TOURISM INDUSTRY AND THE TOURISM SPORTIV

Abstract

If tourism constitutes the “ activities of persons traveling”, it would follow that a tourist is the
individual who actually does the traveling outside his or her home community. At the simple level this is
correct, but the defining characteristic of a tourist is not just the travel component
Tourism, the world,s largest industry, is composed of many segments, including transportation;
accommodations; attractions; and the government and nongovernmental agencies responsible for planning, setting
policy, and marketing.
A tourist is defined in this chapter as a leisure traveler. Sport tourism is defined as travel to participate in
sport, to watch sport, or to venerate something or somebody associated with a sport.