Who can be considered a tourist?

The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 500,000 people are in flight at any one time.



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A tourist is a person who is visiting a place for pleasure, especially when they are on holiday.

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Both refer to people who go to new places. However, a 'traveler' is a person who travels to different places. He/she may not go back to the previous place they were in. A 'tourist' is someone who moves to a new place temporarily in order to have fun and relax.

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Tourists prioritize cramming in as much as possible into a short amount of time, and every minute is planned. The more sights, the better. Travelers move at a slow pace, preferring to experience and learn, rather than merely see. The more time in one place, the better.

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Being called a tourist is more condescending than being called a traveler. The tourist has been distinguished as a sort of amateur traveler, and a traveler has been distinguished as more of an experienced tourist.

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Cohen (1972), a sociologist of tourism, classifies tourists into four types, based on the degree to which they seek familiarity and novelty: the drifter, the explorer, the individual mass tourist, and the organized mass tourist.

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A visitor (domestic, inbound or outbound) is classified as a tourist (or overnight visitor), if his/her trip includes an overnight stay in the country or place visited.

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Tourism is a short visit for vacation, for visiting family and friends, or for medical treatment.

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Try to blend in. Speak quietly and don't draw attention to yourself. Don't behave like a tourist, and be polite and courteous. You probably won't fool people thinking that you're European for long, but you can leave them with a good impression of yourself.

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Tourists prioritize cramming in as much as possible into a short amount of time, and every minute is planned. The more sights, the better. Travelers move at a slow pace, preferring to experience and learn, rather than merely see. The more time in one place, the better.

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  • Travel and Tourism.
  • Different Types of Tourism.
  • Domestic Tourism – Taking Holidays and Trips in your own country.
  • Inbound Tourism – Visitors from overseas coming into the country.
  • Outbound Tourism –Travelling to a different country for a visit or a.
  • Different Types of Travel.


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Tourism is a short visit for vacation, for visiting family and friends, or for medical treatment.

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