Category Archives: travel
Area Tourist Boards
Network of voluntary bodies with local authorities, tourism industry and Scottish Tourist Board (STB) or Highlands and Islands Enterprise participation and funding, created under the terms of the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982, which transferred responsibility for tourism … Continue reading
Area Tourism Companies
Area framework of three bodies covering South and West, Mid and North Wales, with local authority and tourism industry participation and operating under contract with the Wales Tourist Board (WTB) to develop, promote and coordinate tourism in their respective areas … Continue reading
Apron
(a) An airport tarmac area on which aircraft are parked. (b) The part of a theatre stage in front of the main curtain
Apartment Hotel
An establishment combining the features of an apartment building and a hotel, i.e., providing furnished accommodation with cooking facilities without service, and also offering such optional facilities as maid service or a restaurant, catering commonly but not exclusively for longer-stay … Continue reading
Antiquities
A general term, descriptive of ancient historical monuments (particularly Greek and Roman) and archaeological features, often in the care of a public body and frequently important attractions for tourists, e.g., the Coliseum in Rome, the Parthenon in Athens, the Pyramids … Continue reading
Animator
Term of French origin (animateur) to describe a person employed to organize social and other activities for guests in a hotel, holiday (vacation) centre or another location. Often described as social or cruise director or officer on board a cruise … Continue reading
American Service
Style of restaurant table service, in which food is portioned and plated in the kitchen before being served to customers. Also described as plate service.
Amazonia
Name used to describe the Amazon Basin, an area of the size of Australia, between the Atlantic coast of Brazil and the Andes mountains in Peru. The area is mainly covered by tropical rain forests, which absorb large quantities of … Continue reading
Altitude Sickness
A feeling of nausea accompanied by sickness, which afflicts at high altitudes those unaccustomed to them, caused by breathing air deficient in oxygen. Also known as mountain sickness.
Alternative Tourism
Term generally used to refer to forms of tourism that seek to avoid adverse and enhance positive social, cultural and environmental impacts and perceived as alternative to mass tourism. Usually characterized by small scale; individual, independent or small group activity; … Continue reading