Definitions of ‘Tourism’ & ‘Tourist’
Definitions of ‘Tourism’ & ‘Tourist’
Many studies on tourism and tourists have been conducted yet there is not one single definition on ‘tourism’ or ‘tourists’ that everyone complies with. Many researchers and academia writers have many concepts in defining tourism and tourists, some factors they consider are similar and some are different. This essay will attempt to illustrate the differences between the definitions of tourism & tourist, and also outlining the strength and weaknesses of each one. The definitions that have been chosen to be critically analysed come from Stear (2005), Weaver (2010), and Leiper (1995).
To just simply observe many articles and titles of textbook such as Introduction to Tourism and Tourism Definition many of the authors find it difficult, or impossible to define the fundamental concept that the book title holds e.g. Tourism and tourist definition (Stear 2005). In Weaver’s (2010) text it describes that many definitions are defined as such to either be applied to a situation or fulfil a specific purpose.
In Stear’s (2005) literature the definition of Tourism is; “travel and temporary stay, involving at least one night away from the region of a person’s usual home that is undertaken with the major expectation of satisfying leisure needs that are perceived as being more enjoyably able to be satisfied by being at places outside of, and qualitatively different to, the home region” (Stear 2005 pg. 8). The core meaning revolves around a handful of words which include travel, temporary stay, at least one night away, region, major expectation, and leisure needs which Stear (2005) insists readers to remember. The definition that Stear (2005) presents does not serve as a technical definition, but only to be of purpose to marketing, tourismic managerial, and policy issues. The definition and the handful of words that should be held to importance represent tourism as a set of specific activities, which tries to differentiate itself from
Many studies on tourism and tourists have been conducted yet there is not one single definition on ‘tourism’ or ‘tourists’ that everyone complies with. Many researchers and academia writers have many concepts in defining tourism and tourists, some factors they consider are similar and some are different. This essay will attempt to illustrate the differences between the definitions of tourism & tourist, and also outlining the strength and weaknesses of each one. The definitions that have been chosen to be critically analysed come from Stear (2005), Weaver (2010), and Leiper (1995).
To just simply observe many articles and titles of textbook such as Introduction to Tourism and Tourism Definition many of the authors find it difficult, or impossible to define the fundamental concept that the book title holds e.g. Tourism and tourist definition (Stear 2005). In Weaver’s (2010) text it describes that many definitions are defined as such to either be applied to a situation or fulfil a specific purpose.
In Stear’s (2005) literature the definition of Tourism is; “travel and temporary stay, involving at least one night away from the region of a person’s usual home that is undertaken with the major expectation of satisfying leisure needs that are perceived as being more enjoyably able to be satisfied by being at places outside of, and qualitatively different to, the home region” (Stear 2005 pg. 8). The core meaning revolves around a handful of words which include travel, temporary stay, at least one night away, region, major expectation, and leisure needs which Stear (2005) insists readers to remember. The definition that Stear (2005) presents does not serve as a technical definition, but only to be of purpose to marketing, tourismic managerial, and policy issues. The definition and the handful of words that should be held to importance represent tourism as a set of specific activities, which tries to differentiate itself from