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This chapter introduces its readers to the concept of tourism. It also describes different aspects that together make up the tourism industry. Tourists travel to destinations that are accessible to them.In a developing city tourism is one of the major sectors of the economy, contributing to a large proportion to GDP and employment opportunities. Tourism is one of the fastest growing service industries in the country with great potentials for its further expansion and diversification. Tourism industry plays a major role in any country’s economic development. “The existing knowledge about the tourism impacts like the tourism industry itself is highly fragmented. Although there is complementarily between the elements of the tourist industry, the effects of tourism on each of these components are separate and differ widely”.