Page 4 - Introduction to Tourism

The tourism industry is global. It is big business

and will continue to grow. Meeting this growth

with well-planned, environmentally sound

development is a challenge for planning all over

the world, whether it is Indonesia, Nepal, the

United States, Australia, Thailand, or France.
The goal of this chapter and the book is to raise

issues, provide frameworks, and generate your
thoughtful consideration of the issues and

changes facing this complex fi eld as it operates
in an increasingly technological and global age.

WHAT IS TOURISM?

Tourism is commonly referred to as “the activity

of visiting places for pleasure”. The basic concept

of tourism is based on the movement of people

outside their own place of residence i.e. home

area. Therefore, tourism can be considered as

the movement of people within a city, state,

country or across international boundary.

All of us at one point of time or other have taken
part in some tourism activity; whether it is a visit

to our grandparents staying at a nearby city or a

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