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Who is the subject of modern tourism?

The main body of modern tourism is young people with economic conditions and old people who retire at home.

Self-driving people: usually car enthusiasts, their driving factors mainly include making friends, enjoying freedom and family happiness.

Tourists traveling with a group: the popularity of the destination is most easily influenced by social hotspots and social media discussions, such as the success of "Thailand", which makes Thailand the most discussed destination for this group.

Luxury shopping tourists: This group is keen on social media, and leather goods and ready-made clothes are their favorite luxury goods.

Backpackers: people who are most keen to share their travel experiences and feelings on social media, persist in experiencing the journey, and are keen to explore local customs, culture and natural scenery.

"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. Therefore, travel focuses on travel, which has not only the meaning of "travel", but also the meaning of sightseeing and entertainment.

Tour comes from Latin "tornare" and Greek "tornos", which means "lathe or circle; The meaning of movement around a central point or axis has evolved into "order" in modern English.

Suffix -—ism is defined as "an action or process; And the suffix -ist stands for "people who engage in specific activities".

Root tour is connected by suffix-—ism and-—ist, which refers to the movement of circular trajectory, so tourism refers to the reciprocating travel, that is, the activity of returning to the starting point after leaving; People who complete this trip are also called tourists.

Tourism refers to activities that leave their usual environment for leisure, business or other purposes, go to some places and stay 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.