2024 NECO TOURISM: 2024 NECO Tourism (Objective & Essay) Questions and Answers (9654)

3a)

Tourist product is the combination of accommodation, food and beverage, transportation, entertainment, and many other goods and services that are used throughout the trip.

3b)

i)Tourism Oriented Product (TOP’s) Tourism oriented products are those products or services which are specially created primarily for the tourists but also for locals.

EXAMPLES

a)Tourist Transportation (Taxis, Luxury buses etc.)

b)Travel Agencies

ii)Resident Oriented Products (ROP’s): In this type of products the products and services are built largely for local residents of particular tourist destination also used largely by tourists. 

EXAMPLES

a)Health Services

b)Public Parks

iii)Retrievable tourism products  Retrievable tourism products it includes memories of different topics like various heritage sites, historical monuments, important pilgrimage destinations, Archeological sites, Cave and rock cut temples places those attract tourists to visit at particular destination.

EXAMPLES

a)Idli-Dosa South Indian

b)Milk Cake Rishikesh, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh

3c)

i)Intangibility: Intangibility means that the product cannot be directly seen tasted or felt before its purchase and consumption. 

ii)Inseparability: Tourism products cannot be separated from its provider. For example, a hotel guest cannot experience counter service if the receptionist is not there, nor can 'copied from e x a m p l a z a . c o m free' the receptionist render the service if there is no guest.

iii)Heterogeneity: The element of the human factor creates a difference between one product and the other, what tourist experiences at one place may not be similar to the one experienced at another place.

(5ai)

Porter:

(i)Porter ensures their customers' smooth and tireless stay while in various facilities like a hotel or cruise ship.

(ii)They are responsible for creating a warm and welcoming environment

(5aii)

Waiter:

(i)waiter is to take orders from a customer and deliver the exact order to the customer

(ii)Waiters are a main source of help to tourists, especially when they are visiting a country or a restaurant for the first time.

(5aiii)

Chloreographer :

(i)Choreographer creates original dance movements and routines for performances and productions.

(ii)They also develop different interpretations of existing dances for an individual dancer or group of dancers

(5b)

(i)They both ensure safety of their customers and passenger

(ii) They play the role of welcoming their customers and passengers

(iii) They both ensure confont of their  customers and passenger 

(iv) They both provide necessary instructions and guidelines to their customers and passengers

(5c)

(i)Financial support group.

Example;

Investors in the industry who do not have capital of their own, must of necessity go for facilities from the banks before they can travel

(ii)Transport facilities group

Example;

The service providers in this category are the airlines, the cruise ships, the bus operators, train companies, and car hiring 'copied from e x a m p l a z a . c o m free' companies

(iii)Health services

 Example;

Any tourist on a tour journey can develop a problem with the tommy and need a first aid. This is why hospitals, clinics, and other levels of health facilities are important.

(iv)Security services

Example:

Tourists are targets for thieves and armed robbers so they need to be protected from such unscrupulous elements in the host country

(v)Accommodation and food:

Example;

The support group that takes care of this includes the hotels, hostels, Bread & Breakfast facilities, and restaurants, etc.

(6a)

[PICK ANY TWO]

(i) Unique set of needs: 

Niche market is represented by specialist needs among the audience, served by a few competitors.

(ii) Ample size: 

The size of the niche market should be large enough to earn profits.

(iii) Sufficient purchasing ability: 

While selecting a particular niche, the firm must lay emphasis on the purchasing ability of the target customers

(iv) Resources, competencies and skills: 

Firm possesses the needed resources, competencies and skills, to exploit the niche.

(6bi)

-ADVANTAGES-

(i) Your business is open around the clock.

(ii) You can maximize reservations

(iii) You get paid quicker

-DISADVANTAGES-

(i) You need Internet access

(ii) You need to be ready for an influx of new customers

(iii) Not all online E-reservation are created equal.

(6bii)

-ADVANTAGES-

(i) Flashy magazines are always popular among consumers and are often read by them for a particular period of time in a month.

(ii) Print media is an easy medium to spread awareness or advertise to any particular geographical area.

(iii) Print media allows you to choose your own space for advertisement, thus, you can manage your budget and expenses while planning for the advertisement.

-DISADVANTAGES-

(i) Placing an advertisement in print media requires a lot of 'copied from e x a m p l a z a . c o m free' planning and time. In this case, you are faced with flexibility problem, particularly when you work in tight deadlines.

(ii) Besides, most of the time, your advertisement might get lost among all other ads and editorials

(iii) the lifespan of newspaper and magazines is very short as people have a tendency to throw them or keep them aside after one day of reading.

(6c)

[PICK ANY TWO]

(i) Electronic media is fast.

(ii) This media is cost-effective hence manageable than the static media.

(iii) Electronic media allows easy management of global operations.

(iv) Electronic media is a perfect media of communication since these media allows the exchange of ideas instantly.

(7a)Tourism statistics can be defined as the collection of data about every aspect of tourism,  analyzing the data so collected and coming out with an interpretation of what the data is saying with the view of making some predictions based on findings from the analysis.

7bi) mode is the tour site with the highest number of tourist.

7bii) Table shows the distribution of the tourism data in rows and columns.

7c) Pie charts represent data in a circle, with “slices” corresponding to percentages of the whole, whereas bar graphs use bars of different lengths to represent data in a more flexible way.

7e) Data collection is a process of gathering information from all the relevant sources to find a solution to the research problem. while Data representations are graphics that display and summarize data and help us to understand the data's meaning.

(8ai)

cottage industry is a small-scale, decentralized manufacturing business often operated out of a home rather than a purpose-built facility. Cottage industries are defined by the amount of investment required to start, as well as the number of people employed.

(8aii)

(Pick Any Four)

(i)rice

(ii)corn

(iii)wheat

(iv)timber/plywood

(v)gravel/clay

(vi) fuel wood

(8b)

(Pick Any Four)

(i)National Directorate of Employment (NDE)

(ii)Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN)

(iii)National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR)

(iv)National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO)

(v)Ushafa Pottery Centre

(8c)

(i)Small and medium enterprise Development Agency of Nigeria involves in Promoting and facilitating development programmes, instruments and support to accelerate the development modernization of ministry of Micro, small and medium Enterprises (MSME) operations.

(i)They initiate and articulate policy ideas for small and medium enterprises growth and development. Also have the mandate tmof stimulating, monitoring

They have the mandate  and coordinating the development of Ministry of Micro ,small and Medium enterprise  sub sector in Nigeria

(8d)

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) was established  to facilitate the promotion and development of a structured and 'copied from e x a m p l a z a . c o m free' efficient Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector that will enhance sustainable economic development in Nigeria. WHILE NICO is renowned for training cultural ambassadors, media practitioners, film directors and entrepreneurs to become more proficient at workplaces, homes and communities in their handling of Nigerian cultural realities, philosophy and practices which are relevant for economic advancements, National integration, peace and unity.