Chapter 9

Chapter 9 discusses tourism and what tourism is globally. The chapter talks about the importance of tourism as it is crucial to the trading business between the united states and other countries. Tourism is described as a 24/7 , 365 day around the clock business, it never ends. Different forms of travel like airlines and ships gain most of their income from tourist. The bottom line is people want to travel, they have the money and the time. There are five stages of tourism which have evolved the way everyone around the world travels. Back in the day, people did not really travel for leisure it was more of a religion or business venture. We began to use cars as a from of transportation in 1895. We have something that is called the hub and spoke system which is where major airliners fly to a major city and from there one can take a connecting flight to a smaller town. The chapter talks about the growing cruise business that has sparked over the years. In tourism there are many promoters of the business. Ecotourism has become a thing in the recent years, which is a environmentally safe way for travels. Sustainability in this industry is a huge deal being that we need to try to lower our carbon foot prints as much as we can. The chapter ends by discussing the trends in tourism like new technologies that will be put in place in the near future.