What is the Meaning & Definition of tourism

It is known with the term of tourism to all those activities that human beings make when they travel and are run by the term of less than one year outside of their usual a pre-eminently holiday purpose environment and leisure.
Practically, since man began to experience need for recreation, to get out of the routine and everyday tasks and works are imposed, there is tourism, of course, over the years and the technological innovations that culminated in sophistication of means of transport which allow the transfer although it is considerable distances in a very short time Tourism has increased, becoming one of the main income of the majority of the countries of the world, however, since very ancient times we find history of tourism.
For example, the Greeks traveled long distances to attend its main attraction: the Olympic Games, on the other hand, the Romans used to take refuge from the tensions in the hot springs which also had to move or travel to the coast, which enjoyed some well deserved days of rest. In the middle ages would be religion motivation of travel and recreational days and then with the passing of the years started to become a common practice among those people who belonged to the aristocracy, who, at the end of the year of study, gave their children a tour with the aim that pursue own experiences after acquiring the theory for a long time.
And as we noted above, thanks to inventions such as the aircraft, which took place after the relentless contribution of technology and that shortened distances, allowing travel a great distance, such as that between South America with Asia, have made the tourism today around the world even an incessant constant until at least designed by inhospitable places.
Between the preferences of travelers of today, thanks to a measurement that cast light on it, became known as the cities of London, Paris, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong and the United States were chosen more during 2006.
As long as the wall of China, the Times Square, Disney, the Niagara Falls, the Tower Eiffel, the Vatican, the statue of liberty and the Grand Canyon are major tourist attractions that annually call for millions and millions of people on their doors.
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