This is usually a weekend or mid-week break of three nights or less.
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Overseas Visitor
Someone who lives abroad and visits the UK for a period of time shorter than 12 months. Or a UK resident who visits an overseas country.
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Inclusive Tour
Another word for a package holiday.
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Independant Tours
Any form of travel that is not part of a package holiday, when travellers put their own itinerary together.
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Short - Haul Destinations
Less than 4 hours flight time from UK to destination.
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Long - Haul Destination
More than 5 hours flight time from UK to destination. Usually to places such as Europe, Australia and the Far East etc...
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Seasonality
Tourism demand regularly fluctuates over the course of a year.
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Direct Employment
Jobs that are in hotels, tourist accommodation, travel agencies, tour operators, tourist attractions etc...
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Indirect Employment
For example, the decor of a hotel, the printer supplying the brochures for a tour operator, and the web designer of the website for an airline.
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Disposable Income
The household income that is left over when tax, housing and the basics of life have been paid out.
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Gross National Product (GNP)
The measure of a country's total economic production, calculated by adding the value fo all goods and services produced to the net revenue from abroad.
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Viewdata
Consisted of a screen that displayed information transmitted by phone lines. By 1987, 85% of all package holidays were booked through this system.
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Legislation
Consists principally of Acts of Parliament passed by central government. Local Authorities can introduce by-laws that apply only locally.
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Card 2
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Someone who lives abroad and visits the UK for a period of time shorter than 12 months. Or a UK resident who visits an overseas country.
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Overseas Visitor
Card 3
Front
Another word for a package holiday.
Back
Card 4
Front
Any form of travel that is not part of a package holiday, when travellers put their own itinerary together.
Back
Card 5
Front
Less than 4 hours flight time from UK to destination.
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