Tourism is related to travelling and travelling is naturally a human character. Man needs changes and travel provides the changes. The great American writer Mark Twain has aptly said that even heaven can be boring after a while. Travel has had a fascination for man. He has been travelling throughout the ages. During that time travel was there but 'tourism' was not there. Because travel was not undertaken for the purpose of pleasure at that time and their motive was not to seed holiday from the routine work. The primary motive of their travel was trade and commerce or pilgrimage or to explore. The basic concept of tourism 'pleasure at leisure' was not there. When people learned to travel for pleasure, the concept of tourism started. Learning to differentiate between work and leisure creates tourism. So tourism is related to the movement of people from one place to another in leisure time for the purpose of getting pleasure.
The word 'Tourism' did not appear in English language until the early ninteenth century. The word was derived from French language 'tourisme'. The literal meaning is 'the practice of touring and travelling'. It is a new concept and its significance was fully realized recently. Tourism is the most recent and significant phenomena of modern times.
The word 'Tourism' did not appear in English language until the early ninteenth century. The word was derived from French language 'tourisme'. The literal meaning is 'the practice of touring and travelling'. It is a new concept and its significance was fully realized recently. Tourism is the most recent and significant phenomena of modern times.
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