旅游是在一定的社会经济条件下产生的一种社会经济现象.pptVIP

New Tourism English Sunny Unit One Introduction of tourism 1. Definition of Tourism: In 1991, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the Government of Canada held an important conference in Ottawa, Canada, which was attended by delegates from 90 countries as well as international organization. In this conference, tourism was defined as “the activities of a person traveling to a place outside his or her usual environment for less than a special period of time whose main purpose of travel is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the space visited.” Tourism is the sum of phenomena and relationships of society, culture and economy, which arises from the non-residential travel or temporary stay by the travelers. 旅游是在一定的社会经济条件下产生的一种社会经济现象,是人们不从事赚钱的活动而以游览.消遣等为主要目的所进行非定居的旅行而引起的一切现象和关系的总和. 2. Reasons for Travel 1.Throughout history, most travel was undertaken because of necessity--- not for pleasure. People traveled to satisfy basic needs for survival. 2. some traveled just for fun. 3. some people were motivated to travel just out of curiosity. 4. During the Middle Ages, people went on pilgrimages to holy cities and shrines. 5. travel for the purpose of conducting trade--- business travel--- has been going on for centuries. 6. Notions about cures for ailments of the body have also influenced travel. 7. Destinations of historic and cultural significance have attracted travelers through the ages. 3. Types of Tourism The classifications are generally made by regions, tourist resources, social features, tourist purposes etc According to the traveling regions there are international travel (tourist travel between two or more countries), internal travel (tourist travel within the same country of which the tourist is a resident. This is also called domestic tourism), around-the-world travel and interregional or interstate travel etc. In the form of organizing a tour or social features there are group tourism, family tour and independent tour