Module 1: Tourist Destinations and their Context

Introduction

• Professor: Euclides Arts
• Subject: Tourist Accommodations
• Focus on understanding the dynamics of lodging businesses.

Definition of Tourism

• Tourism Elements:
  • Tourist: Person with expectations and dreams.
  • Tourist Destination: Place the tourist wants to visit.
  • Transfer: Need for transportation between origin and destination.
  • Accommodation: Companies that allow the tourist's stay.

Analysis of a Tourist Destination: La Fortuna de San Carlos

• Tourist Attractions:
  • National parks, waterfalls, hot springs, scenic beauty.
• Infrastructure:
  • Roads, communication media, telephony, potable water.
• Tourist Plant:
  • Businesses dedicated to tourism: hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, observatories.
• Superstructure:
  • Organizations for tourism development: business chambers, development associations.

Components of the Tourist Plant

• Tourist Accommodations
• Gastronomy
• Entertainment
• Other Services

Development of a Tourist Product

• Client Profile:
  • Description of the tourist: aspirations, payment capacity, educational level.
• Business Ideas:
  • Based on the client profile.
  • Transformation of ideas into real businesses.

Necessary Resources

• Material, financial, and logistical resources.

Customer Satisfaction

• After-sales Service:
  • Importance of long-term business sustainability.

Summary

• Business ideas arise from the consumer profile.
• Transformation of ideas into resources to satisfy the client.
• Goal: Achieve customer delight for a sustainable business.

The presented information aims to help students understand the structure and dynamics of tourist accommodations within the context of tourist destinations.