TOURISM

                                TOURISM

Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and a major foreign exchange and employment generation for many countries. It is one of the most remarkable economic and social phenomena.Tourism is a collection of activities, services and industries that delivers a travel experience, including transportation, accommodations, eating and drinking establishments, retail shops, entertainment businesses, activity facilities and other hospitality services provided for individuals or groups traveling away from home. 

*The World Tourism Organization (WTO) claims that tourism is currently the worlds largest industry with annual revenues of over $3 trillion dollars. The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is expecting the sector's global economy to provide 296 million jobs by 2019.

UNWTO Definition of Tourism:
"Tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes."

-:Mathieson and Wall (1982) created a good working definition of tourism as "the temporary movement of people to destinations outs athieson and Wall (1982) created a good working definition of tourism as "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."

-:According to Macintosh and Goeldner (1986) tourism is "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the interaction of tourists, business suppliers, host governments and host communities in the process of attracting and hosting these tourists and other visitors."

                 

Types of Tourism

Tourism has two types and many forms on the bases of the purpose of visit and alternative forms of tourism. Tourism can be categorized as international and domestic tourism

 International Tourism

When people visit a foreign country, it is referred to as International Tourism. In order to travel to a foreign country, one need a valid passport, visa, health documents, foreign exchange, etc. 

 Types of international tourism

Inbound tourism: When people travel outside their host/native country to another country, then it is called inbound tourism for that country where he/she is traveling. For example when a tourist from Nepal origin travels to India then it is  Inbound tourism for India because foreign tourist comes to India.

Outbound Tourism:This refers to tourists traveling from the country of their origin to another country. When tourists travel a foreign region than it is outbound tourism for his own country because he/she is going outside their country. For example when a tourist from India travel to Nepal then it is outbound tourism for India and Inbound tourism for Nepal.

Domestic Tourism:The tourism activity of the people within their own country is known as domestic tourism.Traveling within the same country is easier because it does not require formal travel documents and tedious formalities like compulsory health check and foreign exchange. In domestic tourism, a traveler generally does not face much language problems or currency exchange issues.