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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Tourism Glossaries

Accommodation capacity: The measure of accommodation stock at a defined destination. May be given by various different measures: e.g. number of establishments; number of main units within an establishment (e.g. rooms, caravan stances); capacity in terms of residents (e.g. bedspaces).

Accounting period: Normally one year, the period for which accounts are drawn up

Accreditation: A procedure to establish if a tourism business meets certain standards of management and operation.

add-on: any component of a package tour that is not included in the package price

Advanced ecotourism: A level of accreditation consisting of all core criteria as well as some of the advanced certification criteria.