Tourism Acronyms

Acronym Meaning
A
ABC Advance Booking Charter
ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics
AFTA Australian Federation of Travel Agents
AHA Australian Hotels Association
AITT Australian Institute of Travel and Tourism
ANR Arrival Notification Report (used by wholesale agents)
ASCOT Australian Standing Committee on Tourism
ATC Australian Tourist Commission
ATDW Australian Tourism Data Warehouse
ATEC Australian Tourism Export Council
ATIA Australian Tourism Industry Association
ATOA Australian Tour Operators Association
ATRW Australian Tourism Research Workshop (annual workshop conducted as part of TRC)
B
BB Bed and Breakfast 
BBP Bed and Breakfast Provisions
BCB Bed and Continental Breakfast
BDA Brian Dermott and Associates
BES Business Expectations Survey (conducted by Tourism Tasmania)
BSP Bank Settlement Plan (system for travel agents to pay carriers for tickets issued through the banking system)
BTR Bureau of Tourism Research (based in Canberra)
C
Carrier Recognised transport operator (ie air, bus or ship)
CBO Central Booking Office
Commission Represents an amount payable to the seller of travel goods. Travel agents usually receive an amount averaging no less than 10 per cent of the retail price. Wholesalers or Tour Operators usually receive 25–35 per cent of the advertised price.
Conversion Converting visitors' interest in Tasmania as a destination into actual visits
Cooperative
Advertising		 Joint promotions between other operators and/or Tourism Tasmania
CPA Caravan Parks Association
CRC for Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism - established under the Australian Government's Cooperative Research Centres Program to underpin the development of a dynamic, internationally competitive and sustainable tourism industry. The University of Tasmania is a partner.
CREA Centre for Regional Economic Analysis
CRS Central Reservation System
D
DAMA Destination Australia Marketing Alliance
Demographic Profile Personal information about customers such as age, income and gender used to understand their buying and selling preferences.
Destinational Marketing Advertising and promotions designed to build an awareness of, and desire to travel to, a particular destination
Distribution A marketing term used to describe the physical means by which a product or service is made known to customers
DITR Commonwealth Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources
Domestic Market The Australian market for visitors to Tasmania
DPIWE State Department of Primary Industry, Water and Environment
DPS Double Page Spread - (typically) advertisement taken in magazine or newspaper
DTPHA State Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts
E
Experience Memorable occasion/interaction that engages people in a personal way and connects them with a place - Tasmania, its people and their ideas. 
F
FAC Federal Airports Corporation
Famil  Familiarisation (desgined to acquaint visiting journalists etc. with Tasmanian tourism operators and product) 
FIT  Fully Independent Tour / Fully Inclusive Tour 
FITS  Flinders Island Travel Survey (prepared by Tourism Tasmania) 
Fly/drive  A package tour concept that includes a minimum of round-trip or one-way air transportation and rental car at the destination
FOC  Free of Charge 
Free Sell A travel component available in unrestricted quantities to a wholesaler until otherwise indicated, the booking of which may be confirmed immediately by the buyer to its client
G
GIT Group Inclusive Tour
Gross Rate  Same as commissionable or rack rate 
GSA General Sales Agent
H
HMCP Honeymoon Couple
HPC Hobart Ports Corporation
HTS Holiday Tracking Survey (prepared by RMRC)
Hub  A concentration of visitor services within a tourism cluster or along a touring route (see below) 
HVFR visitors who are on Holiday or are VFR
I
IATA International Air Transport Association
IFS Inland Fisheries Service (part of DPIWE)
IMS Inventory Management System
Inbound Operator  See ITO 
Inbound Travellers  Overseas travellers to the Australian mainland and Tasmania 
Incentive Travel  Incentive travel is a trip offered as a prize or reward, particularly to stimulate the productivity of employees or sales agents 
Infrastructure  Facilities, assets and plant that support the delivery of tourism experiences 
Interpretation  Communicating ideas and information in pleasurable, relevant, organised and thematic ways 
Inventory  The process of keeping track of available tourism product 
Itinerary  A detailed description of the traveller's trip in the sequence shown on their travel documents 
ITO  Inbound Tour Operator - travel operator who works with international wholesalers packaging holidays for overseas travellers, in liaison with Australian suppliers 
ITOA Inbound Tourism Operators of Australia
ITOT Inbound Tourism Operators of Tasmania
IVS International Visitor Survey (conducted by BTR)
J
JMA Joint Marketing Agreement
JMG  Joint Marketing Group 
JTB  Japan Tourist Board 
JTC Japan Travel Council
K
KITS  King Island Travel Survey (prepared by Tourism Tasmania) 
KK Confirmed
L
LGA Local Government Authority
LGAT Local Government Association of Tasmania
LTA Local Tourism Association
M
MIMA Motel Industry Members Association
MITI Meet In Tasmania Incentive Scheme (TCB)
MPPs Most Profitable Prospects
N
Nett Rate The wholesale selling price - the rate generally supplied to wholesalers who package your products and services 
Nextnight  Electronic web-based inventory of available product registered on the IMS (see above) for sale within the next three days 
NHT  Natural Heritage Trust 
NRM  Natural Resource Management 
NTO National Tourism Organisation
NVS National Visitor Survey (conducted by BTR)
O
OAD  Overseas Arrivals and Departures (conducted by the ABS) 
Operator The owner and/or manager of the tourism product
P
PA Partnership Australia
PARM  Port Arthur Region Marketing 
PATA Pacific Asia Travel Association
PAX  Passengers 
Penetration  A product's share of a particular market - to increase penetration is to increase one's share of that particular market 
Place  Tasmania's natural environment, people and their stories 
Positioning  The matching of the product with the needs and wants of the target segment 
Pre and Post Conference Tours  Packages designed to extend one's visit before or after a conference 
Precinct  A critical mass of attactions/features in an area providing a substantial tourism experience (can be within a hub) 
Preferred Agents  Agents with a formal arrangement with a wholesaler to prefer their product 
Product  A tourism business such as an attraction, tour, accommodation or hire company 
PTA Pre-paid Ticket Advice
PWS  Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service 
PYO Plan Your Own holiday
R
RTA Regional Forest Agreement 
RMRC  Roy Morgan Research Centre 
RTA Regional Tourism Authority
S
SA Socially Aware 
SCBOOT  Sea Charter Boat Operators of Tasmania 
Services  Activities that accomplish tasks that clients want done but do not want to do themselves 
SIN Special Interest/Niche
STA Survey of Tourist Accommodation (conducted by the ABS)
STO State Tourism Organisation
T
TAANZ  Travel Agents Association of New Zealand 
Target Market  A particular group of people who will be encouraged to buy products and services 
Tasmania's Temptations Holidays  Wholesale arm of Tourism Tasmania, based in Launceston (also known as Tas Tempts) 
Tasmanian Travel Centres Part of Tourism Tasmania; retail travel agents based in Melbourne and Sydney
TCB Tasmanian Convention Bureau
TCF Travel Compensation Fund
TCP Tourism Consultative Panel
TCT  Tourism Council Tasmania 
TDF Tourism Development Framework - see below
TDSC Tourism Development Steering Committee
TFC Tourism Forecasting Council
TFL Traditional Family Life
TGALT Trout Guides and Lodges Tasmania
TMC  Tourism Ministers Council 
Tourism 21  The strategic plan for tourism in Tasmania developed jointly by Tourism Tasmania and the industry body Tourism Council Tasmania 
Tourism Cluster  A critical mass of competitive tourism product including one or more major attractions in a concentrated geographical area. Often interacts with other industry clusters
Tourism Development Framework Provides the framework for the representation of how visitors perceive and experience Tasmania (based on tourism clusters connected by touring routes), and facilitates development strategies and the planning and provision of supporting infrastructure
Touring Routes Either a journey (a primary themed route between clusters) or a trail (a localised special interest or themed route within a cluster or off a journey) 
Trade Show Periodic exhibition of tourism goods and services
TRC Tourism Research Committee (the STO research managers)
TSI Tasmanian Statistical Indicators (conducted by the ABS)
TTIS Tasmanian Travel & Information Service
TTRA Tourism and Travel Research Association
TVIN Tasmanian Visitor Information Network - the essential role of the TVIN is to provide visitors to Tasmania with convenient access Statewide to quality information
TVS Tasmanian Visitor Survey
U
USP Unique Selling Proposition
V
VA Visible Achievers
VFR visitors who are Visiting Friends and/or Relatives
VJP Visiting Journalist Program
Y
YHA Youth Hostels Association

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