Question

What is domestic tourism?
A) Tourism within the limits of a country.
B) Tourism outside the country boundaries.
C) Both A and B
D) None of these.

Answer 1

Hint: To visit at the places of Interest and to provide services like transport, hotel, entertainment ect is tourism. Tourism is one of the important sources of the economy of the country.
Tourism improves the income of the economy, provides thousands of jobs, enhances the infrastructures of a nation, and plants a sense of cultural interaction between foreigners and people.

Complete answer:
Tourism is classified into five categories, namely tourism, entertainment and leisure, fitness tourism, tourism or curative spa, cultural tourism, shopping tourism of an educational, social, or complex sort. There are three types of fundamental tourism: domestic tourism, inbound tourism, and outbound tourism.

Domestic tourism applies to a visitor's experiences within their country of origin and outside their home. Tourism is seen as a key tool for regional growth in many nations, as it promotes new economic activities. Tourism can have a positive economic effect on the balance of payments, wages, gross sales and production, but it can also have a negative impact particularly on the environment.

Tourism within the limits of a country: When a person travels within the parts of a country is called domestic tourism. For example- a person from Delhi going to Jammu and Kashmir or a person from Delhi travelling to a South city like Kerala.

Tourism outside the country boundaries: When a person travels from his own country to abroad or alien land is called International tourism. For example: a person travelling from India to Dubai or from India to Maldives etc.

Hence the correct answer is (Option A) as domestic tourism is referred to travelling within the boundary of a country not outside the country.

Note:
i) Indian tourism contributed around 6.8% of GDP during the year 2019.
ii) Taj Mahal stands as a No-1 tourist place in India.
iii) Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of domestic tourists in India, with over 535 million tourists visiting in 2019.