Q1: You go for a picnic in a beautiful place and return home in the evening. Is this “tourism” according to the definition?

No, this is not tourism. Tourism is defined as travel for leisure or educational purposes, with at least one night spent away from home.

Q2: You travel to another town in Jordan. You stay for a few days and visit a castle, an amusement park and some springs. What kind of tourism is this?

This is domestic tourism.

Q3: tourists travel for many different reasons. What are they?

a- they may just want to rest or have an enjoyable time away from the routine of home.

b- They may want to visit historical sites, museums and art galleries.

c- They may travel to attend sporting events, to see how other people live or to have a change of weather or climate.

Q4: When do people become more interested in tourism?

People become more interested in tourism when they have more money to spend and more leisure time.

Q5: Why has world travel increased rapidly since 1950s?

World travel has increased rapidly since 1950s because in the 1950s air travel became relatively cheap and so travel to other countries became possible for many more people.

Q6:

Domestic :native tourism:travel for pleasure routine :fixed way of doing thing

Sites:places leisure: spare time . relatively:comparatively

Increased: grew.

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