Business Tourism

Business travel and tourism are more constrained and targeted subsets of general tourism. While engaged in business tourism, people continue to work and receive compensation while they are away from both their place of employment and their place of residence. Meetings, attending conferences and fairs, and other business-related travel activities are common. Even if the phrase "business tourism" refers to such travel, it is nevertheless considered such travel when representatives of governmental or nonprofit organizations partake in comparable activities (travel).

There are primary and secondary activities in business tourism. The majority of them are tied to business (work), and they include things like consulting, inspections, and attending meetings. Secondary ones pertain to tourism (leisure) and include things like going out to eat, having fun, shopping, seeing the sites, getting together with friends for leisure activities, and so forth. Even though the primary ones are frequently considered to be more significant, the secondary ones are frequently referred to be "substantial". Individual and small-group travel as well as meetings such as conventions, conferences, trade shows, and exhibitions are all examples of business tourism. In the US, attending a sizable meeting of some kind accounts for nearly half of business travel. Most tourist facilities, such as airports, restaurants and hotels, are shared between leisure and business tourists, through a seasonal difference is often apparent (for example, business tourism may use those facilities during times less attractive for leisure tourists, such as when the weather conditions are less attractive).