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INDIVIDUAL REPORT
Business tourism can be defined as a convention, in the sense of a meeting, is a gathering of individuals who meet at an arranged place and time in order to discuss or engage in some common interest. Business tourism industry is growing rapidly worldwide.Business tourism is having its own features which define it from the other types of tourism, and I would mention it in order to explain the importance of the industry. This report is showing the importance of business tourism in the modern world, its benefits and advantages comparing to the other types of tourism and highlighting all the challenges and problems the industry is facing these days.First, i will explain why business tourism has developed so much since 1950s, and what are the treats of business tourism crucial to its further development in future. [pic] 1. What is business tourism, definition and division
Business tourism or business travel is a more limited and focused subset of regular tourism. During business tourism (traveling), individuals are still working and being paid, but they are doing so away from both their workplace and home.Some definitions of tourism tend to exclude business travel. However, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".
Primary business tourism activities include meetings, and attending conferences and exhibitions. Despite the term business in business tourism, when individuals from government or non-profit organizations engage in similar activities, this is still categorized as business tourism (travel).Compared to regular tourism, business ones involves a smaller section of the population, with different motivations, and additional freedom-of-choice limiting constrains imposed through the business aspects.
References: John Swarbrooke, Susan Horner Business Travel and Tourism Routledge, 2001 IMEX America Index of Optimism