Why do tourism operators and managers should perceive touris
Why do tourism operators and managers should perceive tourism as a ‘SYSTEM’? What is the justification for such behavior?
Solution
Tourism is a very dynamic field which has so many dimensions that drives the overall industry. Tourism is considered as a system is because there are set of elements standing in interrelation among themselves and also with the environments.This particular system comprises of several interrelated parts which colloborately works together to achieve some common objectives. Tourism as a system can be considered as a spiders web - as if we touch one part and that will reflect throughout the system. Tourism has an open nature and it is very much linked to the culture and society nature. It has direct link to environment, hospitality and services, trasnportation, onfrastructure, government policies etc. There are lot of new concepts developing in tourism such as Eco tourism which preserves nature and respect the sustinability practices of it.Tourist are considered as a demand for the system and tourism and its allied services are supply elements to it. Thus tourism is not just a business it is an open system where lot of activities needs to get aligned together to form a perfect shape of it and deliver as a service to the others. It reflects the culture social values of the enitr country to the outside world.
