Definition
The term tourism indicates all the heterogeneous activities and services referring to the temporary transfer of people from the habitual residence to other destinations for leisure, amusement, entertainment, culture, medical treatment, business, sport, and other purposes.
These people are called visitors (which may be either tourists or excursionists; residents or nonresidents), and tourism has to do with their activities, some of which imply tourism expenditure.
In 1936, the League of Nations defined a foreign tourist as “someone traveling abroad for at least twenty-four hours.” Its successor, the United Nations, amended this definition in 1945, by including a maximum stay of 6 months.
World Tourism
Tourism is a social, cultural, and economic phenomenon which is very important, and in some cases vital, for many countries.
Many researchers reckon it is a key driver of socioeconomic...
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Succurro, M. (2021). Tourism. In: Marciano, A., Ramello, G.B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Law and Economics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7883-6_481-2
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