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Tourism |
The sum of the processes, activities, and outcomes arising from the relationships and the interactions among tourists, tourism suppliers, host governments, host communities and surrounding environments that are involved in the attracting, transporting, hosting and management of tourists and other visitors. |
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Domestic excursionists |
Tourists who stay within their own country for less than one night |
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Domestic stayovers |
Tourists who stay within their own country for at least one night |
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Destination region |
The places to which the tourist is travelling |
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MICE |
An acronym combining meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions; a form of tourism largely associated with business purposes |
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Origin region |
The region ( country, state, city) from which the tourist originates, also referred to as the market or generating region |
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Resilience |
A system's capacity to maintain and adjust its essential structure and functions in the face of a disturbance , especially with regard to major natural or human-induced disasters; its particular relevance to tourism derives from the industry's presence in vulnerable settings such as coastlines and mountains |
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Secular pilgrimage |
Travel for spiritual purposes that are not linked to conventional religions |
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Stopovers |
Travellers who stop in a location in transit to another destination; they normally do not clear customs and are not considered tourists from the transit location's perspective |
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System |
A group of interrelated, interdependent and interacting elements that together form a single functional structure |