Tourist Consumption: Importance and Effects

How and why do tourists consume guide or transport services?

Discuss how guide or transport services enhance tourism consumption. Describe the process or how tourists consume it. Explain examples like how guide and transport services encourage identity construction through cultural, ethnic, gender/sexual, regional, and national understanding. Discuss how the internet or technology affects tourism consumption or mediation. For example, include opportunities and challenges like competitive market and convenient travel through effective communication, although it has negatively affected tourists’ identity through minimization of social interaction.