Similarities And Differences Between Travel And Tourism

Tourism is part of travel but not all travel is tourism. Each one of us gets to choose which one wants to be. We have always heard both words used together but apparently in the travel community each one of this ‘titles’ have their own implications. Have you ever thought what the difference between a tourist and a traveler is? I am not a scientist or a linguistic expert, but in this essay I will try to find the differences and similarities between these two groups of people, and put them side by side in order to clarify somehow the question quoted above and, why not answer it.

Tourist: “someone who is visiting a place for pleasure or holiday” and Traveler: “someone who is on a journey or someone who travels often”. Both definitions are taken from Longman Dictionary Online and as you can see they have approximate meanings but not the same. The first noticeable things that tear apart these two categories are the reason of traveling that each person has and their behavior. Travel is often associated with the movement of one person from place to place due to …show more content…
Tourists are people who do not like to step out of their comfort zone so no foreign languages are spoken by them, only English. Contrary to tourists, travelers love to blend in with the crowd, preferably learning local important phrases and taking a step away from vacations because they went there to be themselves and explore everything not to relax. Being a tourist means enjoying what you want and when you want it and you are pretty sure that this vacation cannot last longer than decided because life back home is way better and you would never change it for anything in the world. A tourist feels complete when they catch a glimpse of the culture and add more richness to their own culture but also to the place’s culture by contributing with their money when