[Tagging] What tags to use on a scenic route?

Elizabeth Dodd edodd at billiau.net
Tue Oct 26 21:03:56 BST 2010


On Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:14:23 +0100
"Dave F." <davefox at madasafish.com> wrote:

> On 23/10/2010 13:36, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
> > I was astonished as well:
> > "Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes.
> > The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who
> > "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for
> > more than twenty-four (24) hours and not more than one consecutive
> > year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the
> > exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place
> > visited."[1]"
> 
> This is a quote from a WTO document; an organization that, by it's
> own admittance goes further than the usual definition to allow the 
> accountants to calculate the total income.
> 
> I'd rather stick with bodies whose purpose it is is to define the 
> meaning of words; such as the OED:
> 
> http://oxforddictionaries.com/view/entry/m_en_gb0873740#m_en_gb0873740
> 

The WTO definition is better for mapping purposes. Otherwise I have to
decide if a hotel is used by 'business' guests or 'holiday' guests.
These uses of a hotel do overlap.



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