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The opening Vignette provides a classic example of the journey of one tourism product Concorde through the product life cycle, one of the most basic product analysis tools. The peculiarities of the tourism product and the idea that tourism and hospitality products are a selected group of components or elements brought together in a bundle to satisfy needs and wants. The next section looks at the three levels of tourism products the core product the tangible product and the augmented product and these product levels are then applied to theme parks. Product planning is the focus of the next section which begins by describing the five basic market product options and then discusses the usefulness of a features benefits analysis. A critique of the product life cycle model is then followed by a discussion of various positioning strategies available to organizations in the tourism and hospitality fields.