Tourism

        Tourism is related to travelling and travelling is a human character. Man needs change and travel provides the change.Travel has had a fascination for man. He has been travelling throughout the ages . In the past,travel was there but "tourism" was not there because travel at that time was not undertaken for the purpose of pleasure . their motive was not to seek holiday from routine work The basic concept of tourism 'pleasure at leisure time' was not there. When people learned to differentiate between work and leisure creates tourism. So tourism is the movement of the people at  leisure for the purpose of pleasure .
                          The word 'tourism' did not appear in English language until the early nineteenth country . The word was derived from Grench  'tourisme'. Theliteral meaning is 'the practice otouring or travelling'. It is a new concept and its significance was realised only recently . Tourism is the mos t recent and significant penomena of the modern times .
                                   It is difficult to describe tourism, as it is an experience rather than a tangible object. It is related with service. The dictionary defines the world 'tourism' as organizing touring or services for tourists. So the word tourism involves three basic elements: tour, tourist and to organize a business to provide  travel related services . Tourism in this sense is service industry operated to facilitate the tour for the tourist.