introduction of Nature of Tourism

 Nature of Tourism 
        The nature of tourism is closely connected with travelling. It has been a human phenomenon since the beginning of human civilization. It is a sensitive factor of the human nature in the context of moving to survive, explore, and to know the unknown .In the early times, they stared travelling as nomads in search of prey and food. Later, the development of the agricultural system created a base of the movement of people as a traveler. Then the Output of industrial revolution made travelling prominent to various destinations. It made the travelers life style easier and safer to realize their tourism activities.

Thus, The modern tourism is absolutely changed due to complete development of over all sectors to tourism of tourism components and consciousness of the people. The nature of tourism is described in the following headline.


1. Tourism and service: Tourism is a service industry, which is composed of those sector of the economy that are involved in providing service, such as accommodation , food, beverage, transportation and recreation as well as distribution and sales service. Tourism industry has been taken as the term that denotes work, productively, employment income, economic growth, social development, etc. But it does not produce any commodity which can not be touched or taken home. Hence, tourism is hospitality industry and a bridge between people. It makes a valuable contribution to the words economy by employing more people than any other industry

2. Tourism is a contribution to the economy: Through tourism a great deal of income is generated in the economy in the form of domestic or international exchange. A large chunk of workforce gets employed in the Industry. It is also a major contributor to the public revenue. The nature too can be conserved owing to tourism. The natural resource of the economy can be tapped and the friendly relation with other countries can result in the benefit to the economy.

3. Tourism comprises of various industrial business: Tourism can be defined as the activities of the tourist and those who cater for them. Therefore, it is evident from the above definition that tourist alone are insufficient for the tourism industry. The existence of other components is equally crucial for the proper functioning of this industry. Hence, the co-existence of diverse business organizations makes this industry/decentralized industry or legitimate industry(an industry of industry).

4. Tourism product are highly perishable: The intangible product involved in tourism i.e. service is very short lived. It is not possible to store like tangible products. Hence, if the service is not rendered within a definite time frame, then the return tends to be zero, or even negative. Such lost revenue can never be recovered.

5. Tourism is related with sumptuousness: Tourism is an activity undertaken by the people during leisure for pleasure. Hence, tourism activities are almost non-existent among the low income group people with a low purchasing capacity. It is luxurious concept primarily associated with the affluent and high class people having higher purchasing power. Therefore, we normally find the rich countries mostly undertaking the tourism activities.

6. Tourism products are stationary: In tourism industry the attraction inspire the aspirations of the tourists. The attraction, such as the mountain, lakes, historical monuments, museum, theme and fun park, gorges, valleys, waterfalls, climate and seasons, flora and fauna, etc. are something which cannot be copied or limited by any other countries. At the same time they are immobile. A prospective tourist need to approach these beauties and not vice a versa.

7. Tourism is an incessant industry: There is no any horizon or end to the tourism activities. Creative minds can always come up with new ideas and creativity. In tourism industry there is non- stop movement of people and the incessant move give rise to more tourism activities.

8. Tourism is an inspiration to the motivation of life style: Tourism inspire the people to exchange the life style, technically, and scientifically, as it insists their desire to experience a changed and willingness to spend money and time. Tourism inspire the traveler to get new ides both positive and negative and aspire to adopt in one's own life.

9. Tourism helps to educating the mess: There exists a spontaneous process learning and exchange of ideas in this industry. The scope of exploration and discovery is very high among adventure tourist. Due to tourism there exists a respect for each others religious belief, cultural values, tradition, rites and rituals.