TRAVEL SERVICES EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Accommodation Providers - ANSWER-Organisations providing rooms and beds in
which a tourist stay in overnight
Business Travel - ANSWER-Travelling away from home for business purposes such
as meetings, conferences, incentive travel, exhibitions and trade fairs.
Commission - ANSWER-A sum of money paid by an airline or tour operator to a
travel agent, usually a percentage of the value of the sale
Domestic Tourism - ANSWER-People travelling on holiday within their own country
for short breaks or business trips
Economic Leakage - ANSWER-Where the money being spent by tourists at a
destination not staying in that destination, but instead leaking out of the area. The
term is usually applied to LEDC's where money is spent in large hotels not owned by
local people
Ecotourism - ANSWER-Where the main purpose of travel is to appreciate the natural
environment of an area to learn more about its culture and natural history
Exchange Rates - ANSWER-The relative value of one currency compared with
another, as they change it can become cheaper or more expensive when tourists
visit another country
External Pressures - ANSWER-Pressures that affect and cause change in the travel
and tourism industry over which no organisation or destination has control over
Holiday Camps - ANSWER-A form of holiday accommodation developed in the early
years of the twentieth century
Holidays with Pay Act (1938) - ANSWER-The Act of Parliament passed in 1938 that
gave most workers in the United Kingdom the entitlement to one weeks paid holiday
each year
Independent Holidays - ANSWER-Holidays organised by the people who are taking
them as opposed to being bought as a package holiday through a travel agent or
tour operator, similar to self-packaged holidays
Infrastructure - ANSWER-Refers to items such as airports, communications, roads,
railways, water supply and sewage services, all those services need to be in place
before development of any kind, including leisure and tourism projects
Long-Haul - ANSWER-The term used to describe a flight lasting more than 5 hours,
generally destinations outside of Europe
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Accommodation Providers - ANSWER-Organisations providing rooms and beds in
which a tourist stay in overnight
Business Travel - ANSWER-Travelling away from home for business purposes such
as meetings, conferences, incentive travel, exhibitions and trade fairs.
Commission - ANSWER-A sum of money paid by an airline or tour operator to a
travel agent, usually a percentage of the value of the sale
Domestic Tourism - ANSWER-People travelling on holiday within their own country
for short breaks or business trips
Economic Leakage - ANSWER-Where the money being spent by tourists at a
destination not staying in that destination, but instead leaking out of the area. The
term is usually applied to LEDC's where money is spent in large hotels not owned by
local people
Ecotourism - ANSWER-Where the main purpose of travel is to appreciate the natural
environment of an area to learn more about its culture and natural history
Exchange Rates - ANSWER-The relative value of one currency compared with
another, as they change it can become cheaper or more expensive when tourists
visit another country
External Pressures - ANSWER-Pressures that affect and cause change in the travel
and tourism industry over which no organisation or destination has control over
Holiday Camps - ANSWER-A form of holiday accommodation developed in the early
years of the twentieth century
Holidays with Pay Act (1938) - ANSWER-The Act of Parliament passed in 1938 that
gave most workers in the United Kingdom the entitlement to one weeks paid holiday
each year
Independent Holidays - ANSWER-Holidays organised by the people who are taking
them as opposed to being bought as a package holiday through a travel agent or
tour operator, similar to self-packaged holidays
Infrastructure - ANSWER-Refers to items such as airports, communications, roads,
railways, water supply and sewage services, all those services need to be in place
before development of any kind, including leisure and tourism projects
Long-Haul - ANSWER-The term used to describe a flight lasting more than 5 hours,
generally destinations outside of Europe
