Domestic tourism is tourism involving residents of one country traveling only within that country. Such a vacation is known as a domestic vacation (British: domestic holiday or holiday at home). For large countries with limited skill in foreign languages, for example Russia, Brazil, Canada, Australia, United States, China and India, domestic tourism plays a very large role in the total tourism sector.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic tourism increased significantly, as countries closed their airports to minimize the spread of COVID-19. Jobs and businesses were lost as a result of the general decline of tourism.
In British English this may also be called a staycation, a portmanteau of "stay" and "vacation", although this is not to be confused the concept of a vacation in which one stays overnight at their own home. The use of the term "staycation" to refer to a domestic holiday was popularized in the late 2000s by its use in the British media in their reporting of the increase in such tourism during the Great Recession when the weakness in the pound made travel abroad more expensive.
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References
- "Recommendations on Tourism Statistics" (PDF). Statistical Papers United Nations (83): 5. 1994. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
- Stacey, Jane (December 14, 2020). "Rebuilding tourism for the future: COVID-19 policy responses and recovery". OECD. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023.
- "Rallying call for UK 'staycation'". BBC News. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- "UK holidaymakers opt for a 'staycation' in the Britain". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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