What is modern tourism?

Tourism, internationally known as the tourism industry, relies on tourism resources and facilities to specialize or mainly engage in soliciting and receiving tourists, providing them with transportation, sightseeing, accommodation, catering, shopping, entertainment, etc. comprehensive industry. The tourism business must be composed of three parts: tourism, transportation and passenger transportation, and the accommodation industry represented by hotels. They are the three pillars of the tourism industry.

(1) Define the three elements of tourism

Although the technical definitions mentioned above should apply to both international tourism and domestic tourism, when it comes to domestic tourism , these definitions are not adopted by all countries. However, most countries have adopted three elements in the internationally accepted definition:

——Purpose of travel Tourism landscape

——Distance traveled

——Length of stay

(2) Definition of the purpose of travel

The definition based on this scale is intended to cover the main content of modern tourism.

——General recreational tourism, non-mandatory or discretionary tourism activities. They only consider recreational travelers as tourists and deliberately exclude business travel.

——Business and conference tourism are often combined with a certain amount of recreational tourism. Official travel to attend a conference is also considered tourism.

——Religious tourism, travel activities for the purpose of religious activities.

——Sports tourism, tourism associated with major sports activities.

——Mutual aid tourism, an emerging form of tourism, in which one party provides accommodation to the other party through mutual help, exchange, etc. Mutual aid tourism not only saves travel expenses, but also goes deeper because local people have to intervene. Experience the local culture and natural landscape.

(3) Definition of travel distance

Non-10calTravel: Many countries, regions and institutions use the combination of residence and destination. The round-trip distance is an important statistical measure.

Travel distance: The criteria for determination vary widely, ranging from 0 to 160 kilometers). Tours below the prescribed minimum itinerary are not included in official tourism estimates, and the criteria are artificial and arbitrary.

(4) Definition of length of stay

Overnight tourists: In order to comply with the textual standards for defining "tourists", most definitions of tourists and visitors include A minimum stay of one night is required at the destination.

The "overnight stay" rule excludes many recreational "one-day tours". In fact, "one-day tours" are often an important source of income for tourist attractions, restaurants and other tourist facilities. source.

(5) Other aspects

Tourists’ residence: When positioning the market and formulating relevant market strategies, understanding the place of residence of tourists is more important than determining other demographic aspects. Factors such as ethnicity and nationality are more important.

Transportation mode: Mainly for better planning, some destinations obtain information about tourists’ travel patterns by collecting information on tourists’ transportation modes (air, train, ship, long-distance bus, car or other means) information.