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Please help improve the article or discuss these issues on the talk page. | With more than 36.5 million tourists a year, Italy is the fifth most visited country in the world, behind France (76.0 million), Spain (55.6 million), United States (49.4 million), and China (46.8). A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...
Ancient resorts Italy has some of the world's most ancient tourist resorts, dating back to the time of the Roman Republic, when destinations such as Pompeii, Naples Ischia, Capri and especially Baiae were popular with the rich of Roman society. This article refers to the state which existed from the 6th century BC to the 1st century BC. For alternate meanings, see Roman Republic (18th century) and Roman Republic (19th century). ...
For other uses, see Pompeii (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Naples (disambiguation). ...
The island of Ischia near Naples, Italy. ...
For other uses, see Capri (disambiguation). ...
Baiae (Italian: Baia), in the Campania region of Italy on the Bay of Naples, today a frazione of the comune of Bacoli, was for several hundred years a fashionable and luxurious coastal resort, especially towards the end of the period of the Roman Republic. ...
Popular destinations Rome, Venice, and Florence are the top three destinations for tourism in Italy. Other major tourist locations include Turin, Milan, Naples, Padua, Bologna, Perugia, Genoa, Sicily, Sardinia, and Cinque Terre. Two factors in each of these locations is history and geography. The Roman Empire, middle ages, and renaissance have left many cultural artifacts for the Italian tourist industry to use. Many northern cities are also able to use the Alps as an attraction for winter sports, while coastal southern cities have the Mediterranean Sea to draw tourists looking for sun. For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Venice (disambiguation). ...
This article is about the city in Italy. ...
For other uses, see Turin (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Milan (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Naples (disambiguation). ...
Padua, Italy, (Italian: IPA: , Latin: Patavium, Venetian: ) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, the economic and communications hub of the region. ...
For the food product, see Bologna sausage. ...
Location of Perugia in Italy Coordinates: , Country Region Province Province of Perugia Government - Mayor Renato Locchi Area - City 449 km² (1,165 sq mi) Elevation 493 m (1,617 ft) Population (July 2006)[1] - City 161,390 - Density 359/km² (929. ...
For other uses, see Genoa (disambiguation). ...
Sicily ( in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ...
For the place in the United States, see Sardinia, Ohio. ...
The Cinque Terre are five coastal villages in the province of La Spezia in the Liguria region of Italy. ...
For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ...
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A winter sport is a sport commonly played during winter, usually a sport played on snow or ice. ...
Mediterranean redirects here. ...
Italy is home to forty one UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country, including many entire cities such as Verona, Siena, Vicenza, San Gimignano, and Urbino. Ravenna hosts an unprecedented eight different internationally recognized sites. This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ...
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State...
This article is about the city in Italy. ...
Piazza del Campo Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. ...
Vicenza is a city in northern Italy, is the capital of the eponymous province in the Veneto region, at the northern base of the Monte Berico, straddling the Bacchiglione. ...
San Gimignano is a small walled medieval hilltop town in Tuscany, Italy, about a 35-minute drive northwest of Siena or southwest of Florence. ...
Panorama of Urbino with the cathedral and the palazzo ducale Urbino is a city in the Marche in Italy, southwest of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site with a great cultural history during the Renaissance as the seat of Federico da Montefeltro. ...
Province of Ravenna Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ...
See also For other uses, see Grand Tour (disambiguation). ...
External links | Tourism in Europe | | Sovereign states | Albania · Andorra · Armenia1 · Austria · Azerbaijan2 · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus1 · Czech Republic · Denmark · Estonia · Finland · France · Georgia2 · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Ireland · Italy · Kazakhstan2 · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Republic of Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Monaco · Montenegro · Netherlands · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia3 · San Marino · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey3 · Ukraine · United Kingdom (England · Scotland · Northern Ireland · Wales) · Vatican City | Dependencies, autonomies, and other territories | Abkhazia2 · Adjara1 · Akrotiri and Dhekelia · Åland · Azores · Crimea · Faroe Islands · Gagauzia · Gibraltar · Guernsey · Jan Mayen · Jersey · Kosovo · Man, Isle of · Madeira4 · Nagorno-Karabakh1 · Nakhchivan1 · South Ossetia2 · Svalbard · Transnistria · Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus1, 5 | 1 Entirely in Southwest Asia; included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 2 Partially or entirely in Asia, depending on the definition of the border between Europe and Asia. 3 Mostly in Asia. 4 Entirely in the African Plate, included here because of cultural, political and historical association with Europe. 5 Only recognised by Turkey. Tourist redirects here. ...
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Adventure tourism is a type of niche tourism involving exploration or travel to remote areas, where the traveler should expect the unexpected. ...
Two hikers in the Mount Hood National Forest Eagle Creek hiking Hiking is a form of walking, undertaken with the specific purpose of exploring and enjoying the scenery. ...
Many beautiful natural scenes are only accessible if one is willing to hike to get to them. ...
An open crevasse. ...
Agritourism is a style of vacation in which hospitality is offered on farms. ...
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A type of touring bicycle Bicycle touring is a leisure travel activity which involves touring, exploring or sightseeing by bicycle. ...
Bookstore tourism is a type of cultural tourism that promotes independent bookstores as a group travel destination. ...
Cultural tourism (or culture tourism) is the subset of tourism concerned with a country or regions culture, especially its arts. ...
Dark tourism or thanotourism is tourism involving travel to sites associated with death and suffering. ...
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Drug tourism is considered to be when one travels in order to procure narcotics. ...
Tapanti National Park in Costa Rica Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of tourism which appeals to the ecologically and socially conscious. ...
Extreme tourism or shock tourism is a type of niche tourism involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, etc. ...
Female sex tourism is travel by women, partially or fully for the purpose of having sex. ...
// With world travel market having undergone significant changes over the last few years a new type of tourist has emerged known as the Free Independent Traveler or Tourist (FIT). ...
Garden tourism is a type of niche tourism involving visits or travel to botanical gardens and places which are significant in the history of gardening. ...
The Hawai Mahal in Jaipur, Rajasthan. ...
Literary Tourism Literary Tourism is a type of cultural tourism that deals with places and events from fictional texts as well as the lives of their authors. ...
Medical tourism (also called medical travel or health tourism) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe to the rapidly-growing practice of traveling to another country to obtain health care. ...
Music tourism is the act of visiting a city or town in order to see a gig or festival. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Nudity in sport. ...
Neo Tourism is a term coined by the Korea tourism organization that comprehensively describes the newly changing trend of the tourism. ...
Pop-culture tourism is the act of traveling to locations featured in literature, film, music, or any other form of popular entertainment. ...
The term perpetual traveler (PT, permanent tourist or prior taxpayer) refers to both a lifestyle and a philosophy. ...
This article is about the religious or spiritual journey. ...
Sacred travel, or metaphysical tourism, is a growing niche of the travel market. ...
Map of Africa 1890 Look up safari in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Sex tourism is travel to engage in sexual intercourse or sexual activity with prostitutes, and is typically undertaken internationally by tourists from wealthier countries. ...
The curvature of Earth seen from orbit provides one of the main attractions for tourists paying to go into space Space tourism is the recent phenomenon of individuals paying for space travel, primarily for personal satisfaction. ...
There are many different definitions of sustainable tourism that have been developed over the last decade. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Virtual tour. ...
Volunteer vacations are an opportunity for people to make a positive difference in the lives of others or to help improve or contribute to society, culture, or the environment while on vacation. ...
Wine tourism refers to tourism whose purpose is or includes the tasting, consumption, or purchase of wine, often at or near the source. ...
Fort Denison in Sydney Harbour with the city skyline. ...
The term tourist apartheid was coined in the early 1990s after Cuba first opened up to foreign tourists. ...
Tourism in Dubai is an important part of the Dubai governments strategy to maintain the flow of foreign dollars into the emirate. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...
For other uses, see Asia (disambiguation). ...
Tourism in North Korea is highly controlled by the government. ...
The Gyeongbokgung palace, a major tourist attraction in Seoul. ...
For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...
NTO of Montenegro - Logo Tourism in Montenegro is in a rapid expansion. ...
Serbia is situated in 2 geographic and cultural parts of Europe: Central Europe- Pannonian plain, and Southeastern Europe- Balkan peninsula. ...
Tourism > Tourism in England Tourism plays a significant part in the economic life of England. ...
The ruins of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200,000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year [1]. Tourists from the United Kingdom make up the bulk of visitors to...
Wales is an emerging tourist destination, with 8,078,900 visitors to National Trust and Welsh Tourist Board destinations in 2002. ...
A gift shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs relating to a particular topic, often to simply provide evidence that the consumer has visited that location. ...
Lonely Planet logo Lonely Planet Publications (usually known as Lonely Planet or LP for short) claims to be the largest independently owned travel guidebook publisher in the world. ...
For Microsoft Corporationâs âuniversal loginâ service, formerly known as Microsoft Passport Network, see Windows Live ID. For other types of travel document, see Travel document. ...
The majority of shops in downtown Jackson, Wyoming cater to tourists. ...
A roadside attraction is a feature along the side of a road, that is frequently advertised with billboards to attract tourists. ...
Billboards are used to advertise the attractions Tourist trap is a phrase for any establishment or set of establishments that have been created to attract travelers or tourists and provide products for the tourist to purchase. ...
A Tour Guide is an occupation or vocation of someone who conducts tours usually within the tourism industry. ...
A travel agency is a business that sells travel related products and services, particularly package tours, to end-user customers on behalf of third party travel suppliers, such as airlines, hotels, tour companies, and cruise lines. ...
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For the Venetian Snares album, see Hospitality (album). ...
For other uses, see Hotel (disambiguation). ...
Not to be confused with hotel. ...
Hostelling Intl, Washington D.C. Hostelling International, formerly known as International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF), is the federation of more than 90 national youth hostel associations in more than 80 countries who run over 4,500 youth hostels and youth hotels around the world. ...
Hospitality Services are networks of people who exchange accommodation. ...
This is a list of vacation resorts in the world. ...
A package holiday or package tour consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor known as a tour operator. ...
World Tourism Organization Building in Madrid The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is a United Nations agency dealing with questions relating to tourism. ...
[1] It was at its third session (Torremolinos, Spain, September 1979), that the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) decided to institute, commencing in the year 1980, WORLD TOURISM DAY is to be commemorated on 27 September each year by appropriate events on themes selected by the General...
Hans Christian Andersen: A Poets Bazaar Julian Barnes: England, England T. C. Boyle: The Road to Wellville Agatha Christie: Death on the Nile Nicholas Christopher: A Trip to the Stars Stephen Clarke: A Year in the Merde E. M. Forster: Where Angels Fear to Tread and A Room with...
Tourism Geography (or the Geography of Tourism) is the study of travel and tourism as an industry, as a human activity, and especially as a place phenomenon. ...
The convergence of industries has forced people to create new terminology such as information technology, biotechnology, ubiquitous technology and even cultural technology to explain new, frequently talked about topics. ...
This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ...
NTO of Montenegro - Logo Tourism in Montenegro is in a rapid expansion. ...
Serbia is situated in 2 geographic and cultural parts of Europe: Central Europe- Pannonian plain, and Southeastern Europe- Balkan peninsula. ...
Tourism > Tourism in England Tourism plays a significant part in the economic life of England. ...
The ruins of Melrose Abbey, Scottish Borders Scotland is a well-developed tourist destination, with tourism generally being responsible for sustaining 200,000 jobs mainly in the service sector, with tourist spending averaging at £4bn per year [1]. Tourists from the United Kingdom make up the bulk of visitors to...
Wales is an emerging tourist destination, with 8,078,900 visitors to National Trust and Welsh Tourist Board destinations in 2002. ...
A dependent territory, dependent area or dependency is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a State. ...
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Types of administrative and/or political territories include: A legally administered territory, which is a non-sovereign geographic area that has come under the authority of another government. ...
Southwest Asia in most contexts. ...
The African plate, shown in pinkish-orange The African Plate is a tectonic plate covering the continent of Africa and extending westward to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. ...
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