Travel & Tourism [C-G]
Ecology
Originally defined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, ecology is the study of the relationships that develop among living organisms and between these organisms and the environment.
Economic growth
The change over a period of time in the value (monetary and non
monetary) of goods and services and the ability and capacity to produce goods and services. It is economic growth which generates the wealth necessary to provide social services, health care, and education. It is the basis for ongoing job creation. However, sustainable development requires that there be a change in the nature of economic growth, to ensure that goods and services are produced by environmentally sound and economically sustainable processes. This will require efficient use of resources, value-added processing, sustained yield management of renewable resources, and the consideration and accounting of all externalities and side-
effects involved in the extraction, processing, production, distribution, consumption, and disposal of those goods.
Economy
What human beings do. The activity of managing resources and producing, distributing, and consuming goods and services.
Ecotourism
"responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people," according to The International Ecotourism Society.
Endangered species
Species of plants or animals threatened with extinction because their numbers have declined to a critical level as a result of overharvesting or because their habitat has drastically changed. That critical level is the minimum viable population (MVP), and represents the smallest number of breeding pairs required to maintain the viability of species.
Environment
A combination of the various physical and biological elements that affect the life of an organism. Although it is common to refer to ‘the’ environment, there are in fact many environments eg, aquatic or terrestrial, microscopic to global, all capable of change in time and place, but all intimately linked and in combination constituting the whole earth/atmosphere system.
Environmentally-sound
The maintenance of a healthy environment and the protection of life
sustaining ecological processes. It is based on thorough knowledge and requires or will result in products, manufacturing processes, developments, etc. which are in harmony with essential ecological processes and human health.
Fair trade
Equitable, non-exploitative trade between developing world suppliers and Western consumers.
Fam Tours
Organized trips for travel agents, tour operators, tour wholesalers or other members of the travel trade for the purpose of educating and "familiarizing" them with tourism destinations. By seeing the destinations where they are sending travelers, the travel trade is better prepared to answer customer questions and promote travel to the location. Also called "fams" or "familiarization tours".
Familiarization Trip
a complimentary or reduced-rate travel program for travel agents, airline or rail employees or other travel buyers, designed to acquaint participants with specific destinations or suppliers and to stimulate the sale of travel. Familiarization tours, also called fam tours, are sometimes offered to journalists as research trips for the purpose of cultivating media coverage of specific travel products.
Feeder Airport/City
An outlying city which feeds travelers to hubs or gateway cities.
First Nations
A collective term for the original, pre-European inhabitants of the US, Canada, Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand. In individual countries, different terms are sometimes used, for example, Aboriginal, indigenous, tribal, Indian, First Peoples, Native American, AmerIndian.
FIT (Free Independent Travel)
Individual travel in which a tour operator has previously arranged blocks of rooms at various destinations in advance for use by individual travelers. These travelers travel independently, not in a group, usually by rental car or public transportation.
Foreign Independent Travel or Foreign Individual Travel (FIT)
an international pre-paid unescorted tour that includes several travel elements such as accommodations, rental cars and sightseeing. A FIT operator specialises in preparing FITs documents at the request of retail travel agents. FITs usually receive travel vouchers to present to on-site services as verification of pre-
payment.
Frequency
The number of times an advertisement appears during a given campaign.
Fulfillment
Servicing consumers and trade who request information as a result of advertising or promotional programs. Service often includes an 800 number, sales staff and distribution of materials.
Gateway or Gateway City
A major airport, seaport, rail or bus center through which tourists and travelers enter from outside the region.
Geotourism (1998)
tourism that sustains or enhances the geographic character of the place being visited-
its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well
being of its residents.
GIT (Groups Independent Travel)
Group travel in which individuals purchase a group package in which they will travel with others along a pre
set itinerary.
Gross lettings
this refers to all room lettings, i.e. both paid & complimentary listings are included
Group Rate
Negotiated hotel rate for convention, trade show, meeting, tour or incentive group.
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