Travel and Tourism chapter-1

 Leisure: It is most often regarded as the measure of
time; the time remaining after work, sleep and essential

household or personal chores have been completed.
It is the time available for doing as one chooses or
„discretionary time‟.
Growth of leisure: The increase in amount of leisure time
available is due to variety of factors:
Working hours have been reduced.
Now, there is a provision of holiday with pay.
Life expectancy has increased.
• Technological development like washing machines,
dishwashers, computers, telephone, Internet and
automobiles are widely used.
 Recreation: The wide variety of activity undertaken
during leisure time. These activities may be:
1. Participatory (like; playing sports, sightseeing, hobbies
and pastimes) and
2. Non participatory (like; watching sports, listening to
radio, watching TV, home entertainment and public
entertainment)
Tourism is the activity of persons traveling to and
staying in places outside their usual environment for not
more than one consecutive year for leisure, business or
any other purpose.”(UNWTO)
The UN definition pulls together the three main elements
of travel and tourism:
Because of the stress on the words‟ „outside the usual
environment.‟‟
Visitor activity is concerned only with aspects of life
other than normal routines of work, sustenance and
social commitments, and outside the locations of those
normal daily routines.
The activity necessitates travel and, in nearly every case,
some form of transport to the destination.
Specific destinations are the focus for a range of visitor
activities, and a range of facilities required to support
those activities.
Such activities and facilities have a combination of
economic, social and environmental impacts that are the
basis for tourism policy and visitor management programs
as well as marketing.
Nature of tourism
 It is clear from the above definitions that conceptually tourism is
a composite phenomenon involving dynamic elements, like
movement of people to various places and a static one like their
stay in those places.
 Thus, the tourism embraces the incidence of a mobile population

of travelers, who are stranger to the place they visit and are a
distinct element from the resident and working population.
 Most importantly, tourism implies the temporary movement of

people with an intention to return a few days, week or months.
DEFINITION OF TRAVELER, VISITOR, TOURIST
 Traveler – Any person on a trip between two or more

countries or between two or more localities with in
his/her country.
 Visitor - person who travels to a country other than that
in which he has his usual residence but outside to the
usual environment for a period not exceeding twelve
months and whose main purpose of visit is other than
the exercise of an activity remunerated from with in the
place visited.
Visitors are classified in to two
Same day visitor, day trippers, excursionists – Do not

spend at least one night.
Tourist – Stay for at least one night in the place or

country visited.
International Visitor: An international visitor is anyone

who visits a country that is not his usual place of
residence. It includes (overnight visitor) tourist and
(same day visitor) excursionist.
Domestic Tourist: Any person who travels with in the
country where he resides to a place other than his usual
place of residence for at least 24 hours or one night, for
a purpose other than taking employment and which may
be related to leisure (recreation, holiday, health, study,
religion or sports), business, family, mission, meeting.

Who are not visitors?
The only people who do not come in visitors preview are

people who get some salary or payments in the country
visited, commuters, immigrants, refuges, military men,
consulate office workers and diplomats.
Definition of Tourist League nations in 1934 defined

tourism in the following way.
• “Any person visiting to a country, other that in which he

usually resides, for a period of at least 24 hours.”
 “Temporary visitor stay at least 24 hours in the country
visited and the purpose of his/her Journey can be
classified under one of the following Heading.
 Leisure (Recreation, health, study, religion and sports)
 Business, family, mission and meeting.

1.The people on holiday- To get out of routine life because
tourism is a source of happiness, joy and wonder
 To led their life peoples engage in different activities. In
most cases this activities are the same each day. So this
makes life similar and redundant.

2. To get knowledge Or educational
 When peoples travel to a new place they face new
peoples, new way of life, culture, religion and
infrastructure.
 This gives individuals an opportunity to learn new
habits, skills and ways of life.
3. visiting friends and relatives (VFR),
4. business trip
5. conference
6. pilgrimage
7. for international events
 Domestic Tourism: is the tourism of resident visitors
within the economic territory of the country of
reference. E.g. residents of Ethiopia traveling only
within their country. From Gondar to Bahar Dar, or
from Addis to Mekele
 Inbound Tourism: is the tourism of non-resident
visitors within the economic territory of the country of
reference. E.g. It involves non-residents (e.g. Italians,
Germans, British) traveling in Ethiopia.
 Outbound Tourism: is the tourism of resident visitors
outside the economic territory of the country of
reference. E.g. It involves Ethiopian (residents)
traveling in another country.
 International Tourism: It consists of inbound tourism
and outbound tourism in Ethiopia.
 National Tourism: is the tourism of resident visitors,
within and outside the economic territory of the country
of reference. E.g. it consists of domestic and outbound
tourism in Ethiopia.
 Internal Tourism: is the tourism of visitors, both resident
and non-resident, within the economic territory of the
country. E.g. comprises of domestic and inbound
tourism in Ethiopia.
Pleasure Tourism: This is concerned with leisure and
rest and to recover physical and mental stamina.
Cultural Tourism: This is concerned with learning

habits, language and customs of the people in the
foreign lands, visiting places rich in historical
monuments, ancient civilization or paying a visit to art
galleries, Museums or to participate in music, art,
dance and festivals.
Sporting Tourism: Theses are of two types
 Visiting places to witness sports like Olympics or world

cup football or
 Visiting places that have specialized facilities, such as

winter sports, mountain climbing, hunting, fishing etc.
Business Tourism: All tours undertaken by

businessmen, industrialist or professionals to a place of
their interest for selling, buying, or taking orders etc. of
the products related to business.
Conference Tourism: Traveling to participate in trade
fair, conference, meetings and exhibitions.
Social Tourism: It is practices by the low-income group

and is rendered possible by the help of third party or
governments or association by means of subsidies,
holiday with pay and other measures.
Water based tourism: This type of tourism is based on

water transportation e.g. cruises tourism, yachting
tourism, River tourism.
Nature based tourism: This type of tourism is based on
nature related activities, e.g. ecotourism, Wildlife
tourism.
Adventure Tourism: Here risk, danger and spirit of

adventure is involved .
For the past few decades, other forms of tourism, also
known as niche tourism, have been becoming more
popular, particularly:
 Agri tourism
 Adventure tourism
 Ancestry tourism
 Backpacker Tourism
 Bookstore Tourism
Creative tourism
Coastal tourism
Dark tourism
Drug tourism
Ecotourism
Heritage tourism
Health tourism
Hobby tourism
Inclusive tourism
Medical tourism
Mystical tourism
Pop-culture tourism
Perpetual tourism
Pilgrimage tourism
Sex tourism
Shopping tourism
Space tourism
Wine tourism
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 Leisure: It is most often regarded as the measure of

time; the time remaining after work, sleep and essential

 Thus, the tourism embraces the incidence of a mobile population

 Most importantly, tourism implies the temporary movement of

 Traveler – Any person on a trip between two or more

Same day visitor, day trippers, excursionists – Do not

Tourist – Stay for at least one night in the place or

International Visitor: An international visitor is anyone

country where he resides to a place other than his usual

place of residence for at least 24 hours or one night, for

a purpose other than taking employment and which may

be related to leisure (recreation, holiday, health, study,

religion or sports), business, family, mission, meeting.

The only people who do not come in visitors preview are

Definition of Tourist League nations in 1934 defined

• “Any person visiting to a country, other that in which he

 Leisure (Recreation, health, study, religion and sports)

 Business, family, mission and meeting.

tourism is a source of happiness, joy and wonder

 To led their life peoples engage in different activities. In

makes life similar and redundant.

Cultural Tourism: This is concerned with learning

 Visiting places to witness sports like Olympics or world

 Visiting places that have specialized facilities, such as

Business Tourism: All tours undertaken by

Social Tourism: It is practices by the low-income group

Water based tourism: This type of tourism is based on

Adventure Tourism: Here risk, danger and spirit of

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