As already identified in the study section overview, there are innumerable problems in identifying the tourism sector and incorporating all considerations in a single definition. The most intuitively logical definition is the one citied by Mathieson and Wall (1982) and, for the purposes of this module, this seems to be the most appropriate. They suggest that tourism activity relates to: ‘the temporary movement to destinations outside the normal home and workplace, the activities undertaken during the stay and the facilities created to cater for the needs of the tourist’.
-Tourism arises out of a movement of people to, and their stay in, various destinations
-The journey and the stay take place outside the normal place of residence and work, so that tourism gives rise to activities which are distinct from the resident and working populations of the places through and in which they travel and stay
- Destinations are visited for purposes other than taking up permanent residence or employment.