Cultural heritage tourism or just heritage tourism or diaspora tourism

DefinitionsEdit

In 1936, the League of Nations defined aforeign tourist as "someone traveling abroad for at least twenty-four hours". Its successor, the United Nations, amended this definition in 1945, by including a maximum stay of six months.[19]

In 1941, Hunziker and Kraft defined tourism as "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents, insofar as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected with any earning activity."[20][21] In 1976, the Tourism Society of England's definition was: "Tourism is the temporary, short-term movement of people todestinations outside the places where they normally live and work and their activities during the stay at each destination. It includes movements for all purposes."[22] In 1981, the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism defined tourism in terms of particular activities chosen and undertaken outside the home.[23]

In 1994, the United Nations identified three forms of tourism in its Recommendations on Tourism Statistics:[24]

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  Domestic tourism, involving residents of the given country traveling only within this country
  
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  Inbound tourism,[25] involving non-residents traveling in the given country
  
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  Outbound tourism, involving residents traveling in another country
  

The terms tourism and travel are sometimes used interchangeably. In this context, travel has a similar definition to tourism but implies a more purposeful journey. The terms tourismand tourist are sometimes used pejoratively, to imply a shallow interest in the cultures or locations visited. By contrast, traveler is often used as a sign of distinction. The sociology of tourism has studied the cultural values underpinning these distinctions and their implications for class relations.[26]

Total volume of cross-border tourist travelEdit

International tourist arrivals reached 1.035 billion in 2012, up from over 996 million in 2011, and 952 million in 2010.[7] In 2011 and 2012, international travel demand continued to recover from the losses resulting from thelate-2000s recession, where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the end of 2009. After a 5% increase in the first half of 2008, growth in international tourist arrivals moved into negative territory in the second half of 2008, and ended up only 2% for the year, compared to a 7% increase in 2007.[4] The negative trend intensified during 2009, exacerbated in some countries due to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, resulting in a worldwide decline of 4.2% in 2009 to 880 million international tourists arrivals, and a 5.7% decline in international tourism receipts.[5]

World's top tourism destinationsEdit

Main article: World Tourism rankings

The World Tourism Organization reports the following ten destinations as the most visited in terms of the number of international travelers in 2018.[27]

Rank	Country	UNWTO Region[28]	International tourist arrivals (2018) [27]
1	France	Europe	89 million
2	Spain	Europe	83 million
3	United States	North America	80 million
4	China	Asia	63 million
5	Italy	Europe	62 million
6	Turkey	Europe	46 million
7	Mexico	North America	41 million
8	Germany	Europe	39 million
9	Thailand	Asia	38 million
10	United Kingdom	Europe	36 million

International tourism receipts

The World Tourism Organization reports that international tourism receipts were US$1.7 trillion in 2018, an increase in real terms of 4% over 2017.[29] The top ten tourism earners in 2018 were:

Rank	Country/Area	UNWTO Region [28]	International tourism receipts (2018)[27]
1	United States	North America	$214 billion
2	Spain	Europe	$74 billion
3	France	Europe	$67 billion
4	Thailand	Asia	$63 billion
5	United Kingdom	Europe	$52 billion
6	Italy	Europe	$49 billion
7	Australia	Asia-Pacific	$45 billion
8	Germany	Europe	$43 billion
9	Japan	Asia	$41 billion
10	China	Asia	$40 billion