| Brief Excerpt: | ...Tourism is the business of providing services to international and domestic visitors (whether on day or overnight trips). "Tourism" is defined broadly in the international standards to include visitors whose primary travel purpose includes business, convention/conference travel, are on government business, as well as the more familiar tourism for leisure/holiday and to visit friends and relatives. This service based industry comprises of a number of tangible and intangible components. The tangible elements include transport, food and beverages, tours, souvenirs and accommodation, while the intangible elements involve education, culture, adventure or simply escape and relaxation. The Australian Bureau of Statistics also defines the tourism in dustry in terms of expenditure by visitors, as follows: The directly related (or Tourism Characteristic Industries) are: air and water transport, accommodation, cafes, and restaurants and food outlets, travel agency and tour-operated services,...
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| Description: | Tourism is the business of providing services to international and domestic visitors (whether on day or overnight trips)."Tourism"is defined broadly in the international standards to include visitors whose primary travel purpose includes business, convention/conference travel, are on government business, as well as the more familiar tourism for leisure/holiday and to visit friends and relatives.
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