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Inbound tourism

Meaning in tourism & hospitality, with examples

nounCommon term

In tourism & hospitality, inbound tourism means: Visits outside their usual environment to a country by people who normally live in another country.

In Turkish: ülkeye gelen turizm

How it is used

Tourism statistics use residence rather than passport nationality; state the reference country. Relocation and regular cross-border commuting are not tourism.

Example sentences

  1. From Turkey's perspective, holiday visits by people living in Germany count as inbound tourism.

    The classification depends on where visitors usually live, not their citizenship.

  2. The agency expanded its language support as inbound tourism from new markets increased.

    Visitors arriving from abroad create a need for additional language services.

Common collocations

  • inbound tourism market
  • inbound tourism demand
  • travel agencyA business that sells holidays, tours, tickets and hotel stays to travellers, often earning a commission from suppliers.
  • DMCShort for destination management company: a local company that organises transfers, tours, events and hotels for groups coming from abroad.

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