Turismo Y Hotelaria

Butterworth-Heinemann is an Imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA First edition 2009 Copyright Ó 2009, Dallen J. Timothy and Victor B. Teye. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The right of Author Name to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax(+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: permissions@ elsevier.com. Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence orotherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Timothy, Dallen J. Tourism and the lodging sector / Dallen J. Timothy and Victor B. Teye. –1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-0-7506-8659-4 1. Hotels. 2. Tourist camps, hostels, etc. 3. Tourism. 4. Hospitality industry. I. Teye, Victor B. II. Title. TX911.T56 2009 910.46–dc22 2009008310 A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library For information on allButterworth-Heinemann publications visit our web site at books.elsevier.com Printed and bound in United States of America 09 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Figure 2.1 Monthly tourist arrivals in Sri Lanka, 2007–2008 ................23

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Existing Canadian Pacific Railway hotels from the early years.........................................................................................3 Growth of international tourist arrivals since the Second World War ..............................................................................14 Countries expected to grow their tourism economies fastest in2008........................................................................................ 15 International arrivals by sub-region, 2007 .............................17 Top ten personal traveler origin countries by expenditures, 2008.......................................................................................18 Top ten business traveler origin countries by expenditures,2008.......................................................................................18 Employment in hotels and other accommodations by occupation, USA, 2006 ..........................................................31 Top ten tourism employment-generating countries, 2008 .....48 Top ten tourism-dependent countries in relative terms,2008.......................................................................................52 The top ten tourism-dependent countries in terms of employment, 2008.................................................................53 Top ten hotel groups in the world, 2007................................67 Top 20 international hotel brands/chains, 2007 ....................68 Recommendations and strategic actions of the Bali Declaration on Barrier-Free Tourism...