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Types of tourism - Domestic and international tourism
TYPES OF TOURISM
Definition of tourism
One of the most used definitions for tourism is the one by
the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO defines tourism as “…the activities
of persons 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.”
Another definition by Mathieson and Wall, 1982, is also worth
nothing. They wrote in 1982 that tourism is “The temporary movement of people
to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the
activities undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the
facilities created to cater to their needs.”
From the above, one can define tourism as the non-permanent
movement of a person from his or her place of abode to another place for
purposes not limited to business, leisure and pleasure but not receiving any
monetary compensation for it at the destination. It includes staying in places provided by others
for free or paid for and using facilities created for the benefit of making
life easy during their stay.
TYPES OF TOURISM
Domestic tourism
Domestic tourism can be defined as the non-permanent
movement of a person from his or her place of abode to another place, within
the same country, for purposes not limited to business, leisure and pleasure
but not receiving any monetary compensation for it. It may include staying in
places provided by others for free or paid for and using facilities created for
the benefit of making life easy during the period of stay.
International tourism
International tourism refers to the situation where one moves
from his or her country to another country for purposes not limited to
business, leisure and pleasure but not receiving any monetary compensation for
it. It includes staying in places provided by others for free or paid for and
using facilities created for the benefit of making life easy during their stay.
Note
In both cases of domestic and international tourism,
the tourists may decide to an airplane, car, bus, boat, ship as a means of
transport. For countries that are close to each other, a tourist can walk from
the nearest border point into another country.
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