tourism industry
Vacation-based commerce
The tourism industry encompasses businesses and services that cater to travelers—hotels, airlines, restaurants, tour operators, travel agencies, and attractions.
The term treats tourism as an economic sector rather than a leisure activity: The tourism industry accounts for ten percent of global GDP.
Also called the travel industry or hospitality industry, though each emphasizes different segments.
- hotelsCommercial lodging establishments
- all-inclusive resortsPrepaid vacation properties with amenities
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- eco-lodgesSustainable tourism accommodations
- carbon footprintTotal greenhouse gases produced
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- Caribbean economicsforeign investment, GDP, trade deficit, economic growth, development
- MediterraneanMediterranean Sea, olive grove, olive tree, olive, Aegean Sea
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- Transition EconomiesPoland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria
- economicssupply and demand, inflation, GDP, GNP, gross domestic product
- SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich, Basel, Lausanne
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Factories making goods commercially
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Wealth through foreign sales
subsistence economy · local commerce · community services · import substitution · domestic consumption
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