Title: Explain how differences in culture influence domestic and international travel.
Course: Travel and Tourism Marketing (16151) > Section: Understanding the International Travel and Tourism Market

Explanation should include differences in lifestyles or customs (e.g., family structures, political systems, religion, laws) of people from a variety of cultures.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the major areas of cultural differences (e.g., viewpoints, lifestyles, customs) that international business travelers should know? Why are they important?
- What resources can be used to identify cultural differences?
- How can travelers and travel and tourism professionals respond respectfully to cultural differences?
- How might monetary exchange rates affect travel planning?
- How can a traveler prepare for differences in electrical current? Foods? Water processing?
- What adjustments would a traveler expect to make in different cultures (i.e., dress, coverage of certain parts of the body, daily schedule, meal timing, prayer, gestures, language tone)?