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Statistics Book 2007.pdf - Kerala Tourism

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2. INTERNATIONAL DEFINITIONS<br />

<strong>Tourism</strong>: The activities of persons travelling to and in places outside their usual environment, for not<br />

more than one consecutive year, for leisure, business and other purposes.<br />

Domestic <strong>Tourism</strong>: Residents of a given country traveling only within that country.<br />

Inbound <strong>Tourism</strong>: In relation to a given country non-residents travelling to that country.<br />

Outbound <strong>Tourism</strong>: In relation to a given country, residents travelling to another country.<br />

Internal <strong>Tourism</strong>: Domestic and Inbound <strong>Tourism</strong>.<br />

National <strong>Tourism</strong>: Domestic and Outbound <strong>Tourism</strong>.<br />

International <strong>Tourism</strong>: Inbound and Outbound <strong>Tourism</strong>.<br />

Visitors: All type of travelers engaged in tourism are described as Visitors, and as such the term represents<br />

the basic concept for the whole system of tourism statistics.<br />

International Visitors : Any person who travels to a country other than that in which is his/her usual<br />

residence, but outside his/her usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months, and whose<br />

main purpose of visit is other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the country<br />

visited.<br />

INTERNATIONAL VISITORS INCLUDE:<br />

_ Tourists (overnight visitors): Visitors who stay at least one night in a collective or private accommodation<br />

in the country visited.<br />

_ Same Day Visitors: Visitors who do not spend a night in a collective or private accommodation in the<br />

country visited. This definition includes passengers of cruise ships who return to the ship every night to<br />

sleep on board even though the ship remains in port for several days. Also included in this group are, by<br />

extension, owners or passengers of yachts, and passengers on a group tour accommodated in a train.<br />

Domestic Visitors: Any person residing in a country who travels to a place within the country, outside<br />

his/her usual environment for a period not exceeding 12 months, and whose main purpose of visit is<br />

other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.<br />

DOMESTIC VISITORS INCLUDE:<br />

Tourists (overnight visitors): Visitors who stay at least one night in a collective or private accommodation<br />

in the place visited.<br />

Same Day Visitors: Visitors who do not spend one night in a collective or private accommodation in the<br />

place visited.<br />

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