Unit 1: Introduction to Tourism provides a foundational understanding of what tourism is, the NCERT solutions help students grasp these topics through simple answers and examples.
Introduction to Tourism Class 9 Unit 1 NCERT Solutions
Q. What do you understand by tourism?
Answer: The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UN-WTO) has defined tourism as “It comprises the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.”
Q. What is the difference between a tourist and an excursionist?
Answer: Tourists are temporary visitors staying at least twenty-four hours but not more than one year in the country visited. Excursionists are also temporary visitors staying less than twenty-four hours in the country visited (including travellers on cruises).
Q. Differentiate between inbound and outbound tourists.
Answer: As an Indian, if one travels abroad to another country, then he/she is a part of outbound tourism activity. For example, a resident of Mumbai who visits New York is participating in outbound tourism of India, popularly known as outbound tourism. While a tourist from another country visiting India is participating in the inbound tourism activity of India. For example, a resident of Melbourne who visits Bangalore is participating in inbound tourism of India, popularly known as inbound tourism.
Q. What do you understand by VFR?
Answer: A birth, wedding, or even a funeral in the family and extended family means going on a trip. The commonly used terminology here is VFR (Visiting Friends and Relatives).
Q. What are the A’s of tourism?
Answer: Components, in layman’s terms, refer to the mechanism with the help of which the machinery of tourism works. These components of tourism are commonly referred to as the A’s of tourism, at times the 4 A’s of tourism.
- Attraction: It refers to the features of a destination that pull or attract tourists to a destination and is commonly known as tourist attractions.
- Accessibility: A destination can be a pleasant hill station climate with ancient monuments and ruins.
- Accommodation: This refers to the place of stay and rest for the tourists.
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