Le tourisme (document en anglais)

Definition of tourism - “Activities of a person travelling to and

staying in places outside their usual environment for not

more that one consecutive year for leisure, business and

other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity

remunerated from within the place visited” (UN WTO, 1995).

Important:

 Travel and stay

 Outside usual environment

 Less that one year

Definition of tourism destination - Murphy et al. (2000) define it as

a “set of products and services in a single geographical

location that attracts tourists”.

TRAVEL

RESIDENTS

VISITORS

USUAL ENVIRONMENT

Country border/

border of the area

of residence/usual

environment

DESTINATION

Residents and visitors

Visitors vs. tourists

Travelers

Visitors

Tourists

Same-day

visitors

Not included

Boarder workers

Migrants

Nomads

Transit passengers

Refugees

Armed forces

Repre. consulate

Diplomats

etc..

Source: UNWTO, 1994.

Tourist is a visitor who stays at least one night in the visited place. 3

Visitors or tourists?

Term visitor (and not the term tourist) is used as the

basic concept for tourism.

Today, there is a general agreement that overnight and

same-day visitors form tourism phenomena.

Tourist flows

Domestic tourism

Inbound tourism

Outbound tourism

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