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Travel
Travel is the transport of people on a trip/journey or the process or time involved in a person or object moving from one location to another. Reasons for travel include: * Tourism—travel for recreation. This may apply to the travel itself, or the travel may just be the necessary investment to arrive at a desired location.
Tourism Types of Tourism Adventure This tourism consisting of programmes and activities with a connotation of challenge, expeditions full of surprises, most often for adults, involving daring journeys and the unexpected. Pleasure This tourism consisting of programmes and activities developed to improve or balance the physical or spiritual condition of an individual or group of persons. Cultural This tourism consisting of programmes aimed at participants interested in learning the customs of a certain people or region. Research This tourism dealing with trips and expeditions for survey and/or study, developed by institutions or professionals interested in specific topics. Country This tourism which arose with the appreciation of culture and of rural activities of different Countries
Advantage of Tourism Many countries depend heavily upon foreigners traveling as a source of income. With more tourists, more people are needed to build the accommodation, work in the tourist industry, sell farm produce to the hotels, and build new roads, car-parks, hotels, cable railways and restaurants, plus other infrastructure, which all provide employment both during construction, and in their subsequent operation. This leads to the increasing of average standard of living and decreasing of unemployment. Also tourism helps in slowdown of rural depopulation. Disadvantage of Tourism Tt’s environmental damage: pollution, forest fires, destruction of sand dunes. Another aspect is cultural, as sometimes foreigners act with no respect to national traditions. |
