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1. Explain the relationship of tourism and hospitality. - Tourism Industry helps the hospitality sector, and it relies on Hospitality Industry for better service. Hospitality Industry mostly controls important services, they are the supplier of the services for tourism, such as accommodation, transportation, leisure activities, food and beverage that make tourism enjoyable. Tourism Industry is the act of visiting different places with the purpose of participating in leisure activities. While tourists enjoy activities, Hospitality Industry works well with tourism by providing safety. Although it is obvious that the Tourism sector is relying on the hospitality sector for both domestic and international tourism, the tourism industry arranges the harmony when traveling for tourists that's why they work well together. 2. Describe the components of the tourism and hospitality network. I. Food and Beverages Component - This component is composed of establishments basically engaged in preparing meals, snacks and beverages for prompt consumption on and off the premises. - An example of this is a restaurant as part of the hotel services, it can help enhance an excellent customer experience especially when on tour or for vacation. II. Travel and Tourism Component - This component focuses on services that are related to people on journey. Transportation services include a few options for rides such as buses, cabs, planes, ships, trains and others are all part of the travel industry. Tourism's major purpose is to encourage people to travel in different places, either for business or leisure. a. Leisure Travel - it is when a person spends money on lodging, food, and recreation while taking a vacation trip. b. Business Travel - is when a person travels for work and spends money on lodging and food. Some people also spend on recreation while on a business trip. III. Lodging Component - This component focuses on accommodation for a period or a place to sleep for one or more nights. Fancy hotels, youth hostels, elder hostels, campgrounds, motels and other businesses that provide a place for people to sleep overnight are all part of the lodging industry. i. Lodging Businesses: - markets to other market segments such as business travelers, leisure travelers, long-stay travelers, budget travelers, and special travelers like people working with the government, airlines, and military. IV. Recreation and Entertainment Component

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This component consists of any activity that people do for rest, relaxation, and enjoyment. The goal of recreation is to refresh a person's body and mind from the tiredness they must have felt when traveling. As for any business that provides activities for rest, relaxation and enjoyment, to refresh a person's body and mind is in the recreation business. i. Entertainment Businesses - It provides shows such as movies or theater, attractions which are places of special interest of visit such as zoos and museums, spectator sports and participatory sports are all parts of the recreation business. V. Transportation - This component makes it possible for people to travel from one.place to another. There are many ways to do this, from the primitive and simple to the modern and complex.It involves modes and means of transport and travel infrastructure like ports and airports. VI. Travel Agencies and Tour Operators - These are modern additions to the travel and tourism world. Both have become important in the survival of many businesses in the tourism and hospitality industry. a. Travel Agencies - they provide various travel destinations, advise people of available holiday packages that will suit their budget and taste and chart their travel plan. They would generally sell the travel associated products like currency exchange, car rentals, insurance etc. b. Tour Operators - they are the wholesale operators who operate tours only through retail travel agencies or they may be direct sell operators who market their product directly to the public. 3. Define tourism. - Tourism consists of activities for travellers and processes of spending time away from home for relaxation and pleasure. This may be for leisure, business, or other purposes. 4. Experience the meaning of hospitality. - Hospitality is the quality of receiving and treating guests or tourists in a warm, friendly, and generous way. It is the relationship between a guest and a host, wherein the host entertains the guests, including the reception and serving of visitors or strangers. 5. Differentiate tourism from recreation and migration. - Tourism is the act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home while recreation is any activity, such as play, that amuses, and recreation can be the process of recreating something. - Tourism is traveling from one place to another and staying for vacation, while migration is the act of visiting another region for a particular purpose. An instance of moving to live in another place for a while. 6. How do tourists differ from excursionists?

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A tourist is someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business, while excursionists is a person who goes on excursions; a traveller or tourist. Tourist: A person coming to a certain country for legitimate reasons other than immigration and who stays at least 24 hours and at most 6 months during the same year. Excursionist: Is any person visiting a country other than his residence and remaining less than 24 hours. Excursionist don't stay long on a certain place.

7. Describe the four elements of travel. I. Distance - a measure that has been used to distinguish travel away from home is the distance traveled on a trip. It can help determine what form of transport would be taken to complete the journey. If it is a short journey, then a person would have several options of travel such as walking, cycling, driving or by train. Whereas if it was a long distance and even overseas then the choices would be narrowed to air travel or by boat. This will help travellers decide their mode of transport. - It can be either Domestic or International. II. Length of Stay at Destination - just like the definition of tourist and excursionists, it is the amount of time a person stays in their chosen destination. For tourists, they can stay at least 24 hours and for excursionists, they stay for less than 24 hours. The duration of a tourism trip refers to the amount of time between departure from and return to home. Therefore, length of stay does not include the time spent on transport, while duration of the trip does (UN 2010). III. Residence of the Traveler - A traveler must input where they come from for safety purposes. For business purposes, it is important to know where people live as well. IV. Purpose of Travel - The fourth basic element is the purpose of travel. This will show the different goals of different travelers/tourists that go on travel. It can be divided into seven; 1. Visiting friends and relatives. 2. Conventions, seminars and meetings 3. Business 4. Odor recreation- hunting, fishing, boating and camping. 5. Entertainment- sightseeing, theater, sports 6. Personal, family-medical, funeral, wedding and Others 8. Explain the basic factors of a tourist destination. The Three Basic Factors of a Tourist Destination: I. Attractions - they are either natural or man-made attractions. It is the principal motivation for a Tourist to visit a destination. These are the featured/famous places to visit. II. Amenities - it includes accommodation, food and beverage, local transport communications, and entertainment at site. If a tourist destination has a good attraction but it has an unpleasant state of amenities, it will not succeed or

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attract more tourists especially if they are looking for a place to stopover. It is because attractions and amenities must always compliment each other. Accessibility - It is having the regular and convenience of transportation with regards to time and distance towards the planned destination. A good-quality transportation can result to a healthy state of tourism. For travel is the main activity of tourists.

9. Differentiate site from event attraction; natural from man-made attractions. - Site attraction is the destination itself that has appeal or impact. e.g: resort such as Boracay. While an Event attraction is the one in which tourists are attracted to the destination simply because of what is taking place there. These are well-planned or organized activities held on a certain destination. e.g: exhibition and festivals. - Natural tourist attractions are beautiful destinations that were already naturally formed or/are part of nature. Some of these destinations were formed because of a certain movement or change as time passes by. E.g: Volcanoes, like the Mayon volcano. While man-made attractions are destinations which are made by man or human activity. These are the attractions which humans carefully made to become a tourist attraction. This can be improved or ruined. E.g: buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower and the Big Ben. 10. Describe tourist services. I. Passenger Transport - provides the means to reach the destination as well as the movement at the destination. This includes people that work for the airline industry, cruise industry and even operators of rail transport, and car rentals. it can either be a public or private transportation. II. Accomodation - serves the tourist by providing lodging. Tourists will need a place to stay or sleep for when they want to rest or take a stop. III. Food and Beverage - gives travellers refreshment to make them feel satisfied for the duration of travel. IV. Entertainment - it also involves recreation where specialists/pros in the tourism industry provide fun activities a tourist can enjoy. V. Travel Trade - this involves travel agents and tour operators. They are channels that connect all of the tourist service and tourist destination to the traveller. The tour operator creates the package, while the Travel Agent sells the package to the traveller. VI. Others: documentation and information 11. How is tourism and hospitality different from other industries? Difference of Tourism and Hospitality from Other industries: I. Not brought to the consumer while other manufactured in a factory is brought to the wholesaler and retailer. II. Products of tourism and hospitality cannot be used up; thus they rarely exhaust the country's natural resources, while others have limited resources. III. Tourism is a labor-intensive industry that requires more man-power than other industries.

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They are people oriented rather than focusing on a tangible product. Tourism industry is seasonal. Some destinations may have more visitors while other destinations may have fewer. Both industries are dynamic. It consists of different activities for employees and tourists to enjoy. Multidimensional Phenomenon. "It comprises the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes” (WTO, 1994).

12. Discuss the importance of tourism and hospitality. - Hospitality generates revenue for local economies directly when tourists spend money in hotels, restaurants and entertainment venues. It also helps economies indirectly. In addition, tourism can improve the building of infrastructure such as roads and public transportation. The jobs are economically created by the industry. I. Contribution to the balance of payments II. Dispersion of Development III. Effect on general economic development. IV. Employment Opportunities - provides solutions for unemployment and underemployment. V. Social Benefits - social exchange with the local inhabitants. VI. Cultural Enrichment - appreciate the rich human and cultural diversity. - Encourage government to preserve historical sites and monuments and motivate indigenous groups to preserve their heritage in the form.of dance, music and artifacts. VIII. Educational Significance - enhance one's education by providing up-to-date information. IX. A Vital Force for Peace - Properly designed and developed can help bridge the psychological and cultural distances that separate people of different races, colors or religions....