Tourism involves individuals traveling to another country for at least twenty four 24 hours with the purpose of leisure or business. Further, tourism is associated with the following ideas: commercialized hospitality, democratized travel, and modern leisure activity. Mass tourism started after World War II through the industrialization of Western societies, rising standards of living, and reduction of the work year (Cohen, 1984). This rise in tourism from the West was also accompanied by longer paid vacation and innovations in travel services. Despite the process of democratizing travel and tourism, class differences still exist in terms of the chosen destination, motivation, and traveling style. Recently, a substantial number of tourists are traveling longer distances, either to developed or developing countries, due to more efficient and affordable transportation options (Sinclair & Stabler, 2002).
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