Theory: Travel Agency Platforms

2.3. Travel and Tourism

Although tourism is a distinct activity within the hospitality industry, many individuals mistakenly equate it with hospitality. The main purpose of tourism is to promote travel so that people will spend money on accommodations. Transportation comprises both the means of travel used by a traveller to reach their destination and their means of transportation after they have arrived. (Rudman, 2022) By providing transportation, the transportation industry aims to assist travellers in reaching their destinations. This can entail giving them the resources to get to their planned vacation spot in the first place, but it might also entail helping them get around once they get there. (Tourism Industry: Everything You Need      to Know      About tourism: Revfine, 2022) The performance of this broad industry affects all other aspects of hospitality significantly. All other enterprises in a given location could not expand or even survive without travel tourism. (The Different Hospitality Sectors Explained, n.d.)

Air travel by plane, maritime travel by cruise ship and rail travel by train are common modes of transportation when travelling. There are also other modes of transportation such as taxis, buses      and driver-for-hire services. Many locations have additional local transportation choices such as a donkey tour of the Grand Canyon or a ride in a gondola around the canals of Venice. (Rudman, 2022)