"Tourist" redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album)

For the Roxette album, see Tourism (album)

see List of popular tourist regions

Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business, and the provision of services for this act. Tourists are people who are "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited" (official UNWTO definition). The distance between these two places is of no significance.

A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry, comprising a number of tangible and intangible components. The tangible elements include transport systems — air, rail, road, water and now, space; hospitality services — accommodation, foods and beverages, tours, souvenirs; and related services such as banking, insurance and safety and security. The intangible elements include: rest and relaxation, culture, escape, adventure, new and different experiences.

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EU announces aid, sends team to access Bihar flood situation
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:01:08 -0400
The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU), Friday announced that it was sending food aid and other relief material worth 1 million euro (around Rs.62 million) for the flood victims in the Indian state of Bihar.
Russia and Georgia - does Europe have aces to play
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:00:03 -0400
Russia and the European Union (EU) have long been eyeing each other like poker players trying to work out who is bluffing. But come Monday, EU leaders will have few options but to play their hand and show whether they have any aces up their sleeves.
nothing to fear over base
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:46:40 -0400
Poland's prime minister sought to reassure worried residents near the site of a planned U.S. missile defense base on Friday, pledging that they and the country would be more secure, despite threats fr...
Union stages protest at Avalon Huntington site
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:41:07 -0400
(New Haven Register (New Haven, CT) (KRT) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Aug. 29--SHELTON -- A union is demonstrating outside the Avalon Huntington apartment complex, which is under construction on Bridg...
Poland Seeks To Sooth Fears About Base
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:23:34 -0400
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Berlin concedes German guns fired shots that killed three Afghans
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:58:03 -0400
Berlin - The shots that killed three Afghan civilians at a checkpoint on Friday were probably fired by Germans, not Afghan security personnel, the German armed forces said in Berlin several hours late...

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I certainly do not drive in formula one in order to be popular - Kubica
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:09:45 -0000
Aug.29 Robert Kubica has ruled out returning to live permanently in his native Poland.
'If I Want To Go For A Jog, There Is Always Someone Right There To Follow Me'
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:09:38 -0000
Robert Kubica has ruled out returning to live permanently in his native Poland. The highly rated BMW-Sauber driver's burgeoning success in formula one has utterly transformed the popularity of the sport in the ...
Polish PM to visit future missile defense site
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:09:31 -0000
The Polish prime minister is to visit the future site of a U.S. missile defense base on Friday and meet with local residents in an attempt to ease their concerns about Russian threats to target the ...
US uses Georgia to militarise E. Europe
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:09:24 -0000
THE agreement signed recently by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to establish a missile defence shield on Polish soil marks a major turning point in ...
Disappointment as Poland flights axed
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:09:18 -0000
A BUDGET airline which launched flights between the North-East and Poland last year is to ground the service because fewer migrant workers are travelling to Britain.
EU summit sparks row between Polish president and PM
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:08:52 -0000
Kaczynski along with the presidents of Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania and Estonia and Latvia's prime minister visited Georgia shortly after the August 8 start of Russia's five-day assault on Georgia, expressing ...

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