ITTM

 Tourism may be defined as the process, activities, and outcomes arising from the relationships and the interactions among tourists, tourism suppliers, host governments, and surrounding environments that are involved in the hosting of visitors.

• Weaver and Leaton (2006)

• Goeldner and Ritchie (2006)

• Kelly and Nankervis (2001)

Tourism is the sum of processes, host communities, origin governments, universities, community colleges and non governmental organizations in the process of attracting, transporting, hosting, and managing tourists and other visitors.

• Weaver and Leaton (2006)

• Goeldner and Ritchie (2006)

• Kelly and Nankervis (2001)

The tourism industry is a full range of commercial and noncommercial activities dedicated to encouraging, facilitating, and responding to the demands of the tourists.

• Weaver and Leaton (2006)

• Goeldner and Ritchie (2006)

• Kelly and Nankervis (2001)

can be categorized based on the area or destination visited.

• Tourism

• International tourism

is a form of tourism involving the travel from one country to another. This type of tourism can be described either as outbound or inbound depending on the perspective of the person.

• Tourism

• International tourism

• visits by residents of a country to another country. Travel involving people from a country that go or travel to other countries or places.

• Domestic tourism

• Inbound tourism

• Outbound tourism

• visits to a country by nonresidents.

• Domestic tourism

• Inbound tourism

• Outbound tourism

• visits by residents of a country

• Domestic tourism

• Inbound tourism

• Outbound tourism

• visits by residents and nonresidents within a country (domestic plus inbound tourism).

• Internal tourism

• National tourism

• International tourism

• domestic tourism plus outbound tourism; the totality of tourist traffic that involves citizens or residents of a country.

• Internal tourism

• National tourism

• International tourism