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Research and analysis: In tourism, research generally means collecting data - units of information - that can be put into statistical form, and the analysis means interpreting trends or deriving other meaning from the statistical figures.

Visa is a travel document that gives permission for a foreigner to enter, or in some cases to leave, another country. It is usually stamped in a traveller’s passport.

Infrastructure means the facilities such as airports, roads, water, electricity, and so on that are necessary before development of an area can take place.

Social tourism is recreational travel that is paid for wholly or in part by a government, a trade union or a similar organisation.

Even in countries where the tourist industry has less economic importance, there is a tourist bureau with official status.

A licence is a document giving permission to carry on a particular kind of activity.

Travel statistics, as important as they are to the tourist industry, should be considered estimates rather than accurate figures.