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As defined by UN Tourism, a Tourism Product is "a combination of tangible and intangible elements, such as natural, cultural and man-made resources, attractions, facilities, services and activities around a specific center of interest which represents the core of the destination marketing mix and creates an overall visitor experience including emotional aspects for the potential customers. A tourism product is priced and sold through distribution channels and it has a life-cycle".

Rural tourism

UN Tourism understands Rural Tourism

UN Tourism understands Rural Tourism as "a type of tourism activity in which the visitor’s experience is related to a wide range of products generally linked to nature-based activities, agriculture, rural lifestyle / culture, angling and sightseeing.

Gastronomy and Wine Tourism

 Gastronomy and Wine Tourism

As global tourism is on the rise and competition between destinations increases, unique local and regional intangible cultural heritage become increasingly the discerning factor for the attraction of tourists.

Mountain Tourism

Rural tourism

Mountain Tourism  is a type of "tourism activity which takes place in a defined and limited geographical space such as hills or mountains with distinctive characteristics and attributes that are inherent to a specific landscape, topography, climate, biodiversity (flora and fauna) and local community. It encompasses a broad range of outdoor leisure and sports activities".

Urban Tourism

Product Development

According to UN Tourism, Urban Tourism is "a type of tourism activity which takes place in an urban space with its inherent attributes characterized by non-agricultural based economy such as administration, manufacturing, trade and services and by being nodal points of transport. Urban/city destinations offer a broad and heterogeneous range of cultural, architectural, technological, social and natural experiences and products for leisure and business".

Sports Tourism

 Sports Tourism

Tourism and sports are interrelated and complementary. Sports – as a professional, amateur or leisure activity – involves a considerable amount of traveling to play and compete in different destinations and countries. Major sporting events, such as the Olympic Games, football and rugby championships have become powerful tourism attractions in themselves – making a very positive contribution to the tourism image of the host destination.

Shopping Tourism

 Shopping Tourism

Shopping Tourism is becoming an increasingly relevant component of the tourism value chain. Shopping has converted into a determinant factor affecting destination choice, an important component of the overall travel experience and, in some cases the prime travel motivation.

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The Image of the Tourism Product: Theoretical Approach and Applications

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The success of a product depends on its ability to attract customers. This ability depends on what we call the Image of the product. The aim of this paper is to extend some previous research work, in which we have introduced the concept of a consumer product's Image as a measure of its attractiveness, in the case of the tourism product. The first part of this paper presents the concept of the consumer product's Image. The second part of the paper identifies the key differences between a consumer and a tourism product, reviews the current literature, and presents a model for defining and quantifying the tourism product's Image.

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The aim of this paper is to propose a marketing-oriented definition of the tourist product as well as a classification system of its components based on an extensive review and analysis of tourism marketing literature. Tourist products satisfy the tourist needs and are the objects of the transactions between tourists and businesses. Determining the tourist products is most helpful for social scientists interested in understanding the aforementioned transactions and the benefits derived by consuming these products. This proves to be a challenging task, though, due to the lack of a common understanding among the authors who have explored this issue as well as due to the different levels of tourist products and their complex nature. For instance, tourist products can be determined on two distinct levels: ➢ The total tourist product comprises a combination of all the elements, which a tourist consumes during his/her trip. ➢ The specific products are components of the total tourist product and can be sold as individual offerings such as accommodation, transport, attractions and other facilities for tourists. This paper focuses on the total tourist products, that can be understood as bundles of tangible and intangible components, based on an activity at a destination. It is the consumption of such a bundle that allows engaging in specific activities at the destination(s) and that creates the travel experience of each individual. Thus, the tourist product can be equated with the total travel experience. Tourist products are characterised by their complex nature. They consist of numerous components ― most of which constitute products themselves ― with each one playing a distinct functional role in this “amalgam of tangible and intangible elements”. These components complement each other, i.e. they are functionally interdependent as each one provides only a part of the total sum of benefits sought by tourists.

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The product for the tourist covers the complete experience from the time he leaves home to the time he returns. The tourist product today is developed to meet the needs of the consumer and techniques like direct sales, publicity and advertising are employed to bring this product to the consumer. The tourist product is the basic raw material, be it the country’s natural beauty, climate, history, culture and the people, or other facilities necessary for comfortable living such as water supply, electricity, roads, transport, communication and other essentials. Consumer behavior is a highly important factor for all activities which have the purpose to promote and sell tourism products. This paper gives an empirical study on tourist behaviour towards tourism products.

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Liliana Popescu

As the importance of tourism is increasing, ever more states from Europe and not only are using strategic branding and a variety of marketing means to attract a growing number of tourists. However, destinations are among the most difficult entities to market. Considering the importance of a clear marketing strategy and proper images and slogans used, the paper aims to identify the destination personality, see whether Romania’s official website can have an effect on the image of the country and if it complies with the brand positioning and target group. For this, the visual information on the official website, mainly photographic images, was analysed, using Morrison’s website evaluation guideline. All the images from the web site were collected and categorized into 9 subcategories: nature, parks and protected areas, historic heritage, cultural events and facilities, entertainment and recreation, bird’s eye and scenic view, local cuisine, people and local residents, others. The results show that the images of the official web site depict Romania as a static and old country. While the branding campaign may target the right type of tourists, Romania’s official web site fails to set the country apart from the competition, being limited to presenting a collection of attractions in the area.

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Perceived value is a subjective construct that varies between customers, between cultures and at different times. This appreciation conceives perceived value as a dynamic variable, experienced before purchase, at the moment of purchase, at the time of use, and after use. Although post-purchase perceived value has been studied, little research has been done into the measurement of the overall perceived value of a purchase, where the tourist evaluates not only the consumption experience but also the purchase experience. By means of a multi-dimensional procedure, we have developed a scale of measurement of the perceived overall value of a purchase through 24 items grouped into six dimensions: (1) functional value of the travel agency (installations); (2) functional value of the contact personnel of the travel agency (professionalism); (3) functional value of the tourism package purchased (quality); (4) functional value price; (5) emotional value; and (6) social value.

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The authors of this publication believe that, once the main features of a tourism product are known, tourism services that can adequately see to the potential consumers’ needs can easily develop in perfect harmony with the targeted area in which they would be implemented. This instance is no stranger to this method; after elaborate definition and research regarding the products’ aspects and its acceptability in the desired area of implementation, the Baile Herculane tourism product has been developed.

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The purpose of this study was to analyse how tourists’ perceptions of a destination’s tourism product influences memorable tourism experiences and how gender differences influence tourists’ perceptions of tourism product in Uganda. The 5 A’s of tourism product model was used as a basis for the questionnaire development. Explanatory research design using structural equation modeling technique within the framework of confirmatory factor analysis was adopted. A sample of 501 respondents consisting of tourists leaving Uganda through the Entebbe International Airport was used. Results showed that both the measurement and structural models were fit to be used to explain the observed variance in memorable travel experience. Overall, tourists’ perceptions of tourism product (Attractions, Ancillary services, Amenities and Accommodation) had a positive influence on memorable travel experience. There was no significant observed difference between gender and perceptions of Uganda’s tourism product. However on average, females evaluated Uganda’s tourism product positively compared to their male counterparts. It is recommended that destination management organisations should pay attention to infrastructure development. Notable of these is transport infrastructure which is central in linking potential and actual tourists to different tourism attractions in Uganda. Overall providing unique tourism product combination different from competitors is likely to enhance positive perceptions of Uganda’s tourism product which was found to have a positive influence memorable travel experience. Other implications for destination branding are discussed.

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What is Tourism Product? Definition, Types, Characteristics

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What is Tourism Product?

Tourism Products are a combination of goods and services demanded by a tourist during travel to and stay at a destination. These include natural, cultural and manmade attractions and facilities such as hotels, transport and ancillary services.

In this process, tourists derive an experience which varies from individual to individual. From a broader perspective, the sum total of experiences derived by the tourists during the entire trip can be considered as the product.

Table of Content

  • 1 What is Tourism Product?
  • 2 Definition of Tourism Product
  • 3.1 Natural Tourism Product
  • 3.2 Man-Made Tourism Product
  • 3.3 Symbiotic Tourism Product
  • 3.4 Event Based Tourism
  • 3.5 Site Based Tourism Product
  • 4.1 Intangibility
  • 4.2 Inseperatability
  • 4.3 Perishability
  • 4.4 Heterogeneity
  • 4.5 Essentially of Users Presence
  • 4.6 Complexity in Marketing
  • 4.7 Absence of Ownership

Definition of Tourism Product

Burkat and Medlik say tourism products to an array of integrated products, which consist of objects and attractions, transportation, accommodation and entertainment, where each element of the tourism product is prepared by individual companies and are offered separately to consumers (tourist/tourist).

The tourism “product” is not the destination, but it is about the experiences of that place and what happens there. – Chris Ryan

Economist M. Sinclair and Mike Stabler define the tourism product as a “composite product involving transport, accommodation, catering, natural resources, entertainment and other facilities and services, such as shops and banks, travel agents and tour operators.”

According to Suswantoro (2007:75) on substantially the understanding of tourism products “is obtained and the overall service felt or enjoyed by tourists since he left his residence to the tourist destination of his choice and to return home where she originally departed”.

Types of Tourism Products

Following figure describes the classification of Tourism Product:

Natural Tourism Product

Man-made tourism product, symbiotic tourism product, event based tourism, site based tourism product.

These are the products connected to the natural environment. Natural environment that constitutes natural resources which is related to area, climate and its settings, and the landscapes. These natural resources are the most important elements in a destination’s attraction. Such as countryside, climate, natural beauty, water, flora and fauna, wildlife, beaches, deserts, islands or any scenic attraction.

Some examples of natural tourism products in India are Marina beach- Chennai, Darjeeling hill station-West Bengal, Islands of Andaman & Nicobar- Andaman & Nicobar, Deserts of Thar-Rajasthan, etc

Something which is not natural, found in the destinations to attract the tourists. These are man-made creations. As per the tourism point of view they are made for pleasure, leisure or business.

Man-made tourism products are further divided into three subtypes:

  • Sites and areas of archaeological interest
  • Historical buildings and monuments
  • Places of historical significance l museums and art galleries
  • Political and educational institutions
  • Religious institutions
  • Fairs and festivals
  • Arts and handicrafts
  • Folklore l native life and customs
  • Amusement and recreation parks
  • Sporting events
  • Zoos and oceanariums
  • Cinemas and theatres
  • Night life l cuisines

Examples of Man-made tourism products are Ajanta and Ellora cave-Maharashtra (Cultural), Surajkund Craft Mela-Haryana (Traditional), Essel World-Mumbai, etc

This type of tourism product do not fall in any particular category because they are a blend of nature and man but the core attraction is nature. These are the natural resource that has been converted into a tourism product by maintaining and managing them.

In other words man has taken initiative to preserve the natural aspects of earth and also managed in a way to provide best possible services to the tourists who come for the visit, for example, accommodation, parking facilities, etc. Some examples are National Park or Wildlife Sanctuaries, Flower Festival, Marine Park, Aero and Water Sports, Botanical Garden etc.

In India, there are many national parks like Ranthambhore-Rajasthan, where tigers and many animals are preserved and tourists are given facilities like a jungle safari.

Product Here event is the main source of attraction. Tourist comes to observe and participate in the events. Events are temporary in nature and are often mounted in order to increase the number of tourists to a particular destination.

Some events are for a short time scale while other last for longer days. Sometimes events are mounted in those places where the tourist’s eye usually don’t reach such as unusual exhibitions.

Some examples of event-based tourism product include Camel Polo at Jaisalmer- Rajasthan, Kite flying in Ahmedabad-Gujarat, where tourists also participate and observes. In Snake boat race-Kerela, one can enjoy witnessing it. Short time scale event includes Republic day parade-New Delhi and long days event include Khajuraho dance festival-Madhya Pradesh.

It is a particular site or a place, permanent in nature which is the main source of attraction for the tourists. In India examples are like Taj Mahal, Beaches of Goa, Sunset at Kanyakumari, Temples of Khajuraho, etc.

Characteristics of Tourism Product

Following are the main characteristics of tourism products:

Intangibility

Inseperatability, perishability, heterogeneity, essentially of users presence, complexity in marketing, absence of ownership.

As discussed earlier in this chapter, tourism products are actually the services that are being sold to the tourists, and it’s not the goods. Services can’t be seen, smelled, felt or touched, it can only be experienced. What can be seen is their effect.

For example, a guide’s comments can be heard. A travel agents books a ticket from place A to B. The ticket is just a piece of paper, an entry pass for using the service. An airline provides the service of transportation, comfort and leisure. A thorough evaluation of the service before buying it is therefore impossible and leads customers to use other cues to help them assess the service like the interior of the restaurant, the appearance of the hotel entrance or the behaviour of the receptionist.

A service of a tourism product cannot be separated from the provider of the service. For most services, the producer and the seller are the same people. Services are manufactured and consumed at the same time. In the case of products, consumption takes place after production and often far away from the factory.

In the case of tourism products for example a guide has to be present to explain the attraction. A pilot has to be present to fly a plane. Both service providers and the service user have to be physically present for mutually satisfying the exchange of service. The visitor to a national park cannot experience counter service if the receptionist is not present, nor can the receptionist render the service is the visitor is absent.

The tourism product is highly perishable, which means it cannot be stored. For example, a hotel room or an aeroplane seat that is not sold on a particular day, is a lost sale. If the tourists don’t visit a particular place, the opportunity is lost. If the opportunity is lost, the moment is lost. This adversely affects the tourism business.

The demand has to be managed by the marketer in such a way as to ensure that as little capacity as possible is lost. The problem is unique for the tourism industry. Due to these reason sometimes heavy discount is offered by hotels or transport generating organization.

Services offered by most people are never the same. There is some degree of variability present in almost all types of services. This may be due to the extensive involvement of people in the production of service. This issue is not present when a machine dominates. Depending on the mood, behaviour, working style, efficiency and knowledge of the people variability exist.

For example, all air hostesses cannot provide the same quality service like the other. Yet again the same individual air hostess may not perform the same uniform service both in the morning as well as in the evening.

Even the tour package and the aircraft can’t be consistent of equal standards because an aircraft can de-shape the travelling pleasure into a nightmare and a holiday seaside is ruined by the prolonged rainy spell.

Another reason for variability of service is the involvement of customers in the process of product delivery and consumption system. For example, a musician performing at a program may not perform with uniformity. His performance will depend on the response and appreciation of the audience. Hence service varies from person to person, time to time and from situation to situation.

In travel and tourism businesses, service quality depends on uncontrollable factors and there is no sure way of knowing whether the service delivered matched what was planned or promoted, or what was expected by the customer.

Presence of the user is necessary to avail the service. The customer or the guest has to be personally present on the spot. It can’t be brought to the user. As in the case of other tangible goods, the buyer can avail the service from anywhere or from his home. But in the case of tourism products, it is not at all possible. The tourist has to go to the tourist attraction to experience the tour.

However the marketers here need an in-depth study of users behaviour, tastes, preferences, likes and dislikes so that expectations and realities coincide and satisfaction is made possible.

Tourism product involves complexity in marketing. It requires a lot of effort to convince a buyer. As in the case of travel agents. In order to sell their tour package they need to convince the customer by introducing various facilities, discounts and services. Product demonstration is bit difficult in the case of tourism product.

As in the case of tangible goods like television. As soon as we buy it, we become the owner of it. But this is not the case with tourism products. A tourism product when sold to the customer or tourist, he can only avail the service but can’t be its owner.

For example, while buying a hotel room, while buying a seat in an aircraft or a luxurious train, you can only take the facilities of the service for a certain time. You can’t be its owner for lifelong.

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Spearmint oil is an essential oil derived from the spearmint plant that can act as a plant growth regulator and can be used to manage sprouting in potatoes in storage. Spearmint oil damages the growing points of the sprouts allowing them to remain in storage for longer periods.

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Toxicology studies in laboratory animals describe potential health effects from varying levels of exposure to a chemical and identify the dose where no effects are observed.

In laboratory animals, spearmint oil is of low acute toxicity by the oral, dermal, and inhalation routes, minimally irritating to the eyes, non-irritating to the skin, and a dermal sensitizer.

Short-term oral toxicity testing, prenatal developmental toxicity testing, and genotoxicity/mutagenicity testing on spearmint oil were also assessed. Animals given repeated high doses of spearmint oil by gavage exhibited changes in blood, clinical chemistry and organ weight parameters. In pregnant animals, exposure to spearmint oil resulted in decreases in maternal body weight, fetal and placental weights, as well as an increase in skeletal variations in the fetus. There was no indication that the young were more sensitive than the adult animals. Spearmint oil is not considered to be mutagenic or genotoxic.

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Occupational risks from handling Biox-M

Occupational risks are acceptable when Biox-M is used according to the label directions, which include protective measures.

Due to the closed loading system and automated nature of the applications, occupational exposure during loading and application is not expected. Occupational bystander exposure to spearmint oil is also not expected to occur due to the nature of the application. However, as Biox-M is a commercial-class product, workers must wear a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, chemical-resistant gloves, socks and shoes during loading, application, clean-up and repair.

Workers entering the treatment area before the ventilation period is complete could come in direct contact with spearmint oil through inhalation and contact with the skin and eyes. If early entry is necessary, in emergencies only, workers must wear coveralls over a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, chemical-resistant gloves, socks and shoes, and a respirator with a NIOSH-approved organic vapour-removing cartridge with a prefilter approved for pesticides or a NIOSH-approved-canister approved for pesticides.

The occupational risks are acceptable when the precautionary statements on the label are observed.

An environmental assessment was not required for indoor air cooled and mechanically cooled storage.

What is the value of Biox-M?

The registration of Biox-M will provide growers with a new option for the management of sprouting in stored potatoes and a potential product for use in organic potato production.

Sprouting in potatoes can lead to substantial losses in quality and marketability. Biox-M is applied using thermal fogging techniques to potatoes in storage, which is consistent with current industry practices. Biox-M is effective at controlling sprouting in potatoes when applied as directed.

Labels of registered pesticide products include specific instructions for use. Directions include risk-reduction measures to protect human and environmental health . These directions must be followed by law.

The key risk-reduction measures being proposed on the label of Spearmint Oil and Biox-M to address the potential risks identified in this assessment are as follows.

Key risk-reduction measures - Human health

The signal words "POTENTIAL SENSITIZER" are required on the principal display panels of the labels for both Spearmint Oil and Biox-M.

Standard hazard and precautionary statements are also required on the end-use product labels.

Workers will be required to wear standard personal protective equipment including a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, chemical-resistant gloves, socks and shoes.

A restricted-entry interval (REI) is included on the label for Biox-M which specifies that workers are not allowed to enter into the treated area until complete ventilation of the storage facility has occurred with aerosol particles visibly settled.

If early-entry into the treated areas is required for emergencies during application, or prior to ventilation or settling of aerosol fog, workers must wear coveralls over a long-sleeved shirt, long pants, chemical- resistant gloves, socks and shoes, and a respirator with a NIOSH-approved organic vapour-removing cartridge with a prefilter approved for pesticides or a NIOSH-approved-canister approved for pesticides.

Before making a final registration decision on spearmint oil and Biox-M, Health Canada's PMRA will consider any written comments received from the public in response to PRD2024-02 up to 45 days from the date of publication (1 March 2024) of PRD2024-02. Please forward all comments to Publications . Health Canada will then publish a Registration Decision, which will include its decision, the reasons for it, a summary of comments received on the proposed decision and Health Canada's response to these comments.

When Health Canada makes its registration decision, it will publish a Registration Decision on Spearmint Oil and Biox-M (based on the Science evaluation of PRD2024-02). In addition, the test data referenced in this consultation document will be available for public inspection, upon application, in the PMRA's Reading Room. For more information, please contact the PMRA's Pest Management Information Service .

"Acceptable risks" as defined by subsection 2(2) of the Pest Control Products Act .

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"Value" as defined by subsection 2(1) of the Pest Control Products Act : "the product's actual or potential contribution to pest management, taking into account its conditions or proposed conditions of registration, and includes the product's ( a ) efficacy; ( b ) effect on host organisms in connection with which it is intended to be used; and ( c ) health, safety and environmental benefits and social and economic impact."

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"Consultation statement" as required by subsection 28(2) of the Pest Control Products Act .

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"Decision statement" as required by subsection 28(5) of the Pest Control Products Act .

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