Types of tourism

The tourist typology is increasingly complex. Originally, however, it was limited to seasonal tourism, seaside, religious, urban and rural. The increasing complexity of the company's operation led to an extraordinary diversification of the tourist offer. The variety of available spaces, enhanced mobility, the multiplicity of means of communication and transportation, the proliferation of forms of leisure, the widest range of user categories lead to numerous vacation packages.

• The classic tourism
Built on a reputation that dates back to the nineteenth century, consolidated until the eve of World War II, the classic tourism owes much of its profile to landscape choice of the aristocracy and the bourgeoisie and the practices inaugurated in prestigious resorts.

The lover of popular tourism, seeking model and eager to fulfill a dream, was quick to visit the highlights enshrined in the worldly life. He wished also find at least part of that atmosphere.
The classic tourism relies on the hotel and catering trade, prices differentiated according to the level of life of clients. It accommodates however the rental of furnished apartments, sometimes in association with the hotel-restaurant in the country visited. It comes with amenities that enhance scenic points, panoramas, archaeological, ethnological and historical. It is based on a festive life, folklore events, sports activities.

Centered on the long hydrotherapy, the sea and the mountain, it has adapted to the demands of new generations: the annual extension of the bathing season and the arrival of large flows accentuated the fun part of the premises of Home. In Japan, for example, the change is significant in this respect: between the two world wars, train connections help transform stations near large urban areas into veritable leisure centers