Evelyn Venegas/ASSIGNMENT #5/ TOURISM & TRANSPORTATION

1. Define the terms, transport or transportation.
Movement of people or things from one place to another is done by various means, including air, land and water pipes, espacio.El field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles and operations.
2. Give 10 examples of infrastructure.
Roads, railways, airways, waterways, canals and pipelines, terminals, airports, railway stations, bus stations, truck terminals.
3. What is containerization?
Is a system of intermodal freight transport using standard intermodal containers that are standardised by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). These can be loaded and sealed intact onto container ships, railroad cars, planes, and trucks.
4. What is urban sprawl?
Is when a rural city change to a urban city.
5. What was the earliest form of transportation?
walking, running and swimming.
6. Name 5 types of materials that are transported by pipeline.
Ethanol, hydrogen, water, beer and slurry.
7. Who built the first paved roads?
John Metcalfe
8. What inventions during the 19th century made important changes to transportation?
The first highways were constructed.
9. Define:
a. macadam :Is a type of road construction pioneered by the Scotsman John Loudon McAdam in around 1820.
b. tarmac :A portmanteau for tar penetration macadam is a type of highway surface.
c. concrete:A construction material composed of cement as well as other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate (generally a coarse aggregate such as gravel, limestone, or granite, plus a fine aggregate such as sand), water, and chemical admixtures.
10. What is the Shinkansen?
Is a network of high-speed railway lines in Japan operated by four Japan Railways Group companies.
11. Define the word, tourist.
Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination.
12. Name 4 nations which depend on tourism.
1.-Truly Asia in
2.- Peru live the legend in Peru
3.-Wow Philippines in Philippines
4.- Amazing Thailand in Thailand
13. Define the term, service industry? Give 5 examples.
The tertiary sector of economy (also known as the service sector or the service industry is one of the three economic sectors The general definition of the Tertiary sector is producing a service instead of just a end product.
14. Name the top 3 countries visited by international tourists.
1.- France.
2.- Italy.
3.- Unites States.
15. Which nation's tourists spend the most money on international travel?
Germany
16. What is the most visited attraction in:
a. Canada: Nigara Falls
b. Japan : Tokio Disneyland & Tokio Disneysea
c. China : Great wall of Chinad.
d.France : Notre Dame of Paris,Louvre, Eiffel Tower.
e. India : Louvre, Eiffel Tower.
17. What is the most visited city in:
a. Canada Toronto
b. United Arab Emirates New York City.
c. China Hong Kongd.
d.Turkey Istanbule.
e.Spain Barcelona.
18. When was the word, tourism, first used?
Was used for first time on 1840.
19. When was the word, tourist, first used?
The word tourism was used by 1811
20. Name 10 countries that have major ski resorts.
1. Canadá.
2. Chile3
3. France
4. Australia
5. New Zeland
6. United States
7. Switzerland
8. Spain
9. Argentina
10. Germany.
21. Define, adjectival tourism. Give 5 examples .
Adjectival tourism refers to the numerous niche or specialty travel forms of tourism that have emerged over the years, each with its own adjective. Many of these have come into common use by the tourism industry and academics. Others are emerging concepts that may or may not gain popular usage. Examples of the more common niche tourism markets include:
1.- Culinary tourism
2.- Disaster tourism
3.- Ecotourism
4.- Heritage tourism
5.- Nautical tourism.
22. Define the following terms:
a. eco-tourism is travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (often) smaller scale.
b. medical tourism When there is a significant price difference between countries for a given medical procedure, particularly in Southeast Asia, India, Eastern Europe and where there are different regulatory regimes, in relation to particular medical procedures travelling to take advantage of the price or regulatory differences is often referred to as "medical tourism".
c. educational tourism Educational tourism developed, because of the growing popularity of teaching and learning of knowledge and the enhancing of technical competency outside of the classroom environment. In educational tourism, the main focus of the tour or leisure activity includes visiting another country to learn about the culture, such as in Student Exchange Programs and Study Tours, or to work and apply skills learned inside the classroom in a different environment, such as in the International Practicum Training Program.
d. creative tourism Creative tourism has existed as a form of cultural tourism, since the early beginnings of tourism itself. Its European roots date back to the time of the Grand Tour, which saw the sons of aristocratic families traveling for the purpose of mostly interactive, educational experiences.
e. dark tourism One emerging area of special interest tourism has been identified by Lennon and Foley (2000) as "dark" tourism. This type of tourism involves visits to "dark" sites, such as
23. Define the word, staycation?
A staycation (or stay-cation, or stacation) is a neologism for a period of time in which an individual or family stays at home and relaxes at home or takes day trips from their home to area attractions. Staycations have achieved high popularity in current hard economic times in which unemployment levels and gas prices are high.
24. If you had the opportunity to travel to one place in the world (all expensives paid), where would you go? Why did you choose this location?
I would go to Egypt definitely because to me is an attractive country specially for his history, is very surprising and I always like it, since I was a little girl and listen the stories about the culture of this country that my teacher told us, I always imagined that could be there walking near to the pyramids and Nilo river or doing something with the papyrus.