Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited." Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2010, there were over 940 million international tourist arrivals. It not only covers all the important topics that is required in a textbook, but also introduces the reader with latest developments and information. CONTENTS: Status of Tourism and Hospitality Industry; Revenue Managing in Hospitality Sector; Impact of Liberalisation in Hospitality Sector; Influencing Consumer Behaviour to Promote Sustainable Tourism; Leisure Tourism Management; Global Holidays Act; Tourism Shedule in Modern World.