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The origin of the word “tourist” date back to 1292 AD. It has come from the word ‘tour’. A number of experts have defined the term:
“Tourists are the voluntary temporary travelers, traveling in the expectations of pleasure from the novelty and change experienced on a relatively and non-current round-trip”.
“Tourist is a person who makes a journey for the sake of curiosity for the fun of traveling”.

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Vietnam Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012 Report ( http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Vietnam-Tourism-Industry-Forecast-to-2012.html )  provides information about the growth of Vietnam’s tourism industry.

Since the opening of its economy to the world markets in the 1990s, Vietnam’s travel and tourism sector has experienced unprecedented growth. In 2008, the tourism industry generated more than US$ 4 Billion in tourism receipts, indicating the importance of tourism industry in Vietnam’s economy, says our report “Vietnam Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012″. Being a source as well as destination market, the Vietnamese tourism industry has grown nearly twice as fast as GDP in recent years.
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Tourism is one of the largest service sectors of Singapore. As of 2007, the tourism industry contributed 3% to Singapore’s GDP, and generated US$ 9.4 Billion in tourism receipts. This clearly shows the important role tourism industry plays in Singapore’s economy. To ensure that tourism remains a key economic pillar, a bold target, Tourism 2015, was unveiled in the year
2005. The major objectives of the initiative are to triple tourism receipts to US$ 30 Billion, doubling visitor arrivals to 17 Million, and creating an additional 100,000 jobs in the services sector by 2015, according to “Opportunities in Singapore Tourism Industry (2007-2009)”.

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Tourism is one of Ukraine fastest growing industries. Based on population density, the Ukrainian market is more than 50% larger than Hungary, Czech and Slovakia combined.Tourism has become one of the key factors driving the Ukrainian economy, generating approx. $ 4 billion in 2001, calculated in accordance with WTO (World Tourism Organization) methods. The State Tourism Administration reported that 5.8 million foreign tourists visited Ukraine in 2001, which represents a 31% growth compared with 2000. Overall in 2001, the State Border Control Service recorded nearly 11 million foreign arrivals in Ukraine. However, it should be noted that almost 75 percent of all foreign visitors arrived from Russia and other Newly Independent States.

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