Domestic Tourism

Domestic travel only takes place within one country and is referred to as domestic tourism. Such a trip is referred to as a domestic vacation (British: domestic holiday or holiday at home). Domestic tourism contributes significantly to the overall tourism industry in big nations like China, India, Russia, Brazil, Canada, Australia, and the United States that have a low proficiency in foreign languages.

Although this should not be mistaken with the idea of a vacation in which one remains overnight at their own house, this may also be referred to as a staycation in British English, a combination of the words "stay" and "holiday". When the British media reported on the surge in domestic tourism during the Great Recession, when the weak pound made traveling abroad more expensive, the term "staycation" was first used to describe a home vacation in the late 2000s.