Which industry does tourism belong to?

Tourism belongs to the tertiary industry. Tourism, known internationally as tourism industry, is a comprehensive industry that relies on tourism resources and facilities to attract or receive tourists and provide them with transportation, sightseeing, accommodation, catering, shopping and entertainment. Tourism business consists of three parts: tourism, transportation and passenger transport, and accommodation represented by hotels, which are the three pillars of tourism.

Tourism is an industry that provides tourists with sightseeing services based on tourism resources and facilities. Also known as smokeless industry and invisible trade. In a narrow sense, tourism in China mainly refers to travel agencies, hotels, travel companies and tourism enterprises that specialize in selling tourism commodities.

Tourism in a broad sense includes all walks of life related to tourism, in addition to departments specializing in tourism business. As a new and advanced form of social consumption, tourism often organically combines material life consumption with cultural life consumption.