Introduction to Tourism: Interpretation of Tourism Terms

Tourism activities: People leave their usual environment for a short time (lasting no more than one year) for leisure, business and other purposes, and travel to other places and stay and visit there. International tourism: the collective name of inbound tourism and outbound tourism refers to transnational tourism activities, that is, residents of a certain country cross their own borders and travel to other countries or regions conveniently. Domestic tourism: tourism activities carried out by residents of a country within its own territory, that is, residents of a country leave their habitual residence and go to other places within their own territory. Inbound tourism: refers to the visiting activities that non-residents leave their usual environment and visit a specific area for entertainment, business or other purposes for less than one year. The World Tourism Organization defines it as the disposable income of non-residents traveling to the country: it refers to the residual income after deducting the income tax payable, which can be used at will; Also known as disposable income, it refers to the income tax payable, social security consumption (that is, the advance payment of social security expenses such as pension, unemployment insurance and medical insurance that should be borne by individuals according to regulations, which is generally deducted when paying wages) and the part that must be consumed in daily life (food, clothing, housing and transportation, etc.). Tourism motivation: it is the internal driving force for a person to decide to travel in order to meet his own needs, or it is a psychological motivation for a person to travel intentionally. It can be divided into four types, namely, physical motivation, cultural motivation, interpersonal motivation (social interaction), status and prestige motivation. Tourism resources: all kinds of objective things that are attractive to tourists and can attract tourists to visit can constitute tourism resources. Based on intrinsic attributes, it is usually divided into natural tourism resources, humanistic tourism resources and social tourism resources; Based on the resource itself, it can be divided into renewable tourism resources and non-renewable tourism resources; Based on the existing state, it can be divided into realistic tourism resources and potential tourism resources; On the basis of grade, it can be divided into world-class tourism resources, national tourism resources, provincial tourism resources and city (county) tourism resources. Accessibility: refers to the traffic connection between the location of tourism resources and the outside world (especially with major tourist market areas) and the smoothness and convenience of internal traffic conditions. Travel agency: refers to an enterprise legal person engaged in soliciting, organizing and receiving tourists, providing relevant tourism services for tourists, and carrying out domestic tourism business, inbound tourism business or outbound tourism business for profit. Package tour: refers to a kind of tourism product introduced to tourism consumers by travel agencies after planning, organizing and arranging the whole tourism activities. Tourism: It is a comprehensive industry that serves tourists, creates convenient conditions for their tourism activities and provides needed goods and services. International Tourism Organization: There are narrow sense and broad sense. In a narrow sense, it refers to a comprehensive tourism organization whose members come from many countries and serve the interests of many countries. Broadly speaking, it also includes those international organizations whose work involves international tourism affairs.