Types of Tourism

Lesson 4, Ex.3a

Tourism as a whole is a broad term that includes any person staying outside of his or her normal environment for between one day and one year. This can include types of domestic tourism (people traveling within their own country) and international tourism (people traveling across country borders or overseas). But within these two categories of tourism are divisions upon divisions. No joke – check some of the types of tourism out here. They are adventure and disaster tourism, eco and agritourism, backpacking, cultural, culinary, wildlife and ethno tourism, dark and war tourism, health tourism and nautical tourism. I should mention voluntourism as the growing form of tourism, space tourism, faith tourism, also commonly referred to as religious tourism, and educational tourism. Pop-culture Tourism have become popular since the late 70s.

Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. It is vital for many countries, such as Egypt, Greece, Lebanon, Spain, Malaysia and Thailand, due to the large intake of money for businesses with their goods and services and the opportunity for employment in the service industries associated with tourism.