Types of tourists

1. An outbound tourist involves people leaving the country in which they live to take a holiday or other tourism purpose e.g. a business person from Bristol travelling to Berlin for a conference (8)
4. Have a particular passion such as bird watching, golfing, fishing, classic car events, food and wine or attending a music festival. Essentially on a special interest holiday the tourist is likely to spend most of their time engaged in the same activi (7, 8)
7. A tourist travelling for business purposes is known as a business tourist. Business tourism is part of the business world. Many of the UK’s cities feature conference centres that cater to the needs of business tourists. E.g. one who makes trips to di (8)
8. The act of tourism and visitation to sites, attractions, and exhibitions, which have real or recreated death, suffering or seemingly macabre as a main theme. E.g. cemetery tourism visits in London (4)

2. An inbound tourist involves people travelling to a different country from where they live for a holiday, business or other tourism purpose e.g. a tourist travelling from Spain to the UK for a holiday. (7)
3. Involved in responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people. Eco tourists might also choose accommodation providers that promote sustainable tourism e.g. buying prom local producers, ener (3, 7)
5. Travel to a particular place in another town, city or country for further study in order to improve his or hers education. There are also people, who travel to attend workshops in order to upgrade skills e.g. a group of students travelling to New Yor (9)
6. Leisure tourists travel with the primary motivation of taking a holiday from everyday life. Leisure travel is often characterised by staying I hotels or resorts, relaxing on beaches or In a room, or going on guided tours and experiencing local touris (7)
8. Domestic tourism involves people of one country travelling within that country. A domestic holiday is a holiday spent in the same country and is sometime referred to as a ‘staycation’ e.g. a family from Edinburgh taking a holiday in Inverness. (8)
9. Involves both spectating and playing activities. Learners should be aware of the range of holidays that are available for tourists to watch major sporting events. Some of these such as following an international cricket tour can last up to several we (6)

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