Tourism in Context

Introduction
This essay aims to highlight the main political, economic, social and technological factors, which have aided in the growth of modern tourism from 1945 to the present day. It will also aim to show which of these has been the most important in the aiding and why.

Definition of Tourism
"The derivation of the word "tourism" originated from a combination of the Latin tornare and the Greek tornos, which mean a lathe or circle. In modern English, with the suffix -ism (an action or process), the meaning of the word tourism became the action of movement in a circle. We can imagine a round-trip from this meaning: one leaves home for a particular destination, then returns home again. Likewise, by adding the suffix -IST (a person who performs an action), we can derive the word "tourist", the person who takes such a trip.
Although the general meaning of the word tourism is known by all, defining tourism precisely is not an easy task. Many scholars have......

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Title: Tourism History
Approximate Word Count: 1748
Approximate Pages: 7 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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