Introduction to tourism

WHAT IS TOURISM?

TOURISM - a temporary short term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work.

CHARACTERISTICS OF TOURISM

1. The product is not brought to the consumer,rather the consumer has to travel and go  to the product to  purchase it.
2. The products of tourism is not used up, thus they do not exhaust the country's natural resources
3. The tourism is a labor intensive industry, it requires more manpower than other industries 
4. Tourism is people oriented, its primary concerned with people.
5. Tourism is a multi-dimensional phenomenon
6. Tourism is seasonal
7. Tourism industry is dynamic, it is characterized by the changing ideas and attitudes of its customers