What do you think about tourism? Travel? Fun? Beach? Mountain? But do you know the definition about it? Let's see at the definition of tourism according to experts.
- Mathieson & Wall (1982), Tourism is a series of activities in the form of temporary movement of people to destinations outside of their residence or work place, activities carried out while staying at the destination and facilities provided to meet their needs both while traveling and at their destination.
- Burkart dan Medlik (1987), Touris namely as a means of transformation of people for a short period of time to the destination outside the place where they live and work, even their activities while living in the destination places
- Prof.K. Krapt and Prof. Hunziker in Oka A. Yoeti (1996), Tourism is a whole of the symptoms that arise from the travel and accommodation of foreigners and the provision of temporary shelter, provided that the foreigner does not live permanently and does not earn income from such temporary activities.
And in my opinion tourism is
the activity of traveling far away with a vacation destination, fulfilling
curiosity or spending free time. Did you know that tourism has many
types? 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. Alright, let me explain this.
Tourism has two types and various forms. On the basis of the movement of people tourism categorized into two types. These are following as:
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.
International tourism further divides into two types; Inbound Tourism & Outbound Tourism.
1. Inbound Tourism
This refers to tourists of outside origin entering a particular country. 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 Indian origin travels to Japan then it is Inbound tourism for Japan because foreign tourist comes to Japan.
2. 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 Japan then it is outbound tourism for India and Inbound tourism for Japan.
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.
