Tourism can be defined as an act of travel to a new or different location for business or for leisure. Technically, in a more detailed way we can say it involves travel for a minimum of 24 hours but lesser than a year, and the purpose can be leisure or for business. Tourism generally involves a round trip rather than travelling in a single direction, so the tourism industry encompasses all the elements that provide any kind of service to the tourists
Travel, on the other hand refers to the act from going from one place to another, whether it is for a longer distance or a short distance, or domestic and international. Travel is a term used for both round trips or even single journeys and it also covers many reasons for the travel. It is a broader industry which involves many aspects of the service sector catering to the demands and needs of the people who travel from one part to another part of the world.
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Difference between travel and tourism
Both the industries have services which are similar as the businesses which cater to tourists also cater to travelers but some points of difference do exist. The tourism industry deals with people travelling for business or leisure and staying at the destination place for at least a night and then return, whereas, travel industry has a better and wider scope as the motive and duration to travel could be different.
The different modes in the travel and tourism industry
Transport industry-It is a major industry falling under the umbrellas of both the travel and tourism sector, involving the movement of persons from a place to another. There are a lot of variations in this sector as travel can be done by rail, road, air or water based modes. First they will serve the means to move to a place and then movement within that place.
Airline Industry-People use this mode to travel to a destination and if need the flights can be chartered or scheduled too.
Car Rental-They provide car to move around for their customers. People use them to reach a destination and then go around that place.
Water Transport-Involves services for water based mode of travel by ferries, ocean liners, cruises or ships.
Railway – It provides rail services to customers travelling from one place to another.
