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What is international tourism?

1937 is defined by the Statistical Committee of the League of Nations as a person who has left his country of residence to visit another country for more than 24 hours. And the following categories of people are defined as tourists: (1) people who travel for entertainment, family and health reasons. (2) personnel who travel to attend international conferences. (3) people who are on business trips. (4) People who stay in a certain place during the sea cruise, even if their stay time does not exceed 24 hours. The following categories of people are defined as non-tourists: (1) People who go to other countries to engage in a certain occupation regardless of whether they have signed a contract. (2) people living abroad. (3) Students board at school. (4) people who live in border areas and cross the border to work in neighboring countries. (5) Travelers who pass through a country without stopping, including those who travel for more than 24 hours. 1963 The definition of tourist put forward at the United Nations Travel and Tourism Conference held in Rome is "a person who visits a country that is not his permanent residence for any reason except to get paid work". 199 1 year, the World Tourism Organization revised the definition of international tourists at the international conference on tourism statistics held in Canada: "tourists" refer to people who travel to another country other than their usual country for less than one year, and their main purpose is not to obtain economic benefits from the visiting country; "Tourists" refers to tourists who stay for at least one night and not more than one year at most, and their main purpose is not to obtain economic benefits from the visiting country; "One-day tourists" refer to tourists who stay in the visiting country for no more than 24 hours and do not stay overnight. The main purpose is not to obtain economic benefits from the visiting country. 65438-0979 China's National Bureau of Statistics has made the following provisions for international tourists: all foreigners, overseas Chinese, overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao who come to China for tourism, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends, recuperation, study or engaging in trade, commerce, sports, religious activities and attending meetings are international tourists. The stipulated number of inbound tourists does not include the following persons: government officials at or above the ministerial level, foreign embassies and consulates in China officials, diplomats, accompanying family members and their families, foreign experts, overseas students, journalists, business people who have lived in China for more than one year, transit passengers who have entered China port on international flights and are exempt from passport inspection, border residents who are traveling in border areas, overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan who have returned to the mainland to settle down, and foreigners who have left China to return to China to settle down.