Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Part 9 docx

Abbreviations 252 DICTIONARY OF TRAVEL, TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY TEC Training and Enterprise Council TEE Trans-Europe Express (now EuroCity) tel. telephone TEN Third World Tourism European Ecumenical Network TGV Train à Grande Vitesse (high- speed train of French railways) TGWU Transport and General Workers’ Union Thu.(r) Thursday TIA Travel Industry Association of America TIAC Tourism Industry Association of Canada TIC Tourist Information Centre TICA Tourism International Cooperative and Associated tip (acronym for) To Insure Promptitude Tk Taka (currency of Bangladesh) tkt ticket TL Turkish Lira (currency) TN Tennessee, USA TNSW Tourism New South Wales (Australia) TOSG Tour Operators Study Group (now FTO) tpk. turnpike TPM Ticket Point Mileage TQM total quality management TRINET Tourism Research Information Network TS (routing) Trans Siberia Tourism Society TSA Tourism South Australia TSCG Tourism Society Consultants Group tsp. teaspoon(ful) TSSA Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association TTA Tourism Training Australia TT$ Trinidad and Tobago Dollar (currency) TTENTO Travel, Tourism Services and Events National Training Organization TTP Travel and Tourism Programme TTRA Travel and Tourism Research Association (US) TU trade union TUC Trades Union Congress TUCC Transport Users Consultative Committee Tue(s). Tuesday TUI Touristik Union International (German tour operator) turboprop turbine propelled TWA TransWorld Airlines TX Texas, USA TTGAC Travel and Tourism Government Affairs Council (US) UA United Airlines UAA United Arab Airlines UAE United Arab Emirates UAR United Arab Republic UDC Urban Development Corporation UEHHA Union of European Historic Houses Associations UFTAA Universal Federation of Travel Agents’ Associations u/g underground UIA Union of International Associations UIF Union of International Fairs UK United Kingdom UKHA United Kingdom Housekeepers Association UKTS United Kingdom Tourism Survey UM Ouguiya (currency of Mauritania) UMA United Motorcoach Association (US) UN United Nations UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNEP United Nations Environment Programme U ABBREVIATIONS Abbreviations 253 UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UPC Universal Producer Code US United States USA United States of America USAID United States Agency for International Development USDAW Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers US$ United States Dollar (currency) USP unique selling proposition USSR (former) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics USTDC United States Travel Data Center USTOA United States Tour Operators Association USTTA United States Travel and Tourism Administration (abolished 1996) USVI United States Virgin Islands UT Utah, USA Utd United UTDA Ulster Tourist Development Association V five (Roman numeral) VA Virginia, USA vac. vacancy/vacant var. variable VARIG Brazilian airline VAT value added tax V Day Victory Day VDU visual display unit VE Day 8 May 1945 (Victory in Europe in WWII) VFR visiting friends and relatives VIASA Venezuelan airline Vic. Victoria, Australia VIP Very Important Person VJ Day 15 August 1945 (day of Japanese surrender in Asia in WWII) VR virtual reality visiting relatives vs. versus (against) VT Vermont, USA VTO vertical take-off VTOL vertical take-off and landing VTOHL vertical take-off and horizontal landing v.v. vice versa (the other way round) V W west(ern) WA Washington (state), USA West Africa Western Australia WADB West African Development Bank WAPTT World Association for Professional Training in Tourism Warwicks. Warwickshire, England WATA World Association of Travel Agencies WATC Western Australian Tourism Commission WDA Welsh Development Agency WEAA Western European Airports Association Wed. Wednesday WF Wells Fargo and Company WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions WH (routing) within the Western Hemisphere W Abbreviations 254 DICTIONARY OF TRAVEL, TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY WHO World Health Organization WI West Indies Wisconsin, USA WICE World Industry Council on the Environment Wilts. Wiltshire, England wk(ly) week(ly) WL waiting list/waitlist WLRA World Leisure and Recreation Association Worcs. Worcestershire, England w.p.m. words per minute WS$ Tala (currency of Samoa) WTB Wales Tourist Board WTM World Travel Market WTO World Tourism Organization World Trade Organization WTTC World Travel and Tourism Council WTTERC World Travel and Tourism Environment Research Centre WV West Virginia, USA WWI World War I (1914–1918) WWII World War II (1939–1945) WWF World Wide Fund for Nature WY Wyoming, USA X ten (Roman numeral) X yd yard (measurement) YD Yemeni Dinar (currency) YH youth hostel YHA Youth Hostels Association (England and Wales) YHANI Youth Hostel Association of Northern Ireland Ltd YHANZ Youth Hostels Association of New Zealand YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association Yorks. Yorkshire, England yr year YT Yukon Territory, Canada YWCA Young Women’s Christian Association Y Z$ Zimbabwe Dollar (currency) ZIP (code) Zone Improvement Plan (US numerical postcode) Z Part 6 Countries of the World [...]... 25 299 637 657 1 2 19 080 504 782 32 65 525 Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland SD SR SZ SE CH 96 7 63 6 173 15 500 037 704 732 94 0 2 505 163 17 4 49 41 Syrian Arab Republic Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand SY TW TJ TZ TH 71 13 55 364 198 498 90 0 251 90 0 115 185 36 143 94 5 513 Helena Kitts and Nevis Lucia Pierre and Miquelon Vincent and Grenadines 4 3 5 1 94 9 95 2 396 98 6 4 29 711 034 237 92 3... 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Abercrombie, N., Hill, S and Turner, B.S (2000) The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology, 4th edn, London: Penguin Books Metelka, C.J ( 199 0) The Dictionary of Hospitality, Travel and Tourism, 3rd edn, Albany, NY: Delmar Publishers Baker, M.J (ed.) ( 199 0) Macmillan Dictionary of Marketing and Advertising, 2nd edn, London: The Macmillan Press Pallister, J and Isaacs, A ( 199 6) Oxford Dictionary of Business, 2nd edn,... COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD Countries of the World Capital Area (sq m) 264 DICTIONARY OF TRAVEL, TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY ISO code Area (sq m) Area (sq km) Populationa (000) Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia TG TK TO TT TN 21 92 5 5 2 89 1 98 0 63 170 56 785 12 748 5 128 163 610 4 567 2 100 1 293 9 457 Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda TR TM TC TV UG 300 94 8 188 456 166 10 93 ... 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PA PG PY PE 29 178 157 496 196 157 704 048 225 75 462 406 1 285 508 517 840 752 216 Philippines, The Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar PH PL PT PR QA 115 120 35 3 4 831 728 655 4 59 416 300 312 92 8 11 000 685 345 95 9 437 Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Samoa RE RO RU RW WS 92 6 592 10 1 96 8 043 850 1 69 093 2 238 17 075 26 2 507 391 400 338 831 454 430 191 6 69 101 270 120 1 267 92 3 534 254... 7 79 452 488 100 430 26 241 1 39 64 385 4 7 79 17 11 21 4 79 Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay UA AE GB US UY 233 30 93 3 787 68 090 000 788 3 19 037 603 77 242 9 8 09 176 700 700 91 0 155 215 Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (British) UZ VU VE VN VG 172 4 352 127 740 707 144 844 59 447 12 91 2 331 400 190 050 114 153 Virgin Islands (US) Wallis and. .. 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( 199 6) Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality Terms, Melbourne: Hospitality Press Hart, N.A. ( 199 6). of Travel & Tourism Terminology, Sponsored by Barclays Merchant Services Clark, A.N. ( 199 0) The New Penguin Dictionary of Geography, London: Penguin Books Collin, P.H. ( 199 4) Dictionary of. CIS Aruba AW 75 193 98 Oranjestad A. Guilder (AFl) = 100 Cents AWG B (Neth) Australia AU 2 96 9 90 9 7 692 030 18 96 7 Canberra Aus Dollar ($A) = 100 Cents AUD A Austria AT 32 378 83 8 59 8 092 Vienna Euro