"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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Kansas City Star: Travel

‘Twilight' fans flock Washington town where novels are set
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600
FORKS, Wash. | For some reason, Randy Lato’s Vampire Voyages boat trips just haven’t brought in the big tourist bucks yet. He hasn’t quite worked out a plausible connection between fishing and the fictional “Twilight” series that author Stephenie Meyer set in this little Olympic Peninsula town.
Travel Troubleshooter | Complex flight plan was unnecessary
Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600
Q I need your help untangling a flight problem that involves Hotwire, US Airways, United Airlines and Frontier Airlines. A few months ago, we were supposed to fly from Los Angeles to Dallas on US Airways and Frontier. Our first outbound flight was a code-share flight operated by United. We checked in at the US Airways counter with plenty of time before our flight. After we waited in line, a representative sent us to the United Airlines check-in area, across the airport. It didn’t matter; our flight to Las Vegas was canceled because of severe weather. At that point, a United representative told us our flight had been rescheduled for the next day.
New Zealand is a gorgeous setting for exploring nature and culture
Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:15:00 -0600
ROTORUA, New Zealand | As I tumbled down the mountainside in a giant beach ball filled with water, feeling like I was in a washing machine, it occurred to me that there had to be a better way to experience New Zealand. Actually, that didn’t occur to me until after the Zorb stopped rolling and my screams subsided into laughter.

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