Tourism is travel for recreational , leisure or businesspurpose . The world Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outsidetheir usual environment for more thantwenty (24) hours and not more than once consecutive year for leisure business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited”
Theobald (1994 ) suggested thatetymologically, the word tour is derivedfrom the Latin,’ tornare’ and the Greek ‘tornors’ meaning ‘a lathe or circle ,the movement around a central point oraxis’ . This meaning changed in modern English to represent ‘ones’ turn . Thesuffix-ism is defined as an action or process ; typical behavior or quality , while the suffix –ist denotes‘one that performs a given action’. When the word tour and suffix-ism and- istare combined, they suggest the actionof movement around a circle. One can arguethat circle represents a starting point, which ultimately returns back to its beginning. Therefore likea circle, a tour represents a journey in that it is a round trip. ie the act ofleaving and then returning to the original starting point , and therefore, onewho takes such a journey can be called atourist”
In 1941. Hunziker and Krapf defined tourism aspeople who travel “ the sun of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents, insofar as they do not lead to permanent residenceand are not connected with my earningactivity ”. In 1976, the Tourism Society of England’s definition was , Tourism is the temporary, short-term movementof people to destination outside the Places were they normally live and work and theiractivities during the stay at each destination. It includes movement for allpurposes”. In 1981, the International Associationof Scientific Experts in Tourism defined tourism in terms of particularsactivities selected by choice andundertaken outside at home.
In 1904, the United Nations classified three forms oftourism in its Recommendations on Tourism statistics.
Ø Domestictourism involving non-residents traveling in the given Country.
Ø Inboundtourism involving non-residents travels in the given country.
Ø Outboundtourism involving residents traveling in another country.
Tourismhas become a popular global leisure activity. In 2008 there were over 922Million International tourist arrivals, with a growth of 1.9% as compared to2007. International tourism receipts grew to USS 944 billion (Euro 642 billion)in 2008, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 1.8%.
Tourism is vital for many countries,Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain, Malaysia and Thailand and many island nations,such as the Bahamas, Fiji, Maldives, Philippines and the Seychelles due to thelarge intake of money for business with there good and services and opportunityfor employment in the service industries associated with tourism. These serviceindustries include transportation services such as accommodations includinghotels and resort and entertainment venues such as amusement parks, casinos, shoppingmalls, music venues and theaters.
Wealthy people have always travelled todistant parts of the worlds to see great buildings, works of art, learn newlanguages experience new cultures and to taste different cuisines. The world tourismwas used by 1811 and tourist by 1840. In 1936, the League of Nations defined foreigntourist as “someone traveling abroad for at least twenty – four hours”. Itssuccessor, the United Nations, amended this definition in 1945, by including amaximum stay of six months.
There has been an up market tend in the tourismover the last few decades, especially in Europe, where International Travel forshort breaks is common. tourists have high levels of disposable income,considerable leisure, time are well
Educatedand have sophisticated tastes. There is now a demand for a better quality products,which has resulted in a fragmenting of the mass market for breach vacations:people want more specialized versions, quieter resorts family, orientedholidays or niche market targeted destination hotels.
The development in technology andtransport infrastructure, such as jumbo jets, low cost airlines and moreaccessible airport have made many types of tourism more affordable The World TourismOrganizations (UNWTO) forecasts thatinternational tourism will continue growing at average annual rate of 4%. Tourismproducts and services have made available through intermediaries although tourismprovides (Hotels, Airlines etc) can sell their services directly. This has putpressure on intermediaries from both Online and Traditional Shops.
There are different types of tourismthey are
Manyleisure-oriented tourist travels to the tropics , both in the summer and winter
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