| A | B |
| Direct economic impact | The total amount of new spending resulting from an event or attraction. |
| Indirect Economic Impact | Determined by the multiplier effect, which is the portion of money spent by visitors on local goods and services that is in turn spent by local employers and employees and recirculated in the area. |
| ecotourism | This is responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well being of local people. |
| Niche Travel | Recreational travels or tours planned around a special interest. |
| Multigenerationalism | This involves satisfying the needs of several generations of a family. Many resorts are changing their focus from adults to families. |
| The travel trade | A collective term for tour operators and travel agents. |
| One method of determining direct economic impact | Examine the hotel occupancy rate from the same dates in previous years. |
| Costs of an event to a host city | funding of facilities, overtime pay for police, fire, and security, increased garbage cleanup and traffic. |
| Wembley Stadium | Recognized for reducing the use of energy and carbon emissions,recycling and sending zero waste to landfills, and implementing a Green Travel Plan. |
| Travel Agencies | Design and offer niche travel packages. |
| Theme Parks | Often thought of as family oriented. |
| Resorts | Frequently focus on a single recreational sport, such as golf, and other relaxing activities. |
| travel destinations | many of these have combined theme park and resort features in an attempt to attract a wide range of visitors and age groups. |
| travel and tourism | Industry equal to 9% of the world's gross domestic product |