Why is residence of traveller and purpose of travel an important element in tourism????

Question

can you pls. elaborate some reasons..

Answer 1

Residence is important because of financial opportunities of traveller,his interests in different culture and distance between his home and destination,also the way and safety of travelling...Purpose of travel is important because there are different kinds of tourists:somebody is travelling because of the fun, job, getting know new cultures,and so on.For a destination it's important because of segmentation of tourist market, for example, if one destination have coasts, sun, beaches and nightlife, its segmentation will be a group of tourists which travels because of the fun,and so on...