Tourism Administration & Management Questions and Answers - Set 23 | Tourism Administration & Management Quiz GkSeries

1 The term ‘Economies of Scale” refers to :

1 a firm’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services

2 a firms’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services when the volume of production decreases or increases

3 a firm’s ability to maximise the cost of production when more units of goods or services

4 a firm’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services as the volume of production increases

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Answer: a firm’s ability to reduce the cost of producing one unit of goods or services as the volume of production increases

2 The demand for travel to a particular destination is a function of :

1 The person’s ability to travel and the level of attraction of the link between host and guest destination areas

2 The person’s propensity to travel and the reciprocity of the link between origin and destination areas

3 The person’s induced demand and the corresponding supply at the destination region

4 The person’s arousing of interest and suitable destination attributes

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Answer:The person’s propensity to travel and the reciprocity of the link between origin and destination areas

3 Which one of the following is a correct method for carrying out exploratory research ?

1 Surveys

2 Case studies

3 Experiments

4 Structured design

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Answer: Case studies

4 Which one of the following cities is the location of Headquarters of “Amadeus” ?

1 Newyork

2 Madrid

3 Texas

4 Singapore

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Answer:Madrid

5 International Air Transport Association (IATA) membership consists of which of the following ?

1 National Tourism Organizations

2 CEOs of Airlines

3 Commercial wings of tourism departments

4 Scheduled airlines

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Answer:Scheduled airlines

6 The term “Economies of Scope” refers to the ability to join resources and produce :

1 One distinct product or service from the same company

2 Two or more distinct products or services from the same company compared to providing them from two different companies

3 Two or more distinct products or services from two different companies

4 None of the above

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Answer: Two or more distinct products or services from the same company compared to providing them from two different companies

7 One of the following is not the typology of tourists classified by Cohen in 1972 :

1 Homebodies

2 Organized mass tourists

3 Individual mass tourists

4 Drifters

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Answer:Homebodies

8 The first passenger ship that took the passengers from the Great Britain to the United States in the year 1838 was :

1 Sirus

2 Titanic

3 Great Western

4 Victoria

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Answer:Great Western

9 The process of denying boarding to airline passengers with confirmed reservations due to overbooking or overselling of flight is termed as :

1 Cancellation

2 Bumped

3 Deferred booking

4 Denial

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Answer:Bumped

10 Which airlines introduced commission cap and put a ceiling on payments to travel agents for domestic tickets in the year 1996 ?

1 Delta Airlines

2 British Airways

3 Lufthansa Airways

4 Swiss Airlines

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Answer:Delta Airlines

11 In which year the first scheduled railway service was inaugurated in Europe ?

1 1820

2 1825

3 1830

4 1835

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Answer:1825

12 International Union of Official Travel Organisation (IUOTO) established in 1947 was transformed into an intergovernmental technical body on 2, January 1975, as :

1 UNDP

2 UNWTO

3 TERN

4 NTA

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Answer:UNWTO

13 Which one of the airlines is the first carrier to accept online bookings and take payment through a website on the internet ?

1 Delta Airlines

2 American Airlines

3 Alaska Airlines

4 Singapore Airlines

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Answer:Alaska Airlines

14 IATA divides the world into three areas on the basis of Fare Construction. They are commonly known as Traffic Conference (TC) area 1, 2 and 3. The TC-1 comprises :

1 Europe, Africa and Islands adjacent there to

2 North and South America and Islands adjacent there to

3 Asia and Islands adjacent there to

4 Islands of pacific ocean except those included in TC-1

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