Travel away from the home environment a) for leisure, recreation and holidays b) to visit friends and relations (VFR) and c) for business and professional reasons.
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International tourist arrivals
Tourists travelling to a country (not place of residence) for more than one day and less than year.
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International tourist receipts
Money spent by visitors from abroad in destination country
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Tourist-destination country
A country that receives a significant number of international tourists
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Tourist-generating country
A country that supplies a significant number of international tourists
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Globalisation
Increasing interconnectedness of world economically, culturally and politically
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External Shock
An economic/political or other trend or event in major market significantly reduces demand for tourism at destination or range of destinations.
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Niche markets
Small markets with specialist products
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Honeypot location
A place of great interest to large number of tourists, extremely overcrowded at peak times
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Community structure
Form and development of community in human populations
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Travel and tourism satellite accounting
A comprehensive system of accounting that includes not only direct expenditure and receipts but indirect knock on effects also
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Capital investment - in tourism
Money invested in hotels, attractions, airports, roads and other infrastructure that facilitates high volume tourism.
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Economic leakages:
Part of money tourist spends for foreign holiday that does not benefit destination country as it goes elsewhere
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Multiplier effect
A new or expanding economic activity in a region creates new employment and increases amount of money circulating in region. In turn attracts further development which creates more employment, services and wealth.
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Growth pole
A place or region where a high concentration of investment stimulates economic growth. Such prosperity may then spread, to some extent, to wider surrounding area.
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Sustainable tourism
Its level can be sustained without irreparable environmental, social and economic damage to area.
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Community tourism
Aspect of tourism fostering opportunities at community level for locals
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Pro-poor tourism
Tourism that results in increased net benefits for poor people
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Responsible tourism
Visiting a destination in such a way as to cause minimal negative impact to its environment and culture of host community
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Destination footprint
Environmental impact caused by individual tourist on holiday at particular destination
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Ecotourism
Specialised, people experience relatively untouched natural environments and ensure their presence does no further damage
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Preservation
Maintaining location exactly as is, do not allow development
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Conservation
Allow for developments which do not affect character of destination
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International tourist arrivals
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Tourists travelling to a country (not place of residence) for more than one day and less than year.
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