Travel and Tourism one of the world's largest foreign exchange earner among industries, provides employment directly to millions of people worldwide and indirectly through many associated service industries. A very wide industry, it includes Government tourism departments, Immigration and customs services, travel agencies, airlines, tour operators, hotels etc and many associated service industries such as airline catering or laundry services, Guides, Interpreters, Tourism promotion and sales etc. Travel and Tourism enterprises include major internationals with a workforce of thousands, to the small private travel agent with a handful of employees.
My answer is not about two distinct elements "grounded tourism" and "traveling theory" if you pose as such, but if you ask a kind of "what is a grounded theory of tourism (and/or traveling), it is the qualitative method of grounded theory used to generate certain tourism (and/or traveling) issue.
International Tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling to, and staying in places outside their usual environment (Usually Abroad) for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes."International Tourism can be classified into the following types:Inbound International tourism: Non-residents traveling in the given country.Outbound International tourism: Residents traveling in another country.
Inbound tourism is the act of a person from a foreign country or territory traveling within your country and outbound tourism is the act of a citizen from your country traveling outside of the country to a foreign territory.
Cruise tourism is traveling for pleasure to various destinations by ship. Cruises are a great way to relax since there are a myriad of things to do on the ship itself when traveling.
Internal tourism means traveling within one's own country.
Recreational tourism is traveling for pleasure. People use various means for their journey such as automobiles, travel trailers, campers and boats for recreational travel.
Traveling is for work, health care, and to visit people for a short while. Tourism is when people rest away from work, have fun, and enjoy themselves for a long while.
Eco tourism, medical tourism (people traveling to different countries for medical procedures and enjoying the country on a vacation as well) and gaming.
Tourism involves residents of one country traveling within that country (involving two or more provinces)
Traveling to space for no "constructive" purpose, only to be there for "entertainment" purposes, as a tourist (as with any other tourism).
According to Encarta dictionary Tourism is the act of traveling to another place for pleasure, business or for a particular service.
Tourism is traveling for pleasure. Tourism is vital for many economies to function. For example, a small town on a Caribbean island most likely survives upon the travel and tourism seasons.