The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to tourism:
Tourism – travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".
What type of thing is tourism?
Tourism can be described as all of the following: A form of recreation An economic sector
Types of tourism Accessible tourism Adventure travel Agritourism Alternative tourism Atomic tourism Birth tourism Business tourism Culinary tourism Enotourism Cultural tourism Archaeological tourism Bookstore tourism Music tourism Pop-culture tourism Dark tourism Holocaust tourism Disaster tourism Domestic tourism Drug tourism Ecotourism Shark tourism Extreme tourism Factory tour Garden tourism Genealogy tourism Geotourism Heritage tourism Militarism heritage tourism Honeymoon Jihadi tourism Jungle tourism Justice tourism LGBT tourism Literary tourism Tolkien tourism Medical tourism Dental tourism Tourism on the Moon Nautical tourism Lists of named passenger trains Religious tourism Christian tourism Halal tourism Kosher tourism Rural tourism Sacred travel Safaris Sex tourism Child sex tourism Female sex tourism Slum tourism Space tourism Sports tourism Stag party tourism Suicide tourism Sustainable tourism Vacation Volunteer travel War tourism Water tourism Wellness tourism Wildlife tourism
History of tourism
History of tourism Grand Tour
Tourism support services
Hospitality industry
Hospitality industry Bed and breakfast Boutique hotel Conference and resort hotels Convention center Destination spa Receptionist General manager Homestay Hospitality management studies Hostel Hotel Hotel manager Inn Resort island Motel Referral chain Resort Resort town Restaurant Seaside resort Ski resort
General tourism concepts
Campus tour Convention (meeting) Gift shop Grand Tour Holiday (vacation) Hypermobility Package tour Passport Perpetual traveler Road trip Roadside attraction Souvenir Staycation Sunday drive Tour guide Tour operator Tourism geography Tourism minister Tourism region Tourist attraction Tourist gateway Tourist trap Touron Transport Travel Travel agency Travel behavior Travel document Travel insurance Travel medicine Travel survey Travel technology Travel warning Trip planner Visa Visitor center
Tourism organizations Trade associations American Bus Association American Hotel and Lodging Association American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute BEST Education Network Caribbean Tourism Organization Destination marketing organization European Travel Commission South-East Asian Tourism Organisation World Tourism Organization World Travel and Tourism Council
Tourism media Historical Archive on Tourism Tourism Radio Travel Channel World Travel Monitor
Tourism publications Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report Wikivoyage Travel literature
Persons influential in tourism Gérard Blitz (entrepreneur) George Bradshaw Thomas Cook Paul Dubrule and Gérard Pelisson Arthur Frommer Stelios Haji-Ioannou Conrad Hilton Michael O'Leary (businessman) Henry Lunn Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet Juan Trippe Maureen Wheeler and Tony Wheeler
See also
World Tourism Day World Tourism rankings
Lists Adjectival tourisms Attractions Bibliography Casino hotels Casinos Convention and exhibition centers Hotels Largest hotels in the world Motels Travel magazines UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists World Heritage Sites by country
References
External links
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