Since the beginning of time humans have traveled. Food, water, safety or
acquisition of resources (trade) were the early travel motivations. But the
idea of travel for pleasure or exploration soon emerged. Travel has always depended
upon technology to provide the means or mode of travel.
Definition :
Ø Tourism is a collection of activities, services
and industries that delivers a travel experience, including transportation,
accommodations, eating and drinking establishments, retail shops, entertainment
businesses, activity facilities and other hospitality services provided for
individuals or groups traveling away from home.
Ø Mathieson and Wall (1982) created a good
working definition of tourism as "the temporary movement of people to
destinations outside their normal places of work and residence, the activities
undertaken during their stay in those destinations, and the facilities created
to cater to their needs."
Essential Requirements
for Tourism
ü Time, as the hours for leisure increase so does
the opportunity for travel. Changes in work days or hours, school calendars
will affect how and when people can travel. The overall travel pattern has
moved from a two week vacation to 6-8 three or four day mini-vacations per
year.
ü Money, the majority of travel requires
discretionary income. Discretionary income is money left over after all
monetary obligations (food, rent and taxes) have been paid.
ü Mobility, is the access to transportation (car,
bus, plane, train or ship) and the hours required to get to their destination.
ü Motivation, is the reason people travel.
Motivations may include seeking novelty, education, meet new people, adventure
or stress reduction.
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