Q1
What is leisure tourism?
ATravel for vacations
BTravel only for business
CTravel only for education
DNo travel at all
SSCClass 9 (SSC)Geography (भूगोल)Ch 12 · Topic 1
Tourism
Tourism involves people travelling for leisure, business, or other purposes, significantly contributing to economic development and cultural
Core concept
Tourism can be classified by purpose, including leisure tourism (vacations), business tourism, and cultural or heritage tourism.
How it works
Tourism generates significant economic benefits, including employment, foreign exchange earnings, and infrastructure development in destination areas.
Why it matters
Tourism also facilitates cultural exchange, allowing people to learn about different cultures, traditions, and ways of life.
Key detail
Sustainable tourism practices are important to minimise negative environmental and cultural impacts while maximising tourism's benefits.
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• Tourism types: leisure, business, cultural/heritage.
• Generates economic benefits: employment, foreign exchange.
• Also infrastructure development.
• Tourism facilitates cultural exchange.
• People learn about different cultures.
• Also different traditions, ways of life.
• Sustainable tourism minimises negative impacts.
• It maximises tourism's benefits.