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Tourism

• The World Tourism Organization, a United Nations agency, defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for . . . – more than 24 hours – and not more than one consecutive year,– for leisure, – business, – and other purposes not related to

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• The tourist is one who makes a journey and returns back to the starting point.

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• The WTO classifies three forms of tourism:– Inbound tourism• Involving non-residents traveling in the given country

– Outbound tourism• Involving residents traveling in another country

– Domestic tourism• Involving residents of the given country traveling only

within this country

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International Tourist Arrivals: Where’s Everyone Going?

Country International Tourist Arrivals (2009)

France 74,200,000

United States 54,900,000

Spain 52,200,000

China 50,900,000

Italy 43,200,000

United Kingdom 28,000,000

Turkey 25,500,000

Germany 24,200,000

Malaysia 23,600,000

Mexico 21,500,000

Source: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)www.bmwfj.gv.at/Tourismus/TourismusInOesterreich/Documents/UNWTO Highlights 2010.pdf

Projected Arrivals

Source: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)www.bmwfj.gv.at/Tourismus/TourismusInOesterreich/Documents/UNWTO Highlights 2010.pdf

Forecast of International Travelers to the U.S.

CanadaMexicoEuropeAsiaSouth AmericaCaribbeanOceaniaCentral AmericaMiddle EastAfrica

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