A "tourist" is defined as a person who travels to and stays in places outside their usual environment for more than 24 hours but less than a year for leisure, business, or other purposes. A classic example of a leisure tourist would be a family from Ohio spending a week in Orlando to visit Disney World; they are consuming local services, staying in a hotel, and engaging in sightseeing. A business tourist example is a software engineer from London traveling to San Francisco for a three-day tech conference; while their primary goal is work, they are still a tourist because they are using local hospitality infrastructure. Other examples include medical tourists, such as someone traveling to South Korea for a specific surgery, or religious tourists (pilgrims) traveling to Mecca for the Hajj or the Vatican for Easter. In all these cases, the individual is a temporary visitor who does not intend to permanently settle or be employed by a resident entity in the destination. In 2026, the rise of "digital nomads" has blurred these lines, but generally, if your stay is temporary and for a specific non-residential purpose, you fit the example of a tourist.