Importance of Tourism and Travels

Tourism is the act of spending time away from home for relaxation, recreation, for exploring or just for pleasure/fun.We have domestic tourism, Inbound tourism and Outbound tourism, there are also different types of travels like leisure travels (holidays), business travels (meetings, conferences) and also traveling to visit friends and relatives

The importance of Tourism and Travels are

It brings about economic growth and benefits the country in generating foreign currency.

It is also a source of income for the public and private sector and helps in providing employment opportunities for people.

Tourism and Travels also makes one exposed to the outside world by exploring and explaining the culture, art, beauty and history of a country thereby educating tourists

And lastly, a very big percentage of the revenue gotten from tourism is used to invest a lot in the infrastructure of the country.