Talk:Tourism
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Acknowledgement: the majority of this article as at Feb 25, 2002 was contributed by Dr. Andrew Rossiter of the Université de Besançon - France.
Basic topics, Wikitravel
What are our priorities for writing in this area? To help develop a list of the most basic topics about tourism, please see tourism basic topics.
Those writing the tourism articles may be interested in http://www.wikitravel.org/ --Jiang
First Tourist
Was King George III really the first tourist? Just because he took trips to Weymouth when in poor health? Surely somebody must have done the same before the 18th century. Unless somebody can provide some sort of proof of this "widely acknowledged" fact, I'm going to erase it.
Peregrine981 23:13, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
- George may not have been the first tourist, but is responsible for the rise in popularity of tourism. --Steinsky 02:04, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
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- Perhaps we could include an explanation of why George III's trips to Weymouth led to a rise in popularity for tourism. Does this apply only to the British or is it a more wide spread European phenomenon? --Peregrine981 19:26, 9 May 2004 (UTC)
missing word
Shouldn't we add the word recreational into the first sentence: "to include recreational any travel outside of one's normal working or living area, from daytrips to overseas holidays" otherwise it reads so as to include business travel, which I do not think is ever included in tourism? --BozMo|talk 14:43, 22 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Actually, business tourism has been identifed as a niche market deserving of further development by the Australian Government who regularly collect statistics on the growth of the sector.210.193.176.115 01:27, 13 September 2005 (UTC)
Articles relating to Tourism
Does anyone know of a place where I might find international stats on tourism? I'm particularly hoping to find out how much the international market is worth, and which countries contribute the most, if such information is available (my Googling and wiki searching had been for naught). JKnight 23:30, Jun 26, 2004 (UTC)
Yes - if you want to pay for it! Organisations such as IPK International or Global Insight can provide the data. 80.43.102.213 20:55, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
intro
- "Most people confuse Tourism with Travel."
The article should not start like that. --Joy [shallot] 03:23, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- It's still not satisfactory, and I'm sure it was better before. Has some deletion vandalism slipped through the net? I would propose this introduction:
- "Tourism can be defined as travel for recreation."
- Any better ideas? --Steinsky 12:56, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Yes.... Tourism can be defined as travel for leisure or business. In today's world, business tourism is the most profitable source of tourism revenue, as business tourists spend considerably more per head than leisure tourists. Business tourism is defined as travel for business purposes - congresses, trade fairs, conventions or just meetings in a distant location. Andrew Rossiter - original contributor of this article.
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- Can't seem to get its name, but what do you call the group of people who sell information about tour destination. See this article, if i sound like an idiot [1]
Opening paragraphs
The term tourism is sometimes used pejoratively, implying a shallow interest in the societies and natural wonders that the tourist visits. As such it is used as a pejorative term about heterosexuals who visit gay bars to "watch the natives" and "experience the culture" without integrating themselves into it (unlike a Dyke Tyke), or bisexuals, typically already in a heterosexual relationship, who frequent gay bars for the purpose of procuring one-off gay sex (both terms are used almost exclusively by the gay community).
Does this seem a little esoteric (especially for the top of the page), or is it just me? --Quercus 20:11, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Further updates needed
I noticed nothing in here on The War on Tourism or Osama bin Travelocity.
Hi, what about dark tourism?
Hi, I'm curious-- why is there no mention of dark tourism? thanks!
effect of globliazation
wat effect does globliazation have on tourism industry i think tat for answering this question we need the year from which we may say that globalization started kindly update me if anyone has any ideas about the topic i doing some search on the same and will post my views as soon as i get through bingo
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effect of globliazation
wat effect does globliazation have on tourism industry. i think tat for answering this question we need the year from which we may say that globalization started . kindly update me if anyone has any ideas about the topic. i doing some search on the same and will post my views as soon as i get through .
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