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Business tourism or business travel is a more limited and focused subset of regular tourism.〔〔 During business tourism (traveling), individuals are still working and being paid, but are doing so away from both their workplace and home.〔 Some definitions of tourism tend to exclude business travel.〔 However, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes".〔 Primary business tourism activities include meetings, and attending conferences and exhibitions.〔 Despite the term business in business tourism, when individuals from government or non-profit organizations engage in similar activities, this is still categorized as business tourism (travel).〔 ==Significance== Historically, business tourism, is in the form of traveling to, spending money and staying abroad, away for some time, has a history as long as that of international trade.〔 In late 20th century, business tourism is seen as a major industry.〔 According to the 1998 data from the British Tourist Authority and National Tourist Boards, business tourism accounted for about 14% of all trips to or within UK, and 15% of the tourist market within UK.〔 A 2005 estimate suggested that those numbers for UK may be closer to 30%.〔 Sharma (2004) cited a WTO estimated that business tourism accounts for 30% of international tourism, through its importance varies significantly between different countries.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Business tourism」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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