Tourism Introduction

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Tourism Introduction
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• Tourism is one of the largest industries in the
  UK.
• Worth approximately 75.9 billion in 2002.

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• Inbound Tourism to the UK
• The 24.2 million overseas visitors who came in
  2002 spent 11.7 billion in the UK.
• Total visits for 2002 are 24.2 million visits
  spending to 11.7 billion.
• In 2002 the UK ranked seventh in the
  international tourism earnings league behind the
  USA, Spain, France, Italy, China and Germany.

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• UK Domestic Tourism
• Expenditure in 2002 is estimated to be nearly
  61 billion.
• In 2002 UK residents took
• 101.7 million holidays of one night or more
  spending 17.4 billion 23.3 million overnight
  business trips spending 5.6 billion
• 39.6 million overnight trips to friends and
  relatives spending 3.4 billion

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Employment There are an estimated 2.1 million
jobs in tourism in the UK, some 7.4 of all
people in employment in Great Britain. There are
more jobs in tourism than in construction or
transport. Approximately 163,000 of these jobs
are in self-employment. In 2002 there were
around 129,500 VAT-based enterprises in
tourism-related industries in the UK of which 77
are small firms with a turnover of less than
250,000.
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Hotel and Restaurants In 2002, the turnover of
the hotel industry was 10.9 billion. This
represented an increase of 4 compared to 2002.
In 2002, average room occupancy for all serviced
accommodation throughout the UK was 58 (up from
57 in 2001). Average bed space occupancy was 44
(up from 42 in 2001).
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LEISURE AND TOURISM
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TODAYS QUESTIONS..

• What are the differences between leisure and
  tourism?
• How much leisure time do you have?

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• TASK 1. Look at the following photos.
• Which are photographs of LEISURE and
• which are photographs of TOURISM

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A beach
Sleeping
Skiing
Flying off on holiday.
Reading
Swimming
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LEISURE AND
TOURISM?
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• TASK 2. Lets define leisure and tourism.
• Leisure means
• Tourism means

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• Now, add up you leisure time per week remembering
  to deduct
• Sleep
• School
• Homework
• Part time jobs
• Go for it, write in your books.