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Carrying capacity
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The level of recreational use an area can absorb before there is significant damage to the environment. It varies from site to site and over time. |
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Domestic tourist |
A person who travels within their own country. |
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Ecotourism |
Tourism which claims to make a low impact on the environment and local culture while helping to generate money, jobs and the conservation of wildlife and vegetation. |
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Staycations/ Daycations
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Short holidays taken close to or at home because of rising fuel costs and concern about global warming, or because people don’t have the time for longer trips. |
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Infrastructure
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The basic framework or foundation of something; the roads, buildings and permanent structures in an area. |
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International tourism
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Tourism which takes place outside the person’s country of residence. |
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Interstate trip |
A trip which involves one or more nights spent in a State or Territory other than the one in which the traveller lives. |
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Intrastate trip
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A trip which involves one or more nights spent in the State or Territory in which the traveller lives. |
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Mass tourism
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The practices of numbers of people travelling to similar locations to obtain similar experiences. |
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National park
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A region set aside for the preservation of natural features and wildlife and available for use by the public. |
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Package tour
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A travel tour, which is pre-organised with specific costs paid for, to a certain destination or destinations. |
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Passport
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An official document issued by a government certifying the holder’s identity and citizenship. |
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Sustainable Tourism
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Tourist activities designed to meet present needs, but which also take into account future costs to the environment and local culture. A relationship between the place, the community at the tourist site, and the visitor that protects the environment for the future and respects the needs of the local people. |
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Tourism |
Travel by individuals and groups to locations for the purpose of pleasure, relaxation and learning. The temporary movement of people to destinations beyond their normal places of work and residence; the activities undertaken while there; and the facilities created to meet their needs.
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Visa
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A permit which allows the holder to enter a country for a specified period of time. |
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Taxation vacation
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People go to buy cheaper alcohol, cigarettes and fuel |
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Exchange rate tourism
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People travel on the basis of currency values or, in other words, people go where it is cheap for them to travel |
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Technology tourism
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Destinations chosen for reasons of availability and price of new technologies: for example, the availability and price of a new iPods is the reason for travel |
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Acti-vacation |
People travel to influence or participate in the politics of another country |
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Gastrotours
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People who travel to sample food in different areas of the world, including “extreme dining” such as fried tarantula in Cambodia |
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Babymoons
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Couples who travel before they have children |
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Slow travel |
Travel that is more eco-friendly and culturally sensitive; people take longer to travel, spend more time in one location and develop relationships with local people |
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Dark tourism
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People visit sites where natural or human disasters have happened, or where humans have suffered (for example, old prisons) |
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Climateers |
People who travel to see places threatened by climate change, such as the Great Barrier Reef |
