MATCHING Choose the Item in Column 2 That Best Matches

question 35

Multiple Choice

MATCHING. Choose the item in column 2 that best matches each item in column 1.
Match the term with the correct description.
-Convention and visitors bureau (CVB)

• A)The plans, strategy, and actions of a decision-making body calculated to achieve identified, specific goals related to tourism
• B)An international network of travel and tourism research and marketing professionals who advocate standards, quality research, and marketing information to the industry
• C)A tourism phenomenon that visitor demand is not spread evenly throughout the year
• D)An international organization that is made up of local convention and visitors bureaus
• E)The technologies that facilitate visitors experience of gaining access to and arriving in the United States
• F)A legal act that reduces physical barriers that inhibit or prevent the delivery of services to the traveling public with disabilities
• G)The nonprofit organizations that represent the common interests of a city or urban area in the solicitation and attraction of travelers and tourists
• H)The sustainable growth of tourism in economic, social, cultural and environmental areas
• I)A program that allows visitors to visit the United States without obtaining a visa
• J) A local organization that promotes tourism trade and development

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Definitions:

Support Activity

Activities within an organization that assist in providing value to customers but do not directly contribute to the primary product or service.

Inbound Logistics

Inbound Logistics refers to the transport, storage, and delivery of goods coming into a business, an essential component of supply chain management, focusing on receiving and handling materials and supplies.

Competitive Forces Model

A business framework devised by Michael Porter that analyzes competitiveness by recognizing five major forces that could endanger a company’s position.

Value Chain Model

Model that shows the primary activities that sequentially add value to the profit margin; also shows the support activities.