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| individual tourism | travel of one person on his own program |
| shells | Preprinted brochures with photos, illustrations, and graphics but no text; also called slicks. |
| ground operator | A company that provides local travel services, including transportation or guide services. |
| value added | The value added to goods and services by the contributions of capital and labour (ie, after the costs of bought-in materials and services have been deducted from the total value of output). |
| budgeted balance sheet | A budget that measures total assets and liabilities. |
| duty-free imports | Item amounts and categories specified by a government that are fee of tax or duty charges when brought into the country. |
| purchaser prices | The amount paid by the purchaser, exclusive of any deductible taxes, in order to take delivery of goods or services at the time and place required by the purchaser |
| gst on production | The transactions of registered producers are recorded excluding goods and services tax (GST), while those of final consumers (including producers of exempt goods and services) are recorded at actual market prices |
| value added | Value added is the 'value' that a producer adds to the raw material goods and services and/or transformed goods it purchases in the process of production |
| change in inventories | The book value change as recorded in most business accounting records, less an inventory valuation adjustment that removes the capital gains and losses that may arise through holding inventories purchased at prices either higher or lower than those ruling during the period of account |
| output | Goods and services produced within an establishment that become available for use outside that establishment, plus any goods and services produced for own final use. |
| economic impact study | Research into the dollars generated by an industry and how these dollars impact the economy through direct spending and the indirect impact of additional job creation and the generation of income and tax revenue. |
| fly/drive tour | A F.I.T |
| teaser piece | A teaser piece can either be a rack brochure (*see “rack brochure” above), or a mailer, giveaway, or some other promotional piece that is intended to “tease” the receiver into taking a specific action. |
| retail sales – alcohol | Alcoholic beverages purchased from liquor stores, supermarkets and other retail outlets. |
| air passenger transport | Scheduled and unscheduled air passenger transport |
| water passenger transport | Passenger transport by international and coastal sea-going vessels and inland water passenger transport. |
| system | A voluntary building rating system that evaluates environmental performance from a "whole building" perspective over a building's life cycle |
| tour | Any prearranged (but not necessarily prepaid) journey to one or more places and back to the point of origin. |
| folio | An itemized record of a guest’s charges and credits which is maintained in the front office until departure |
| business tourism expenditure | Employment-related tourism expenditure undertaken by employees and paid for by their (private business) employer. |
| tourism certification programs | These included AAA (Automobile Association of America) and have typically measured and compared quantity, service, and price, areas deemed most important to travelers. |
| value | The relationship between the benefits associated with a product or service and the costs of obtaining the product or service. |
| trade show | A product showcase for a specific industry |
| deposit policy | A specified amount or a percentage of the total bill due on a specified date prior to arrival. |
| volume purchase | The purchase of large quantities of a product or service. |
| scheduled flights | Air flights that are publicly scheduled and promoted by major airlines. |
| gst on production | The transactions of registered producers are recorded excluding GST, while those of final consumers (including producers of exempt goods and services) are recorded at actual market prices |
| indirect tourism employment | Employment resulting from indirect tourism demand. |
| deposit | An advance payment required to obtain and confirm space. |
| word-of-mouth promotion | Personal communication about a product or service from one customer to another. |
| wheels-up time | The time the aircraft is scheduled to be airborne. |
| glamer | Group Leaders of America Travel Show www.glamer.com |
| gross domestic product | The total market value of goods and services produced in New Zealand after deducting the cost of goods and services utilised in the process of production, but before deducting allowances for the consumption of fixed capital. |
| educational programming | Activities conducted in partnership with formal education institutions and which seek to meet both the institution’s specific education outcomes and the agency’s resource stewardship goals. |
| financial services | Issuing and negotiating foreign cash and non trade financial instruments. |
| wayfinding signage | Signs to aid the public in orienting themselves geographically within a specific location and which identify functional units within the location. |
| archipelago | An archipelago is a grouping of islands, essentially |
| value-added tax | A type of tax system which adds a fixed percentage of taxation on products and services at each step of production or service delivery. |
| indirect tourism value added | Indirect tourism value added is generated from the purchase of goods that are subsequently resold to tourists, or the purchase of goods and services used in producing products that are sold directly to tourists |
| secondary information | Research data that was collected by another company or person and usually for a purpose that’s different than the research objectives and tasks at hand. |
| package tour | A saleable travel product offering an inclusive price with several travel elements that would otherwise be purchased separately |
| non-tourism related product | A product that is not a tourism specific product. |
| escrow accounts | Funds placed in the custody of licensed financial institutions for safekeeping |
| tourism product ratio | Represents the proportion of the supply of a product purchased by tourists. |
| fixed costs | Costs that don’t change with sales or production levels. |
| direct marketing | Sales and marketing communication that feature direct interaction between a company and its customers without any distribution intermediaries. |
| other personal services | Laundry services, film processing, hairdressing and beauty services. |
| on-site programming | Educational or interpretive activities conducted by agency personnel within agency’s unit jurisdictional boundary. |
| off-site programming | Educational or interpretive activities conducted by agency personnel outside the agency’s unit jurisdictional boundary. |
| government tourism expenditure | Employment-related tourism expenditure undertaken by employees and paid for by their (government) employer. |
| non-tourism specific industry | An industry that is not a tourism characteristic industry or a tourism related industry |
| tourist receipts | the receipts of a country in the form of consumption expenditures or payments for goods and services made by foreign visitors out of foreign currency resources. |
| subsidies | Current unrequited payments made by governments to enterprises on the basis of the levels of their production activities or the quantities or values of the goods and services that they produce, sell or import. |
| prime meridian | An imaginary and completely arbitrary line that runs on a north-south axis |
| household tourism expenditure | Tourism expenditure by New Zealand households. |
| fit | Acronym with multiple meanings |
| tourist | Any person travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for less than 12 months for leisure, business and other purposes, whose main purpose of trip is not the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited. |
| shpo | State Historic Preservation Officer. |
| hsmai | Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International www.hsmai.org , www.abt-travel.com |
| tourism related industry | An industry where: |
| group leader | An individual who has been given the responsibility of coordinating tour and travel arrangements for a group |
| value-based pricing | Pricing a product based on buyer perceptions of value rather than actual product costs. |
| sightseeing companies | Organizations that provide local guided tours. |
| indirect tourism value added | The total value added resulting from indirect tourism demand. |
| interpretative programming | Activities conducted in a recreational environment which seek to connect the participants to the meanings and values of the resource being experienced. |
| hospitality | A general term used in travel & tourism describing the “hospitality industry”; refers to the general greeting, welcoming, food service, etc. |
| usual environment | Usual environment is the place or places a person occupies within their regular routine of life (except places visited for leisure or recreational activities only). |
| value added | The value added to goods and services by the contributions of capital and labour (ie after the costs of bought-in materials and services have been deducted from the total value of output). |
| gambling services | Gambling at the casino, other gambling services. |
| knot | The term for a unit of speed equaling one nautical mile per hour |
| coastal price | reduced price for residents of certain countries traveling within the given country. |
| reclamation/complaint | a statement of the one party that the other party has not fulfilled (in whole or in part) its obligations and the requirement, in connection with this, of the appropriate compensation. |
| partnership | Two persons who dance together |
| subsidies | Current unrequited payments made by governments to enterprises on the basis of the levels of their production activities or the quantities or values of the goods and services they produce, sell, or import. |
| estuary | A body of water connecting a flowing river and a larger body, such as a sea or ocean |
| wants | Ways in which a person satisfies a basic need. |
| industry | A grouping of economic units (e.g |
| wholesale | Sale of travel products through an intermediary in exchange for a commission or fee generally at reduced tariffs. |
| demands | A consumer’s wants backed by the ability to purchase. |
| escorted group tour | A group tour that features a tour director who travels with the group throughout the trip to provide sightseeing commentary and coordinate all group movement and activities. |
| usual environment | The place(s) a person occupies within his or her regular routine of life (excepting places only visited for leisure or recreational activities). |
| intermediate consumption | The value of non-durable goods and services used in production |
| tourism characteristic product | A product that would cease to exist in meaningful quantity, or for which the level of consumption would be significantly reduced, in the absence of tourists |
| tourism characteristic industry | An industry that meets the following criteria: |
| frequent independent travel | A custom-designed, prepaid travel package with many individualized arrangements |
| consumption of fixed capital | The reduction in the value of the fixed assets used in production during the accounting period resulting from physical deterioration, normal obsolescence, or accidental damage |
| producer prices | The amount receivable by the producer from the purchaser for a unit of goods or a service produced as output less any deductible taxes invoiced to the purchaser |
| tourism related product | A product for which tourists purchase between 0 and 25 percent of its production (i.e |
| budgeted income statement | A budget that tracks revenues and expenses |
| basic prices | The amounts receivable by producers from purchasers for units of goods or services produced as outputs minus any taxes payable, and plus any subsidies receivable |
| simple random sample | A sample that draws a group of respondents randomly from all members of the population. |
| variable costs | Costs that change with sales or production levels. |
| cooperative agreement | A cooperative agreement is a written legal instrument reflecting a relationship between a Federal agency and a state or local government, tribal government, or other non-federal recipient in which the principle purpose is to transfer money, property, services, or anything of value to the state or local government or other recipient to stimulate or support a public purpose authorized by federal statute |