ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Dark Tourism, World Trade Organization, Theoretical Definition
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Technical definition (specific, have boundaries, used to collect data) Identify characteristics necessary for a trip to be recognized as tourism useful for collection and analysis of statistical data about tourism and its economic value: help tourism suppliers identify trends facilitate comparison of tourism performance. Demand-side definition characteristics that distinguish tourism from travelers for other purposes: same-day visitors (excursionists, tourists specific purpose of visit, personal, business/professional (cid:858)the a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities of perso(cid:374)s ide(cid:374)tified as (cid:448)isitors. A (cid:448)isitor is so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:449)ho is (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g a (cid:448)isit to a main destination outside his/her usual environment for less than a year for any main purpose (cid:894)i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludi(cid:374)g(cid:895) holidays, leisure a(cid:374)d re(cid:272)reatio(cid:374), (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess, health, edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) or other purposes(cid:859) (cid:894)un, Broader environments physical, cultural, social, economic, political, technological, legal (impact everything below: tourist generating region permanent residence of tourist, transit routes departing and returning tourists, tourist destination region tourists arriving and staying.
