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Concept of Tourism

In general tourism is concerned with pleasure travel, holidays and going somewhere. These are the motivations by which a person or people are leaving their normal place of work and residence for short period of time temporarily to other place or a temporary break with a normal routine to engage in a new experience. Tourism is a temporary and short-term movement of people which is outside the place where the so called tourists live, work and stay. Tourists are voluntary temporary travelers, traveling in the expectations of pleasure. Person traveling to convention or business purposes are also the tourists. Tourism relates the temporary, short-term movement of people to destination outside the place where they normally live and work and their activities during their stay at these destinations. It is a pleasure activity in which money earned in one’s normal domicile is spent in the places visited.

In other words tourism is the totality of the relationship and phenomenon arising from the travel and stay of strangers, provided the stay does not imply the establishment of a permanent residence and is not connected with the remunerated activities. Tourism is an activity involving a complex mixture of material and psychological elements. The material ones are accommodation, transportation, the attractions and entertainment available. Tourism is a composite industry. It consists of various segments which can produce a wide range of products and services. It is the sum total of operations mainly of economic nature, which directly relate to the entry, stay and movement of foreigners, inside and outside a certain country, city or region. It is a stay of one or more nights away from home for holidays, visits to friends or relatives, business conferences or any other purpose, except such as things as boarding, education or semi-permanent employment. If leisure is a measure of time and recreation embraces the activities undertaken during that time, then tourism is simply one of those activities.

Definitions of Tourism:
I. According to W.T.O ( World Tourism Organization ) “Tourism is the movement of people away from their normal place of residence and work for a period for not less then 24 hours and not more then 1 year” .
II. According to I.A.SET (International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism) “Tourism may be defined in terms of particular activities selected by choice and undertaken outside the home environment”
III. According to Dr. Zivadin, “ Tourism is a social movement with a view to rest, diversion and satisfaction of cultural needs”
IV. According to Prof. Krapf, “ Tourism is the same of the phenomenon and relationship arising from the travel and stay of non-residents, in so far as it does not lead to permanent residence and is not connected any earning activities” .
V. According to Tourism Society of Britain, “Tourism is the temporary, short –term movement of people to destination outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during their stay at these destinations including day visits and excursions.”

The word ‘tourism’ is derived from various literature like,

 According to Hebrew Literature
The word “TORAH” is mentioned which means learning, studying, searching etc.

 According to Latin Literature
The word “TORNOS” is mentioned which means tools for describing a circle or turners wheel, represent round tours etc. Towards 1643 it is used for going round or traveling.

 According to French Literature
The word “GRAND TOUR” is mentioned which means big tour.

 According to Sanskrit Literature
We can find three terms from the route “ATNA” which means going or leaving the home, hence we have three words in our Sanskrit literature like Paryatan, Deshatan, and Tirthatan.

Simply Tourism represents short-term travel and visit including its duration and other criteria’s.

TOURIST:
A tourist may be defined as a temporary visitor staying at least 24 hours in the country visited and the purpose of whose journey can be classified under one of the following headings: I. leisure(recreation, holiday, health, study, religion and sport) II. Business, family, meeting etc.

EXCURSIONIST:
A temporary visitor staying less than 24 hours in the country visited is known as excursionist.

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  1. It is good that a blog on tourism has been started by you...great show Kshitij ...


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