GEOG 3490 Lecture Notes - Participatory Development, Sustainable Development, Work Ethic
31 Jan 2013
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Geog*3490 travel and tourism and the environment. Tourist: a visitor who stays at least one night in a collective or private accommodation in the country visited (wto/un 1993) Tourism comprises the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year from leisure, business or other purposes (wto 1991) The study of tourism is the study of people away from their usual habitat, of the establishments which respond to the requirements of travelers and of the impacts that they have on the economic. The tourist is not from the area being visited. The tourist has moved (travelled) from one permanent location to a non- permanent location. Purpose of the visit may be recreation or business, but the tourist cannot be paid from within the visited area. The tourist spends at least one night in private or communal accommodation.
