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There are so many Various Types of Tourism, including: tourism based on geography, tourism based on its influence on the balance of payments, tourism according to tourism reasons/destinations, tourism according to time of visit, tourism based on its object, tourism according to the number of people traveling. 1. Tourism Based On Geography Local Tourism. Tourism which has a relatively narrow scope and limited certain places. For example : Bandung City, DKI Jakarta, and other cities. Regional Tourism. Tourism that develops in a place or area with wider scope when compared to local tourism, but more narrow when compared to national tourism. For example North Sumatra, Bali, and others. 2. T ourism Based On Its Influence On The Balance Of Payments In Tourism or Active Tourism. Tourism activities are characterized by the phenomenon of the entry of foreign tourists to a particular country. It is said to be active tourism because with the inf...

A.  Definition of Tourism Some experts expressed their opinions about the definition of tourism and they have a different opinions. Below is a definition of tourism according to experts : 1. Prof. Salah Wahab (1975) Prof. Salah Wahab assume that Tourism is a new type of industry that is capable of accelerating economic growth and providing employment, increasing income, living standards and stimulating other productive sectors. Furthermore, as a complex sector, tourism also realizes classic industries such as handicraft and souvenir industries, lodging and transportation. 2. Mathieson and Wall (1982) Defining tourism as a series of activities in the form of temporary movement of people to a destination outside of their usual place of residence or workplace, activities carried out during their stay at the destination, and the facilities provided to meet their needs both on and off destination location. 3. Burkart and Medlik (1987) Tourism...