Understanding Tourism: Reasons for Travel

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What is the term used for the activities that people do for fun, such as hiking, canoeing, and scuba diving?

  • Health
  • Business
  • Leisure (correct)
  • Religion

Why might people undertake journeys to places with special religious significance?

  • To get medical attention not available at home
  • To attend conferences or workshops
  • For leisure and recreation
  • To make pilgrimages (correct)

What is the main reason behind business travelers needing to travel?

  • To get medical treatments
  • To meet colleagues or attend conferences (correct)
  • For leisure activities
  • For religious pilgrimages

What do health tourists travel for?

<p>To receive treatments or medical attention not available at home (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes tourism?

<p>Traveling for leisure, religion, business, or health purposes (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Leisure and recreation are the only reasons why people travel.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

All health tourists travel for medical treatments unavailable in their home country.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Tourism involves people traveling between different villages but not countries.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Religious journeys are the only types of travel undertaken for spiritual reasons.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Business travelers may need to attend conferences or workshops in addition to conducting business in other locations.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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