ABSTRACT
Accommodation provides the base from which tourists can engage in the process
of staying at a destination. Accommodation is the focal point for the hosting of
guests and visitors, where a guest may pay a fee in return for a specified service,
grade of accommodation, and associated services such as food and beverages. The
accommodation establishment as a commercial venture, especially the evolution of
the commercial hotel in the Victorian period, has dominated the literature on the
subject as entrepreneurs responded to the demand for serviced accommodation of
a high standard. The development of accommodation has normally accompanied
the growth of resorts and areas of tourism activity, and in the demand for visiting
specific areas. Like the tourist, accommodation assumes many forms and not all of
them fit the conventional image of the hotel. Indeed recent trends in accommoda-
tion have seen great changes in the form and nature of accommodation
provision.
