tourism

the business of providing services to tourists

"Tourism is a major business in Bermuda"

in Paris, France ]] "Tourist" redirects here; for the album by Athlete (band)Athlete, see Tourist (album)''Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least eighty kilometres (fifty miles) from home for the purpose of recreation, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body).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. The intangible elements include: rest and relaxation, culture, escape, adventure, new and different experiences.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.Sometimes ''Tourism'' and ''Travel'' are used interchangeably. In this context travel has a similar definition to tourism, but implies a more purposeful journey.The term ''tourism'' is sometimes used pejoratively, implying a shallow interest in the societies and places that the tourist visits.

Required factors - The following are required, to make travel possible:# Disposable income, i.e. money to spend on non-essentials# Time in which to do so.# Infrastructure in the form of accommodation facilities and means of transport.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. Communist states restrict foreign travel only to "trustworthy" citizens. The United States prohibits its citizens from traveling to some countries, for example, Cuba.

History - Wealthy people have always travelled to distant parts of the world to see great buildings or other works of art; to learn new languages; or to taste new cuisine. As long ago as the time of the Roman Republic places such as Baiae were popular coastal resorts for the rich.The terms ''tourist'' and ''tourism'' were first used as official terms in 1937 by the League of Nations. Tourism was defined as people travelling abroad for periods of over 24 hours.

Health tourism & leisure travel - It was not until the 19th century that cultural tourism developed into leisure and health tourism. Some English travellers, after visiting the warm lands of the south of Europe, decided to stay there either for the cold season or for the rest of their lives. Others began to visit places with supposedly health-giving mineral waters, in hopes of relieving a whole variety of diseases from gout to liver disorders and bronchitis.Leisure travel was a United KingdomBritish invention due to sociologysociological factors. Britain was the first European country to Industrial Revolutionindustrialize, and the industrial society was the first society to offer time for leisure to a growing number of people. Initially, this did not apply to the working classworking masses, but rather to the owners of the machinery of production, the economic oligarchy, the factory owners, and the traders. These comprised the new middle class.The British origin of this new industry is reflected in many place names. At Nice, one of the first and most well established holiday resorts on the French Riviera, the long esplanade along the seafront is known to this day as the ''Promenade des Anglais''; in many other historic resorts in continental Europe, old well-established palace hotels have names like the ''Hotel Bristol'', the ''Hotel Carlton'' or the ''Hotel Majestic'' - reflecting the dominance of EnglandEnglish customers.

Winter tourism - Winter sports were largely invented by the British leisured classes initially at the SwitzerlandSwiss village of Zermatt (Valais), and St Moritz in 1864. The first packaged winter sports holidays (vacations) followed in 1903, to Adelboden, also in Switzerland.Organized sport was well established in Britain before it reached other countries. The vocabulary of sport bears witness to this: Rugby footballrugby, football (soccer)football, and boxing all originated in Britain, and even Tennis, originally a French sport, was formalized and codified by the British, who hosted the first national championship in the nineteenth century, at Wimbledon championshipsWimbledon. Winter sports were a natural answer for a leisured class looking for amusement during the coldest season.

Mass travel - , Rome, Italy.]]Mass travel could not really begin to develop until two things occurred.

improvements in technology allowed the transport of large numbers of people in a short space of time to places of leisure interest, and

greater numbers of people began to enjoy the benefits of leisure time. A major development was the invention of the railways, which brought many of Britain's seaside resortseaside towns within easy distance of Britain's urban centres. The father of modern mass tourism was Thomas Cook who, on 5 July 1841, organized the first package tour in history, by chartering a train to take a group of temperance campaigners from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, some twenty miles away. Cook immediately saw the potential for business development in the sector, and became the world's first tour operator.He was soon followed by others, with the result that the tourist industry developed rapidly in early Victorian eraVictorian Britain. Initially it was supported by the growing middle classes, who had time off from their work, and who could afford the luxury of travel and possibly even staying for periods of time in boarding houseboarding houses.However, the Bank HolidayBank Holiday Act 1871 introduced a statutory right for workers to take holidays, even if they were not paid at the time. The combination of short holiday periods, travel facilities and distances meant that the first holiday resorts to develop in Britain were towns on the seaside, situated as close as possible to the growing industrial conurbations.For those in the industrial north, there were Blackpool in Lancashire, and Scarborough, EnglandScarborough in Yorkshire. For those in the Midlands, there were Weston-super-Mare in Somerset and Skegness in Lincolnshire, for those in London there were Southend-on-Sea, Broadstairs, Brighton, Eastbourne and many others.In travelling to the coast, the population was following in the steps of Royalty. George III of Great BritainKing George III is widely acknowledged as popularising the seaside holiday, due to his regular visits to Weymouth, DorsetWeymouth when in poor health.For a century, domestic tourism was the norm, with foreign travel being reserved for the rich or the culturally curious. A minority of resorts, such as Bath, Harrogate and Matlock, EnglandMatlock, emerged inland. After World War II holiday villages such as Butlins and Pontins emerged, but their popularity waned with the rise of package tours and the increasing comforts to which visitors became accustomed at home. Towards the end of the 20th century the market was revived by the upmarket inland resorts of Dutch company Centre Parcs.Other phenomena that helped develop the travel industry were paid holidays:

1.5 million manual workers in Britain had paid holidays by 1925

11 million by 1939 (30% of the population in families with paid holidays)

Outside Britain - Similar processes occurred in other countries, though at a slower rate, given that nineteenth century Britain was far ahead of any other nation in the world in the process of industrialisation. In the United StatesUSA, the first great seaside resort, in the European style, was Atlantic City, New Jersey. In Continental Europe, early resorts included Ostend (for the people of Brussels), and Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais) and Deauville (Calvados) (for Parisians).

International mass tourism - Increasing speed on railways meant that the tourist industry could develop internationally. By 1901, the number of people crossing the English Channel from England to France or Belgium had passed 0.5 million per year. However it was with cheap airlinerair travel in combination with the package tour that international mass tourism developed after 1963. For the worker living in greater London, Brindisi today is almost as accessible as Brighton was 100 years ago.

Recent developments - There have been a few setbacks in tourism, the latest being related to the September 11, 2001 attacks and terrorist threats to tourist destinations such as Bali and European cities. Some of the tourist destinations, including the Costa del Sol, the Baleares and Cancun have lost popularity due to shifting tastes. In this context, the excessive building and environmental destruction often associated with traditional "sun and beach" tourism may contribute to a destination's saturation and subsequent decline. This appears to be the case with Spain's Costa Brava, a byword for this kind of tourism in the 1960s and 1970s. With only 11% of the Costa Brava now unblemished by low-quality development (Greenpeace Spain's figure), the destination now faces a crisis in its tourist industry.Attempts to move towards "quality tourism" are difficult given competition from cheaper, unspoilt holiday destinations on the one hand and the legacy of decades of over-exploitation on the other. Tenerife provides an example of the negative impact of mass tourism. Organizations like Greenpeace and atan.org - ATAN are particularly critical of development on the island, arguing that Tenerife's current tourism industry is both economically and environmentally unsustainable. Receptive tourism is now growing at a very rapid rate in many developing countries, where it is often the most important economic activity in local Gross domestic productGDP.In recent years, second holidays or vacations have become more popular as people's disposable income increases. Typical combinations are a package to the typical mass tourist resort, with a winter skiing holiday or weekend break to a city or national park.On December 26 2004 a tsunami, caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake hit Asian countries bordering the Indian Ocean, and also the Maldives. Tens of thousands of lives were lost, and many tourists died. This, together with the vast clean-up operation in place, has stopped or severely hampered tourism to the area.

Special forms of tourism - For the past few decades other forms of tourism, also known as niche tourism, have been becoming more popular, particularly:

''Adventure tourism'': tourism involving travel in rugged regions, or adventurous sports such as mountaineering and hiking (tramping).

''Agritourism'': farm based tourism, helping to support the local agricultural economy.

''Armchair tourism'' and ''virtual tourism'': not travelling physically, but exploring the world through internet, books, TV, etc.

''Bookstore Tourism'' is a grassroots effort to support independent bookstores by promoting them as a travel destination.

''Cultural tourism'': includes Urbanizationurban tourism, visiting historical or interesting cities, such as London, Paris, Cracow, Rome, Prague, Beijing, Kyoto, Warsaw, and experiencing their cultural heritages. This type of tourism may also include specialized cultural experiences, such as art museum tourism where the tourist visits many art museums during the tour, or opera tourism where the tourist sees many operas or concerts during the tour.

''Dark tourism'': is the travel to sites associated with death and suffering.

''Disaster tourism'': travelling to a disaster scene not primarily for helping, but because it is interesting to see. It can be a problem if it hinders rescue, relief and repair work.

''Drug tourism'': for use in that country, or, legally often extremely risky, for taking home.

''Ecotourism'': sustainable tourism which has minimal impact on the environment, such as safaris (Kenya), Rainforests (Belize) and hiking (Lapland), or national parks.

''Educational tourism'': may involve travelling to an education institution, a wooded retreat or some other destination in order to take personal-interest classes, such as cooking classes with a famous chef or crafts classes.

''Gambling tourism'', e.g. to Atlantic City, New JerseyAtlantic City, Las Vegas, NevadaLas Vegas, Macau or Monte Carlo for the purpose of gambling at the casinos there.

''Heritage tourism'': visiting historical (Athens, Cracow) or industrial sites, such as old canals, railways, battlegrounds, etc.

''Health tourism'': usually to escape from cities or relieve stress, perhaps for some 'fun in the sun', etc. Often to "health spas".

''Hobby tourism'': tourism alone or with groups to participate in hobby interests, to meet others with similar interests, or to experience something pertinent to the hobby. Examples might be garden tours, ham radio DXpeditions, or square dance cruises.

''Inclusive tourism'': tourism marketed to those with functional limits or disabilities. Referred to as "Tourism for All" in some regions. Destinations often employ Universal Design and Universal Destination Development principles.

''Medical tourism'', e.g.:

*for what is illegal in one's own country, e.g. abortion, euthanasia; for instance, euthanasia for non-citizens is provided by Dignitas in Switzerland.

*for advanced care that is not available in one's own country

*in the case that there are long waiting lists in one's own country

*for use of free or cheap health care organisations

''PT_Perpetual_TravelerPerpetual tourism'': wealthy individuals always on vacation, some of them, for tax purposes, to avoid being resident in any country.

''Sport tourism'': skiing, golf and scuba diving are popular ways to spend a vacation. Also in this category is vacationing at the winter home of the tourist's favorite baseball team, and seeing them play everyday.

''Space tourism''

''Vacilando'' is a special kind of wanderer for whom the process of travelling is more important than the destination.

Trends - The World Tourism Organization forecasts that international tourism will continue growing at the average annual rate of 4 percent world-tourism.org. By 2020 Europe will remain the most popular destination, but its share will drop from 60 percent in 1995 to 46 percent. Long-haul will grow slightly faster than intraregional travel and by 2020 its share will increase from 18 percent in 1995 to 24 percent.Space tourism is expected to "take off" in the first quarter of the 21st century, although compared with traditional destinations the number of tourists in orbit will remain low until technlogies such as space elevator make space travel cheap.Technological improvement is likely to make possible air-ship hotels, based either on solar powersolar-powered airplanes or large dirigibles. Underwater hotels, such as Hydropolis, expected to open in Dubai in 2006, will be built. On the ocean tourists will be welcomed by ever larger cruise ships and perhaps floating cityfloating cities.Some futurists expect that movable hotel "pods" will be created that could be temporarily erected anywhere on the planet, where building a permanent resort would be unacceptable politically, economically or environmentally.

See also -

Backpacking (urban)Backpacking

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List of popular tourist regions

List of types of lodging

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Sylt
north sea island sylt
http://www.sylt-2000.de/

Atlas Travel & Tourist Agency
The best and biggest online tourism guide about Jordan, Holyland, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Sinai (Egypt), with Nice Photo Gallery, Wallpapers, and Greeting Cards.
http://www.atlastours.net/

La Boscaglia walking tours
Association of professional guides, who organize walking treks (tours with a backpack), through wild and untouched regions throughout Europe in Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, Crete, Cape Verde, Abruzzo, Calabria, Corsica, Spain, Dolomiti, etc. In this website are our walking philosophy (slow pace, natural cooking, healing with herbs, etc.), our detailed tours program, a market of second-hand equipments, archives about walking as a therapy, links with websites of a special value, and information about subscribing to the fortnightly newsletter CamminareInforma.
http://www.boscaglia.it/

history, art, culture, architecture of Pisa
history, art, culture, architecture of Pisa.10,000 photos in the archives and important the historical, richest antichi document archives
http://www.stilepisano.it/

Villa Vanilla - Villanueva, Costa Rica
This website has lots of information on vanilla, organic vanilla farming, and lodging on a vanilla farm near Quepos, Costa Rica. Visit the farm for a tour on biodynamic agriculture.
http://www.rainforestspices.com/

GIE PLONGEE DE TAHITI ET SES ILES
scuba diving in french polynesia, in more than 12 islands with 24 dive centres. 80% about the fish life we can find all the tropical world. Big fish, very deep wall, coral, clear water and warm. Speack french and english. Diving provided during all year with the professional dive center. All medical security are avaible with competante team in Papeete.
http://www.diving-tahiti.com/

Gaslight Media - Broadband, Wireless, Travel and Tourism Web Sites
Gaslight Media provides high-quality Internet connectivity, wireless and wire-line network engineering and installation, and a unique mix of high-end Web site development. Based in Petoskey Michigan, Gaslight Media represents the advanced technology and inspired artistic energy that is so pervasive throughout Northern Lower Michigan. Gaslight's comprehensive focus on Web site, kiosks, and applications for the travel and tourism industries has earned them an envious reputation. Numerous chamers of commerce and visitors bureaus throughout Michigan and elsewhere use Gaslight Media's comprehensive on-line reservations and packaging systems and are able to manage most of the content on their sites themselves using Gaslight's administrative Toolbox. Gaslight Media is no common Internet provider and Web developer. True network and wireless engineering by a staff of several life-long communications engineers ensures that their systems work reliably and comply with FCC rules and regulations. Considerable experience in data processing and translation also permits Gaslight Media to interface with other system to enhance applications, gain access to data resources, and co-exist with legacy applications. Examples of these capabilities are real-time payment reconciliation, shipper pricing and address verification, and live airline flight information. Gaslight Media is located across from the Petoskey Marina at the edge of the famed Petoskey Gaslight District. Gaslight Media 120 E. Lake St. Petoskey, MI 49770 231-487-0692 info@gaslightmedia.com
http://www.gaslightmedia.com

Drogheda on the Boyne
Visitor information on Drogheda and the Boyne Valley
http://www.drogheda.ie/

Rajasthan Travel Guide
Destination guide includes package tours and hotel reservation in Rajasthan, travel agents directory, city guide, transportation, maps and tourism information.
http://www.rajasthantravelguide.com/

TRAVEL TO GREEK ISLANDS
The best web site, about you find hotels, studios, rooms, rent a car or bike...
http://www.best-islands.com/

Host on Call
Quick search tool for Bed and Breakfast accommodations and room availability without the need to hunt through individual websites.
http://www.hostoncall.net/

State of Florida.com
Definitive source for Florida residents and tourists
http://www.stateofflorida.com

Pick 'n Pay Knysna Oyster Festival
A 10 day Festival packed with events: sport, culinary and entertainment! A feast of sports and fun, with oysters on the side!
http://oysterfestival.co.za/

The Sedona Arts Center in spectacular Sedona Arizona
The Sedona Arts Center's mission is to provide diverse art experiences for individuals and the community through classes, exhibitions, special events and community outreach programs.
http://www.sedonaartscenter.com

The Languedoc Page
A comprehensive guide to visiting and living in Languedoc, France.
http://www.the-languedoc-page.com/

Les ardennes, terre de légendes.
Les Ardennes : informations pratiques,touristiques, culturelles. L'histoire et les hommes qui ont fait les Ardennes. Le Festival Mondial des Théatres de Marionnettes (Puppet)de Charleville-Mézières.
http://www.les-ardennes.net/

Prague Monuments
Famous historical sights in Prague - heart of Europe...
http://prague.dreamworx.cz/prague/monuments/

Apartmani - Apartments - Igalo - Montenegro - Crna Gora
Apartments for rent in Montengro.
http://www.igalo-park.com/

travelling in Southern Africa
Tra:guide is truly comments-based. It's your experience that creates this independent travel guide. Made by backpackers for backpackers. Tra:mag keeps you informed about Southern Africa and the backpacking culture. Find the the lastest news on Southern Africa, the weather forecast, information about the Southern African countries and quite a lot of other interesting stuff!
http://www.travelcomments.com/

Ashihara Shuttle and Tours
Ashihara Shuttle and tours provides a valuable tourism experience in the Western Cape of South Africa.
http://www.ashiharatours.com/

INFOHAS
Hôtesses de l'Air et Stewards. Hôtesses et Stewards Maritime. Réceptionnistes en hôtellerie. Agents de voyage (Billetterie, Réservation, etc...) Hôtesses d'accueil à l'aéroport. Air-hostesses and Stewards. Hostesses and Stewards Maritime. Receptionists in hotel trade. Agents of voyage (Ticketting, Reservation, etc...) Hostesses of reception to the airport.
http://www.infohas.com/

Xcalak, Costa Maya Mexico Caribbean travel adventures weather information shop, portillas.com
Xcalak, Costa Maya, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Caribbean beach Mexico travel and vacation adventures stories, blogs, free fiction ebook, jokes, pictures and photos, local weather information, fishing, scuba shop Portillas.com
http://www.portillas.com/

Fort Laramie American Grill & Restaurant In Wyoming, USA
Offers an historical small hometown charm, with a most relaxing, non-smoking atmosphere and plentiful, authentic home-style-cookin' too ... We Also Host & Cater Small Business Meetings, Private Dinner Parties & Intimate Wedding Receptions!
http://www.a1website.homestead.com/index.html

World Tourism Organization
WTO - an intergovernmental organization that serves as a global forum for tourism policy and issues.
http://www.world-tourism.org/

Wunderbar Germany
Explore the history and culture of the country of Germany with this official site from the German Tourist Board. Site includes event information, virtual tours and local news.
http://www.germany-tourism.de/

Tourism Malaysia
Official site by Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Malaysian Ministry Of Culture, Arts And Tourism). Includes industry contacts, festivals, local songs, and photographs of major events.
http://www.tourism.gov.my/

Washington State Tourism
Famous places, outdoor activities, cultural attractions, visitor information.
http://www.tourism.wa.gov/

Tour Egypt
Official Site of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism. Information on Egyptian travel, plus resources on history and monuments, including ministry newsletters.
http://www.touregypt.net/