The International Tourist

A visitor whose length of stay in a country reaches or exceeds 24 hours, thus spending at least one night in the visited country, is classified as a tourist. If his length of stay in the country is less than 24 hours he is categorised as a same-day visitor.

International tourists are defined as temporary visitors staying at least 24 hours in a country whose motive for travel can be described as being either for:

leisure (pleasure, holidays, health, study, religion or sport); or for: business, family or work assignments.

CLASSIFICATION OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS

Notes:

Foreign air or ship crews docked or in layover and who use the accommodation establishments of the country visited.
Persons who arrive in a country abroad cruise ships (as defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO, 1965) and who spend the night abroad ship even when disembarking for one of more day visits.
Crews who are not residents of the country visited and who stay in the country for the day.
Visitors who arrive and leave the same day for: leisure, recreation and holidays; visiting friends and relatives; business and professional purposes; health treatment; religion/pilgrimages; and other tourism purposes, including transit day visitors en route or from their destination countries.
As defined by the United Nations in the Recommendations on Statistics of International Migration, 1980.
Who do not leave the transit area of the airport or the port, including transfer between airports and ports.
As defined by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1967.
When they travel from their country of origin to the duty station and vice versa

(including household servants and dependents accompanying or joining them).

Source: WTO.

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