Tourism
Tourism is travel for predominantly
recreational or leisure purposes or the
provision of services to support this leisure
travel. The World Tourism Organization defines
tourists as people who "travel to and stay 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". Tourism has become
a popular global leisure activity. In 2004, there
were over 763 million international tourist
arrivals.
Tourism is vital for many countries, due to the
income generated by the consumption of
goods and services by tourists, the taxes
levied on businesses in the tourism industry,
and the opportunity for employment in the
service industries associated with tourism.
These service industries include transportation
services such as cruise ships and taxis,
accommodation such as hotels, restaurants,
bars, and entertainment venues, and other
hospitality industry services such as spas and
resorts.
Definition
One of the earliest definitions of tourism was
provided by the Austrian economist in 1910,
who defined it as, "bob total of operators,
mainly of an economic nature, which directly
relate to the entry, stay and movement of
foreigners inside and outside a certain
country, city or a region."
Hunziker and Krapf, in 1941, defined tourism
as "the sum of the phenomena and
relationships arising from the travel and stay
of non-residents, insofar as they do not lead
to permanent residence and are not
connected with any earning activity." In
1976 Tourism Society of England defined it
as "Tourism is the temporary, short-term
movement of people to destination outside
the places where they normally live and
work and their activities during the stay at
each destination. It includes movements for
all purposes." In 1981 International
Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism
defined Tourism in terms of particular
activities selected by choice and undertaken
outside the home environment.
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The United Nations classified three forms of tourism in 1994 in its
Recommendations on Tourism Statistics: Domestic tourism, which involves
residents of the given country traveling only within this country; Inbound
tourism, involving non-residents traveling in the given country; and
Outbound tourism, involving residents traveling in another country.
The UN also derived different categories of tourism by combining the 3 basic
forms of tourism: Internal tourism, which comprises domestic tourism and
inbound tourism;National tourism, which comprises domestic tourism and
outbound tourism; and International tourism, which consists of inbound
tourism and outbound tourism.
Intrabound tourism is a term coined by the Korea Tourism Organization and
widely accepted in Korea. Intrabound tourism differs from domestic tourism
in that the former encompasses policy-making and implementation of
national tourism policies.
Recently, the tourism industry has shifted from the promotion of inbound
tourism to the promotion of intrabound tourism because many countries are
experiencing tough competition for inbound tourists. Some national
policymakers have shifted their priority to the promotion of intrabound
tourism to contribute to the local economy. Examples of such campaigns
include "See America" in the United States, "Get Going Canada" in Canada,
and "Guseok Guseok" (corner to corner) in South Korea.
Before people are able to experience tourism they usually need disposable
income (i.e. money to spend on non-essentials); time off from work or
other responsibilities; leisure time tourism infrastructure, such as transport
and accommodation; and legal clearance to travel.
Individually, sufficient health is also a condition, and of course the
inclination to travel. Furthermore, in some countries there are legal
restrictions on travelling, especially abroad. Certain states with strong
governmental control over the lives of citizens (notably established
Communist states) may restrict foreign travel only to trustworthy citizens.
The United States prohibits its citizens from traveling to some countries, for
example Cuba.
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