Tourism science is a basic theory that supports tourism earth science. It is a discipline that studies tourist behaviour, the composition and distribution of the tourist market, the composition and valuation of tourism destinations and tourism facilities, and measures that support tourism activities to ensure the healthy and sustainable development of tourism. (See Tourism Earth Science).
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(2020). Tourism Science. In: Chen, A., Ng, Y., Zhang, E., Tian, M. (eds) Dictionary of Geotourism. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2538-0_2574
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