average. (Destination Canada, 2015) representing a strong industry within Canada. The industry is experiencing a growth trend in the Millennial travel segment. Destination Canada states “Millennials represent 23% of the travel market worldwide, spend on par with other long-haul travellers, and are the fastest-growing segment in the travel industry. They go off the beaten path and support smaller, local businesses. They are influencers and trendsetters

Tourism plays a vital role in economic development in most countries around the world. The industry has not only direct economic impact, but also significant indirect and influential impacts. There is agreement among experts that the travel and tourism sector is the fastest growing of global economy. According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism receipts surpass US$ 1 trillion in 2011, growing about 3.8%up from 2010 (WTO, 2012).

History: pilgrimages, the grand tours, post industrial revolution, post war, current; factors facilitating growth eg technology, time, money, freedom of movement, infrastructure, social conditions; possible future developments eg sustainability Travel and tourism sector: travel services; tourism services; conferences and events; visitor attractions; accommodation services; passenger transport; relationships and links, levels of integration; Liepers tourist system, chain of distribution; private, public and voluntary sectors

There is a changing trend in the tourism industry across the USA hence there is need to change with the trends. It is indicated that the tourism industry attracted 70 million global travelers over 2011 hence creating 7.5 million jobs while supporting 1.2 million jobs in the USA currently (Gavin Landry, 2012). There is need therefore for every organization connected to the tourism sector to make the appropriate adjustments to tap maximum benefits from this expanding industry.

Tourism is often synonymous to traveling for pleasure and education. It is also a business of attracting tourists and providing for their accommodation and entertainment. In many countries, tourism is an industry for earning Inland Revenue and foreign exchange. The many businesses that grow concomitantly with development of tourism include airlines, shipping, hotels and restaurants, finance companies, tour operators, travel agents, car rental firms, caterers and retail establishments and together,

Fast forward to today where the hotel industry is highly competitive and the inventory of hotels and resorts is as large as the many types of customers that they attempt to serve. In the counterpart of this critique, we have an article by Diana Foris, Cristina Nicolau and Tiberiu Foris about the future trends in the tourism in relationship to education and youth. What do young people want, where do they want to spend their money, and how does this younger crowd dictate the way hotels and resort have to accommodate and adapt to the new century big spenders (Foris, Nicolau, Foris). The old entrepreneurs and the new entrepreneurs have one thing in common, they want to succeed in the hospitality business but they have also different challenges that changed with the passing of years.

Tourism is one of the most exciting and progressive industries in the world. Tourism today is a leisure activity of the masses. People travel to international destinations to break the regular monotony of life. They are mainly attracted by either the scenic beauty of its nature or by fascinating leisure, sports and adventure activities offered by the destination. However, every destination has some internal strengths and weaknesses that either enhance its capacity to attract foreign visitors or diminish it. Similarly the external environment can create various opportunities or exposed to threats as well.

International tourism formed a vital industry globally and tourism activities generated approximately US $ 3.6 trillion in 2000 (Sadi & Henderson, 2015). Increase in expansion rates heightened the international arrival rates by a mean of 4.3% between 1996 and 2006 (Burns, 2016). Mainly, developing nations form the forefront contributors of such upward trend. That was prompted by positive economic impacts, which included income, foreign exchange, and internal investments. Tourism was also a catalyst for the national growth and diversification means because of some of its disadvantages as a driver for economic development. According to Henderson (2013), it was responsible for 19% of exports in the developing world and at least 40% of the gross domestic product. Besides, Rimmawi and Ibrahim (2015) stated that more than 65% of jobs in developing nations were associated with tourism.

With world travel market having undergone significant changes over the last few years a new type of tourist has emerged known as the Free Independent Traveler or Tourist (FIT). The definition is broad but tends to refer to people over 35, often, though not necessarily, of above average income who like to travel in small groups, usually couples. They eschew mass tourism and the holiday package concept promoted by Travel operators, in favour of a more individualistic approach to travel. There are two implications to the idea of the Free Independent Traveler. One is important in the context of a marketing niche with a distinct economic behavior whilst the other concentrates more on the philosophy of travel. This distinction can be summarized in how they are described. For the economic importance of tourism and for marketing purposes they are Free Independent Travelers (Upper