Since I was invited to be a member and an adviser the Xu XiaKe Association, traveling has take on additional meaning to me. And it is not coincident, most of my travels have missions, purposes and objectives. It is laborious but rewarding. Fit well with the activities of Xu XiaKe, 17th century Chinese geographer and travel writer, who happened to be from my ancestry hometown, Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China.
I believe the world should treat the different kind of tour seriously, we should promote it, give it an clear entity, analyze it. So I hereby declare the new term, in the honor of Xu XiaKe, "Serious Tourism" and "Serious Tourist".
Serious Tourists travel to seek knowledge, enlightenment and innovation in order to better themselves and the world.
There, you have it.
Cultural Tourism, Medical Tourism, Eco-tourism, Volunteer Tourism, Heritage Tourism, Study abroad, explorations are typical examples of serious tourism.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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