Key Transportation & Tourism Terms: A Comprehensive Glossary

Key Transportation & Tourism Terms

ADIF: Railway infrastructure manager responsible for maintenance, operation, and construction of new lines.

Popular Stores: Small stores offering cheap, everyday products.

Tourist Areas: Areas with a high density of tourists, both foreign and domestic.

Highway: A path consisting of separate lanes for each direction of movement, free of intersections.

Information Highway: Electronic connectivity networks circulating texts, images, and sounds instantly from any point.

Motorway of the Sea: High-capacity shipping routes between two EU ports to transport goods and provide effective services.

Self-Service: A selling system where products are accessible to customers, allowing employees to save time and increase sales area.

Highway: A path with separate roads for both directions of traffic and no intersections.

Trade Balance: The difference between imports and exports.

Shopping Centers: Complexes formed by hypermarkets, various shops, and leisure facilities.

Traditional Trade: Local small businesses in older buildings, led by individual entrepreneurs with small staff and a family character.

Containers: Used to transport general merchandise to reduce time and costs.

Establishments (From Santa Cruz): Campsites, apartments, and holiday homes.

Seasonality in Tourism: Concentration of tourism demand in specific months.

FEVE: Provides passenger and freight services on narrow-gauge lines.

FITUR: An international exhibition to meet foreign competition and attract new clientele.

Department Stores: Sell 50,000+ items distributed across various sections.

Bulk Solids (Coal): Focusing on ports near mineral resources and industries that use them.

Liquid Bulk (Petroleum): Focusing on ports near refineries and petrochemical industries.

Hinterland: The terrestrial hinterland of a port.

Superstore: Local sales area exceeding 2500m2.

Labor: Occupies 60% of the workforce, with strong contrasts between skilled and unskilled labor.

WTO: World Trade Organization, which promotes global trade liberalization.

OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.

Package Tours: Travel reservations combining lodging, transportation, and additional services, arranged by a travel agency or tour operator.

PEIT: A strategic transport infrastructure plan to achieve an efficient transport system, environmental sustainability, and economic competitiveness.

Tourist Points: Isolated tourist attractions coupled with concrete infrastructure.

High-Speed Network: Speeds exceeding 200 km/h. The first was the Madrid-Seville line, which has been extended to Aragon, Catalonia, and Castile and León.

Conventional Network: Traveling at speeds below 200 km/h. It has a radial structure and opens at several branches that form the secondary and complementary network.

Narrow Gauge Network: Primarily located on the Cantabrian coast, with routes in other communities (Castile and León, Catalonia, Valencia, Murcia, and the Balearic Islands).

RENFE: Provides passenger and freight services on the conventional and high-speed networks and is responsible for the maintenance of rolling stock.

Production Services: Tertiary activities that support industrial production, both before and after it.

ITS: Intelligent Transportation Systems, involving infrastructure planning and management of networks and services for users.

Economic Outsourcing: The process by which the financial services sector grows relative to other sectors and becomes the leading sector in terms of population and GDP contribution.

Tourism: Activities undertaken by people during travel and accommodation outside their usual environment for a period of less than 1 year.

Thermal Tourism: Areas with hot springs or springs that combine medical treatment with rest in quiet places.