Definition of tourist stay time

1, meaning

English: tourism; Travel, sightseeing

1. Tourism. It means to live in another country for a long time. . "Travel" is the process of traveling and going out, that is, to travel from place A to place B in space in order to achieve a certain goal; "Tour" means going out for sightseeing, sightseeing and entertainment, that is, traveling for these purposes. Together, it is tourism.

2. Concept definition

The internationally accepted definition Esther, 1942, Swiss scholars Hanwalker and Klapf: Tourism is a phenomenon, which is the sum of the relations caused by the travel and temporary residence of non-settlers. These people will not stay permanently because of this, and mainly do not engage in money-making activities.

3, technical definition

The technical statistical definition recommended by the World Tourism Organization and the United Nations Statistical Commission: Tourism refers to an activity that leaves its usual environment and goes to some places for leisure, business or other purposes and stays there for no more than one year. Tourism purposes include six categories: leisure, entertainment, vacation, visiting relatives and friends, business, professional visits, medical care, religion/worship, and others.

4. The definition of modern tourism: three elements in the internationally recognized definition:

(1) Definition of travel purpose

The definition based on this scale aims to cover the main contents of modern tourism.

-General leisure tourism, non-compulsory or independent tourism activities. They only regard leisure tourism as tourists and deliberately list business tourism separately.

Business and conference tours are usually combined with a certain number of recreational tours. Business trips to meetings are also regarded as tourism.

-Religious tourism, tourism activities aimed at religious activities.

-Sports tourism, tourism associated with major sports activities.

-mutual help tourism, a new way of tourism, provides accommodation for each other through mutual help and communication. Mutual aid tourism not only saves tourism expenses, but also allows local people to participate and experience the local culture and natural landscape more deeply.

(2) the definition of travel distance

Non-10 cal travel: Many countries, regions and institutions regard the round-trip distance between residence and destination as an important statistical indicator.

Travel distance: the determined standards vary greatly, ranging from 0 to 160 km). Travel less than the prescribed minimum itinerary is not included in the official travel estimate, and the standard is artificial and arbitrary.

(3) Definition of residence time

Overnight tourists: In order to meet the standard of defining "tourists", most definitions of tourists and tourists include the requirement that they must stay at the destination for at least one night.

The "overnight" rule excludes many recreational "day trips", but in fact, "day trips" are often an important source of income for tourist attractions, restaurants and other tourist facilities.