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| Domestic Tourism | Travel people take within their country of residence. |
| Ecotourism | Ecology-oriented tourism in which tourists seek out environmentally sensitive travel and/or tours or vacations which in some way improve or add to the knowledge of an environment. |
| Environmental Degradation | The erosion of the quality of the environment, especially when caused by people. |
| Forecasting | An educated guess about future trends, events, sales levels, etc., based on data collected both within and outside a tourism operation. |
| International Tourism | Travel people make abroad or outside their country of residence. |
| Market Research | The systematic study of any issue, problem, or phenomenon related to the marketing of a product or service. |
| Mass Tourism | Wide-scale travel by a large number of people -not just the elite- brought about by the increase in leisure time, discretionary income, and reliable and inexpensive modes of transportation such as the automobile and airplane. |
| National Tourism Policy Act | The first comprehensive national tourism policy in the United States; enacted by the Reagan Administration in 1981. |
| Organization for Economic Corporation and Development (OECD) | An association of 25 countries promoting economic development and cooperation among nations. |
| Policy | A guideline for the future course of action to meet stated goals and objectives. Uusually results from the actions of governments, agencies, organizations, and businesses. |
| Product Life Cycle | A series of stages used to distinguish between different phases in the life or duration of a product. The stages of a product life cycle are introduction, growth, maturity, and decline. |
| Social Impact | The effects of tourism activity and development on the social fabric of residents of destination communities - as individuals, as families, and as members of social organizations. |
| TIA | The Travel Industry Association of America; a large, broad-based industry organization in the United States, representing all segments of the tourism industry. |
| Tourism Development | The long-term process of preparing for the arrival of tourists; entails planning, and facilities that serve the tourist. |
| Tourism Enclaves | Self-contained resort complexes that cater to all the needs of tourists who arrive as part of a tour or other type of package. |
| Tourism Planning | The process of preparing for tourism development; a tool for addressing the choices associated with tourism development. |
| Tourism Policies | Guidelines and decisions designed to assist the tourism industry in meeting goals and objectives; usually result from the actions of government, agencies, organizations, and businesses. |
| USTTA | The United States Travel and Tourism Administration; responsible for promoting and marketing tourism to the United States; assisting state travel offices; reducing national travel deficit; and promoting the United States abroad. Replaced the U.S. Travel Service as a result of the National Tourism Policy Act. |
