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| Infrastructure | The basic foundations such as sufficient power supply, water supply, roads, public utilities, and sewage disposal needed to support and accommodate tourists. |
| Leakage | Income received in an area but used to purchase needed goods and services from outside the area. |
| Multiplier effect | Destination income that is re-spent within the same area. |
| Necessary leakage | The cost of promoting a US destination abroad. |
| Cross adoption | Local residents adopt tourists’ values and at the same time, tourists adopt values of the places they visit. |
| Culture | The practices of a society including its customary beliefs, social roles, and material objects that are passed down from generation to generation. |
| Carrying capacity | The number of users that can be accommodated in an area before visitors perceive a decline in the desirability of the area or before ecological damage is done. |
| Ecotourism | Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of the local people. |
| Environment | The climatic, social, and cultural conditions that influence the life of a person or community. |
| Infrastructure | The basic foundations such as sufficient power supply, water supply, roads, public utilities, and sewage disposal needed to support and accommodate tourists. |
| Superstructure | Facilities that expand and improve the basic infrastructure to serve the specific needs of tourists and increase the desirability of the area. |
| Materialism | A society’s preoccupation with money or material possessions. |
| Private sector | Privately supported businesses that promote tourism development. |
| Public sector | Public agencies supported by local, state, or federal government dedicated to promoting tourism development and allocating monies for tourism projects. |
| Decline stage | The final stage of the product life cycle when the sales of a service begin to fall. |
| Introduction stage | The first stage of the product life cycle when a new service is first offered to the public. |
| Growth stage | The second stage of the product life cycle when sales climb rapidly and profit levels improve. |
| Maturity stage | The third stage of the product life cycle when sales growth has peaked. |
| Off-peak period | Period or season when traffic volume or occupancy is not heavy. |
| Peak period | Time when the destination is most desirable either for climatic reasons or because of some special event. |
| Shoulder season | The period between peak and off-peak seasons. |
