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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ACSSP
Air Carrier Standard Security Programme is listed as an aviation term.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ACT
ACT has two meanings here: (1) Actual time of arrival, contrasting with ETA (estimated time of arrival), and (2) the Association of Couriers in Tourism.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ACTA
​ACTA may refer to (1) the Association of Canadian Travel Agents or (2) the Association of Cyprus Travel Agents, and the entry provides website references for both
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ACTE
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives operates across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and the USA, and is stated to have around 2,500 members. The entry notes that in February 2005 ACTE announced a proposed merger with the UK and Ireland Institute of Travel Managers, but the idea was later dropped; it also mentions UK representation on the ACTE Board and the creation of a UK Regional Advisory Council 
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: activities host
​ A US term for a hotel/resort/cruise entertainment organizer, broadly equivalent to the European term animateur. The entry cites a UNWTO/France thesaurus description: an employee who arranges, oversees, and sometimes encourages guests or passengers to take part in optional entertainment activities.



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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: ACTO
​ACTO may refer to (1) the Association of Camping Touring Operators in the UK or (2) the Association of Caribbean Tour Operators in the US.



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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: actual demand for tourism
​Some textbooks distinguish between the number of people actually travelling and potential demand, but the entry notes that there are no universally accepted definitions and the phrase is sometimes misused to mean total potential demand. The preferred definition here (credited to Cooper et al.) is that “actual demand” should mean the actual number of tourists travelling.



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