Tourism
is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation
and business, and the provision of services for this
act. Tourists are persons who are "travelling
to and staying in places outside their usual environment
for not more than one consecutive year for leisure,
business and other purposes not related to the exercise
of an activity remunerated from within the place visited"
(official UNWTO definition). The distance between
these two places is of no significance. A more comprehensive
definition would be that tourism is a service industry,
comprising a number of tangible and intangible components.
The tangible elements include transport systems -
air, rail, road, water and now, space; hospitality
services - accommodation, foods and beverages, tours,
souvenirs; and related services such as banking, insurance
and safety and security.
Many countries depend heavily upon travel expenditures
by foreigners as a source of taxation and as a source
of income for the enterprises that sell (export) services
to these travellers. Consequently the development
of tourism is often a strategy employed either by
a Non-governmental organization (NGO) or a governmental
agency to promote a particular region for the purpose
of increasing commerce through exporting goods and
services to non-locals. |
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