Tourism - Required factors

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 service ...

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• Tourism - Required factors
• Tourism - History
• Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel
• Tourism - Winter tourism
• Tourism - Mass travel
• Tourism - International mass tourism
• Tourism - Recent developments
• Tourism - Special forms of tourism
• Tourism - Trends

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The following are required, to make travel possible: Discretionary 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 tra ...

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Tourism, Tourism - Tourism Classification, Tourism - Required factors, Tourism - History, Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel, Tourism - Winter tourism, Tourism - Mass travel, Tourism - International mass tourism, Tourism - Recent developments, Tourism - Special forms of tourism, Tourism - Trends

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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. Tourism - Health t ...

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Tourism, Tourism - Tourism Classification, Tourism - Required factors, Tourism - History, Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel, Tourism - Winter tourism, Tourism - Mass travel, Tourism - International mass tourism, Tourism - Recent developments, Tourism - Special forms of tourism, Tourism - Trends

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The World Tourism Organization forecasts that international tourism will continue growing at the average annual rate of 4 percent [1]. 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. Since e-commerce has taken off on the internet, tourism products have become one of the most traded items on the net. Tourism products and services have be ...

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Tourism, Tourism - Tourism Classification, Tourism - Required factors, Tourism - History, Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel, Tourism - Winter tourism, Tourism - Mass travel, Tourism - International mass tourism, Tourism - Recent developments, Tourism - Special forms of tourism, Tourism - Trends

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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 Cancún 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 Sp ...

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Tourism, Tourism - Tourism Classification, Tourism - Required factors, Tourism - History, Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel, Tourism - Winter tourism, Tourism - Mass travel, Tourism - International mass tourism, Tourism - Recent developments, Tourism - Special forms of tourism, Tourism - Trends

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The World Tourism Organization forecasts that international tourism will continue growing at the average annual rate of 4 percent [1]. 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. Since e-commerce has taken of on the internet, tourism products have become one of the most traded item on the net. Tourism products and services have been ...

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Tourism, Tourism - Tourism Classification, Tourism - Required factors, Tourism - History, Tourism - Health tourism & leisure travel, Tourism - Winter tourism, Tourism - Mass travel, Tourism - International mass tourism, Tourism - Recent developments, Tourism - Special forms of tourism, Tourism - Trends

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