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Tourism in its modern form is not the same as travels of the early periods of human history. In the language of Jews, the word 'Torah' means study or search and 'tour' seems to have been derived from it. In 'Latin' the original word 'Tornos' stands close to it. 'Tornos' was a kind of round wheel-like tool hinting at the idea of a travel circuit or a package tour. In Sanskrit, 'Paryatan' means leaving one's residence to travel for the sake of rest and for seeking knowledge. 'Deshatan' is another word which means travelling for economic benefits. 'Tirthatan' is the third equivalent which means travelling for religious purposes.
Understanding Tourism: A Critical Introduction
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The number of different tourisms along with the potential means to analyse them expands every year. Although this may be a result of the growth of publishing outlets as well as the long-distance mobility of the world's population it is, at least in part, also a response to the need to be saying something ''new'' in order to get published as well as to the relative permeability of tourism studies to ideas from other subjects. The expansion of tourism terminologies via combinations and permutations of pre-existing terms may even lead one to suspect that a random cliché generator is in use (combine one phrase from column I, one from column II, and so on) (Guisinger, 1992). Given the growth of the tourism lexicon and its study, a book that has the overarching aim ''to help you reach a point of understanding of the many worlds of tourism, as well as to introduce you to some of the more interesting insights of recent research and scholarship in the academic subject of tourism studies'' (p. 1), is to be welcomed. Divided into eleven chapters and with the inclusion of boxed examples and exercises the book reflects the authors' wish, ''to enliven teaching and learning in tourism-related degree programmes at universities everywhere. .. we believe that this can only be achieved by successfully engaging students with the contemporary critical tourism studies literature in an accessible, readable and enjoyable way'' (p. 1). To a great part the authors succeed in their goal. The book is clearly organised
An Appropriate and Complete Tourism Lexicon
International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management, 2015
Activities have been known as starting points in the tourist field since Antiquity. During the millennia, several practical aspects (as types - trips for recreation, sports, specific for the winter season or at the seaside, in aquatic environments, trips for balneal treatments, trips for discovering architectural, artistic treasures, etc., as participation form - from the individual ones to the mass or group ones, as beneficiary or service provider; with general fittings, but also specific ones), as well as theoretical aspects (the progressive achievement of a proper terminology, in order to be used by many participants in the tourist actions; the elaboration of guides, leaflets, encyclopaedias, maps, etc.); complete territorial analyses of tourist resources (considering the revaluation level, approaching tourism issues in treaties, doctoral theses, etc.); the scientific and methodological content of curricula from tourism schools, departments and faculties; setting the meaning of t...
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A Book Review: Tourism Research Frontiers: beyond the boundaries of Knowledge * In only eight chapters and 165 pages, this book discusses the needs of introducing new themes of investigation in the specialized literature of tourism research. Likely, this globalized world looks pretty different from a couple of decades back, when the discipline was founded. New times, new horizons and new challenges need new thinking. As a part of prestigious Emerald Series, Chambers and Rakic present an edited book, oriented to expand the epistemological boundaries of tourism research, imagining not only new themes and issues to explore but new problems. Based on the legacy of Jafar Jafari, the editors worked hard to compile different voices, dotted of different arguments, into a shared viewpoint. In the first chapter, the editors introduce the concept of frontiers as the fringe between the known and unknown. The fieldwork suggests that we shed light on some issues while others remain unchecked. The legitimacy of academic disciplines rests on their explanatory capacity. These borders, far from being stable, are in continuous renegotiation. Though tourism-research has been consolidated as a promising academic option for graduate and postgraduate students, a radical turn undermines the dominant understanding of tourism as it has been formulated by the founding parents. Most certainly, beyond tourism, critical scholars unveiled a commoditized discourse where the " Other " is subordinated to a ruling class of developed countries. As something else than a peace-making industry, tourism covers racialized allegories which lead to control of the periphery. This paradigm sees in tourism an alienatory mechanism of surveillance. Nonetheless, this book proposes an alternative way. Instead of proclaiming the dismantling of epistemological borders of tourism, the editors suggest a shift offering a fertile ground to shore up new paradigms. Through the second chapter, Gyimothy et al, discuss the ebbs and flows of popculture tourism which represents an extension of cultural behaviour in a globalized and multiculturalist universe. In chapter 3, Mondoca presents a study case based on the relationships of stakeholders in Ilha do Grande, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). Those communities
Framework Of Tourism - Jafar Jafari 1091
Leiper, Neil, “The Framework of Tourism: Towards a Definition of Tourism, Tourist, and the Tourist Industry,” Annals of Tourism Research, 1979, VI(4):390–407. A framework for the general study of tourism is discussed. Three approaches to the topic: economic, technical, and holistic are identified and analysed; it is argued that its multi facets require a holistic definition. A systems methodology is used to develop a new definition of tourism. Five elements are isolated: tourists, three geographical elements (generating region, transit route, and destination region), and a tourist industry. The process of tourism is dissected to show that it is inherently a partially-industrialized one, and the tourist industry is shown to contain several sectors with functional and spatial connections across the system. Suggested applications of the framework are proposed, in academic research, education, business and government arenas of tourism. The main theme is that tourism's many facets are connected and that it is both possible and desirable to include an explicit recognition of those connections in general studies of the subject.
After 1945, tourism increased into one of the biggest business industry all over the world. In recent days, the amount of tourists are growing day by day especially in London, Marrakech, Siem Reap, NYC, Ontario, San Francisco, Tokyo, Paris, Beijing and other places. tourists make their destination decision by friends and relatives recommendation. Demographic factors is an important factor for tourist. Economic factor is the vital factors too. Four elements make a tourism system. PPP has some advantages. The economic advantages of tourism are mirrored in balance of payment, higher employment, growing revenues and from latest new investors operations globally. Tourism can result many economic and social advantages especially in countryside areas and improving countries, however mass tourism is involved with negative influences. four strategic approaches are utilized to mitigate the negative influence of tourists on the protected locations.
In modern world ‘Tourism’ has become a popular global leisure activity. It can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Today, tourism is a major source of income for many countries, and affects the economy of both the source and host countries. People love to travel, so much so that in 2014 over 1.1 billion people crossed the world by air, land and sea. Tourism has become a booming global business and we all can benefit from it. However, the planet is fragile and it’s essential to understand that least possible harm must be done to the natural environment, valuing and protecting the local culture. Tourism allows wealth to be injected into a community in a variety of ways. The great benefit of this industry is that it’s extremely labour intensive, and many of the businesses that operate within it are only small businesses and micro operators. It’s also great for individual travelers, because with a booming tourism industry there are lots to do, plenty of places to stay, and as a result more and more tourists are drawn in. Though ‘Bangladesh is endowed with enchanting scenic beauty, mighty rivers, sun beaches, historical relics and colourful tribal life’ yet, even after 44 years of independence, tourism in this country didn’t develop as expected. Potentials are still ajar and Bangladesh can reap the benefit of world-wide development of tourism as a fast-growing industry.