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- Socrates
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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. As Prime Minister, Churchill led Britain to victory in the Second World War. Churchill represented five constituencies during his career as Member of Parliament (MP). Ideologically an economic liberal and British imperialist, he began and ended his parliamentary career as a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955, but for twenty years from 1904 he was a prominent member of the Liberal Party.
Of mixed English and American parentage, Churchill was born in Oxfordshire to an aristocratic family. Joining the British Army, he saw action in British India, the Anglo–Sudan War, and the Second Boer War, gaining fame as a war correspondent and writing books about his campaigns. Elected an MP in 1900, initially as a Conservative, he defected to the Liberals in 1904. In H. H. Asquith's Liberal government, Churchill served as President of the Board of Trade, Home Secretary, and First Lord of the Admiralty, championing prison reform and workers' social security. During the First World War, he oversaw the Gallipoli Campaign; after it proved a disaster, he resigned from government and served in the Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front. In 1917 he returned to government under David Lloyd George as Minister of Munitions, and was subsequently Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for Air, then Secretary of State for the Colonies. After two years out of Parliament, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Stanley Baldwin's Conservative government, returning the pound sterling in 1925 to the gold standard at its pre-war parity, a move widely seen as creating deflationary pressure on the UK economy.
Out of office during the 1930s, Churchill took the lead in calling for British rearmament to counter the growing threat from Nazi Germany. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was re-appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Following Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's resignation in 1940, Churchill replaced him. Churchill oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort, resulting in victory in 1945. His wartime leadership has been widely praised; however, several of his decisions have proved controversial. After the Conservatives' defeat in the 1945 general election, he became Leader of the Opposition. Amid the developing Cold War with the Soviet Union, he publicly warned of an iron curtain of Soviet influence in Europe and promoted European unity. He was elected prime minister in the 1951 election. His second term was preoccupied with foreign affairs, including the Malayan Emergency, Mau Mau Uprising, Korean War and a UK-backed Iranian coup. Domestically his government emphasised house-building and developed an atomic bomb. In declining health, Churchill resigned as prime minister in 1955, although he remained an MP until 1964. Upon his death in 1965, he was given a state funeral.
Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK and Western world, where he is seen as a victorious wartime leader who played an important role in defending liberal democracy from the spread of fascism. Also praised as a social reformer and writer, among his many awards was the Nobel Prize in Literature. In more recent years however, his imperialist views and comments on race, as well as his sanctioning of human rights abuses in the suppression of anti-imperialist movements seeking independence from the British Empire, have generated considerable controversy.
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00:01:58 1 Etymology
00:02:27 2 Significance of tourism
00:04:08 3 Definitions
00:06:32 4 World tourism statistics and rankings
00:06:44 4.1 Total volume of cross-border tourist travel
00:08:09 4.2 World's top tourism destinations
00:08:31 4.3 International tourism receipts
00:09:03 4.4 International tourism expenditure
00:09:24 4.5 Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking
00:09:45 4.6 World Travel and Tourism Council
00:09:56 5 History
00:10:05 5.1 Antiquity
00:11:08 5.2 Middle Ages
00:12:14 5.3 Grand Tour
00:15:25 5.4 Emergence of leisure travel
00:18:39 6 Cruise shipping
00:19:19 7 Modern day tourism
00:19:43 7.1 Mass tourism
00:21:58 7.2 Niche tourism
00:22:46 7.3 Winter tourism
00:24:58 8 Recent developments
00:27:29 8.1 Sustainable tourism
00:30:46 8.2 Textile tourism
00:31:14 8.3 Ecotourism
00:32:10 8.4 Movie tourism
00:32:48 8.5 Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico
00:36:47 8.6 Volunteer tourism
00:38:42 8.7 Pro-poor tourism
00:39:44 8.8 Recession tourism
00:40:35 8.9 Medical tourism
00:41:11 8.10 Educational tourism
00:41:51 8.11 Event tourism
00:43:07 8.12 Creative tourism
00:45:23 8.13 Experiential tourism
00:46:05 8.14 Dark tourism
00:48:13 8.15 Social tourism
00:49:08 8.16 Doom tourism
00:50:21 8.17 Religious tourism
00:51:04 8.18 Tourism fatigue
00:51:24 9 Growth
00:52:47 9.1 Space tourism
00:53:15 9.2 Sports tourism
00:53:46 9.3 Latest trends
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments.
Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2005, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Tourist industry | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:35 1 Etymology
00:02:01 2 Significance of tourism
00:03:22 3 Definitions
00:05:20 4 Tourism Divide by UNWTO
00:06:34 5 World tourism statistics and rankings
00:06:45 5.1 Total volume of cross-border tourist travel
00:07:54 5.2 World’s top tourism destinations
00:08:13 5.3 International tourism receipts
00:08:40 5.4 International tourism expenditure
00:08:58 5.5 Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking
00:09:17 5.6 World Travel & Tourism Council
00:09:19 6 History
00:09:28 6.1 Antiquity
00:10:19 6.2 Middle Ages
00:11:13 6.3 Grand Tour
00:13:47 6.4 Emergence of leisure travel
00:16:23 7 Cruise shipping
00:16:57 8 Modern day tourism
00:17:17 8.1 Mass tourism
00:19:06 8.2 Niche tourism
00:19:46 8.3 Winter tourism
00:21:35 9 Recent developments
00:23:38 9.1 Sustainable tourism
00:26:16 9.2 Ecotourism
00:27:01 9.3 Movie tourism
00:27:33 9.4 Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico
00:30:52 9.5 Volunteer tourism
00:32:22 9.6 Pro-poor tourism
00:33:13 9.7 Recession tourism
00:33:55 9.8 Medical tourism
00:34:25 9.9 Educational tourism
00:35:00 9.10 Event tourism
00:36:00 9.11 Creative tourism
00:37:48 9.12 Experiential tourism
00:38:22 9.13 Dark tourism
00:40:07 9.14 Social tourism
00:40:53 9.15 Doom tourism
00:41:53 9.16 Religious tourism
00:42:28 9.17 Tourism fatigue
00:42:46 10 Growth
00:43:54 10.1 Space tourism
00:44:16 10.2 Sports tourism
00:44:43 10.3 Latest trends
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Speaking Rate: 0.8940995792444373
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments.
Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Tourism | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:57 1 Etymology
00:02:25 2 Significance of tourism
00:04:05 3 Definitions
00:06:25 4 Tourism Divide by UNWTO
00:07:50 5 World tourism statistics and rankings
00:08:02 5.1 Total volume of cross-border tourist travel
00:09:25 5.2 World’s top tourism destinations
00:09:47 5.3 International tourism receipts
00:10:19 5.4 International tourism expenditure
00:10:40 5.5 Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking
00:11:01 5.6 World Travel & Tourism Council
00:11:04 6 History
00:11:13 6.1 Antiquity
00:12:14 6.2 Middle Ages
00:13:17 6.3 Grand Tour
00:16:25 6.4 Emergence of leisure travel
00:19:37 7 Cruise shipping
00:20:17 8 Modern day tourism
00:20:40 8.1 Mass tourism
00:22:53 8.2 Niche tourism
00:23:39 8.3 Winter tourism
00:25:50 9 Recent developments
00:28:18 9.1 Sustainable tourism
00:31:29 9.2 Ecotourism
00:32:23 9.3 Movie tourism
00:33:00 9.4 Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico
00:37:01 9.5 Volunteer tourism
00:38:50 9.6 Pro-poor tourism
00:39:52 9.7 Recession tourism
00:40:42 9.8 Medical tourism
00:41:17 9.9 Educational tourism
00:41:56 9.10 Event tourism
00:43:09 9.11 Creative tourism
00:45:19 9.12 Experiential tourism
00:45:58 9.13 Dark tourism
00:48:02 9.14 Social tourism
00:48:56 9.15 Doom tourism
00:50:08 9.16 Religious tourism
00:50:50 9.17 Tourism fatigue
00:51:09 10 Growth
00:52:30 10.1 Space tourism
00:52:56 10.2 Sports tourism
00:53:28 10.3 Latest trends
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I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments.
Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace | Audiobook with subtitles
0:18 | Chapter 01
8:52 | Chapter 02
22:10 | Chapter 03
36:23 | Chapter 04
45:06 | Chapter 05
55:10 | Chapter 06
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1:15:00 | Chapter 08
1:24:43 | Chapter 09
1:34:44 | Chapter 10
1:45:28 | Chapter 11
1:52:54 | Chapter 12
2:04:54 | Chapter 13
2:17:19 | Chapter 14
2:25:44 | Chapter 15
2:33:52 | Chapter 16
2:41:20 | Chapter 17
2:52:27 | Chapter 18
2:58:42 | Chapter 19
3:07:36 | Chapter 20
3:18:32 | Chapter 21
3:23:54 | Chapter 22
3:32:02 | Chapter 23
3:40:31 | Chapter 24
3:48:20 | Chapter 25
3:55:55 | Chapter 26
4:00:03 | Chapter 27
4:12:16 | Chapter 28
4:27:17 | Chapter 29
4:42:16 | Chapter 30
4:52:58 | Chapter 31
5:04:56 | Chapter 32
5:14:25 | Chapter 33
5:24:42 | Chapter 34
5:34:53 | Chapter 35
5:43:47 | Chapter 36
5:49:46 | Chapter 37
6:00:42 | Chapter 38
6:13:50 | Chapter 39
6:24:09 | Chapter 40
6:31:15 | Chapter 41
The Angel of Terror
Edgar WALLACE
When this was written, literary traditions still decreed beauty to be the outward sign of inner saintliness, whereas evil characters tended to be “ugly as sin.” Jean Briggerland defies these expectations by being every bit as angelically beautiful as she is sociopathic. So lovely that all around her are blinded to her guilt no matter how blatant her crimes, only Jack Glover, best friend and lawyer of her most recent victim, is aware of her true nature. Can he stop her crime spree and bring her to justice before she murders her way to wealth and happiness? He really, really shouldn’t count on it. Despite the book’s outrageously implausible plot, it nevertheless manages to keep one in suspense from first page to last. Advisory: Antiquated attitudes and occasional profanity will add unintentional humor to the charms of the story for some listeners but might offend others. (Summary by Lee Elliot)
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Today, tourism is a major source of income for many countries, and affects the economy of both the source and host countries, in some cases being of vital importance.Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Tourism | Wikipedia audio article
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Tourism
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Today, tourism is a major source of income for many countries, and affects the economy of both the source and host countries, in some cases being of vital importance.Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Tourism | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:45 1 Etymology
00:02:12 2 Significance of tourism
00:03:41 3 Definitions
00:05:48 4 World tourism statistics and rankings
00:05:59 4.1 Total volume of cross-border tourist travel
00:07:15 4.2 World's top tourism destinations
00:07:35 4.3 International tourism receipts
00:08:03 4.4 International tourism expenditure
00:08:22 4.5 Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking
00:08:41 4.6 World Travel & Tourism Council
00:08:44 5 History
00:08:52 5.1 Antiquity
00:09:48 5.2 Middle Ages
00:10:46 5.3 Grand Tour
00:13:35 5.4 Emergence of leisure travel
00:16:28 6 Cruise shipping
00:17:04 7 Modern day tourism
00:17:25 7.1 Mass tourism
00:19:25 7.2 Niche tourism
00:20:08 7.3 Winter tourism
00:22:07 8 Recent developments
00:24:21 8.1 Sustainable tourism
00:27:14 8.2 Ecotourism
00:28:04 8.3 Movie tourism
00:28:37 8.4 Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico
00:32:15 8.5 Volunteer tourism
00:33:56 8.6 Pro-poor tourism
00:34:52 8.7 Recession tourism
00:35:37 8.8 Medical tourism
00:36:09 8.9 Educational tourism
00:36:46 8.10 Event tourism
00:37:51 8.11 Creative tourism
00:39:50 8.12 Experiential tourism
00:40:28 8.13 Dark tourism
00:42:21 8.14 Social tourism
00:43:11 8.15 Doom tourism
00:44:17 8.16 Religious tourism
00:44:54 8.17 Tourism fatigue
00:45:12 9 Growth
00:46:26 9.1 Space tourism
00:46:50 9.2 Sports tourism
00:47:19 9.3 Latest trends
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Speaking Rate: 0.8067619630893889
Voice name: en-AU-Wavenet-D
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
=======
Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments.
Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2005, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
Tourism | Wikipedia audio article
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Tourism
00:01:50 1 Etymology
00:02:15 2 Significance of tourism
00:03:43 3 Definitions
00:05:44 4 Tourism Divide by UNWTO
00:06:59 5 World tourism statistics and rankings
00:07:10 5.1 Total volume of cross-border tourist travel
00:08:23 5.2 World’s top tourism destinations
00:08:43 5.3 International tourism receipts
00:09:12 5.4 International tourism expenditure
00:09:31 5.5 MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index
00:09:59 5.6 Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking
00:10:18 5.7 World Travel & Tourism Council
00:10:21 6 History
00:10:30 6.1 Antiquity
00:11:23 6.2 Middle Ages
00:12:19 6.3 Grand Tour
00:15:01 6.4 Emergence of leisure travel
00:17:45 7 Cruise shipping
00:18:20 8 Modern day tourism
00:18:40 8.1 Mass tourism
00:20:34 8.2 Niche tourism
00:21:15 8.3 Winter tourism
00:23:08 9 Recent developments
00:25:16 9.1 Sustainable tourism
00:28:01 9.2 Ecotourism
00:28:48 9.3 Movie tourism
00:29:21 9.4 Dizionario del Turismo Cinematografico
00:32:50 9.5 Volunteer tourism
00:34:25 9.6 Pro-poor tourism
00:35:18 9.7 Recession tourism
00:36:02 9.8 Medical tourism
00:36:34 9.9 Educational tourism
00:37:09 9.10 Event tourism
00:38:12 9.11 Creative tourism
00:40:05 9.12 Experiential tourism
00:40:40 9.13 Dark tourism
00:42:28 9.14 Social tourism
00:43:15 9.15 Doom tourism
00:44:17 9.16 Religious tourism
00:44:54 10 Growth
00:46:05 10.1 Space tourism
00:46:28 10.2 Sports tourism
00:46:57 10.3 Latest trends
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- increases imagination and understanding
- improves your listening skills
- improves your own spoken accent
- learn while on the move
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
SUMMARY
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Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours. Tourism may be international, or within the traveller's country. The World Tourism Organization defines tourism more generally, in terms which go beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only, as people traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure and not less than 24 hours, business and other purposes.Tourism can be domestic or international, and international tourism has both incoming and outgoing implications on a country's balance of payments. Today, tourism is a major source of income for many countries, and affects the economy of both the source and host countries, in some cases being of vital importance.Tourism suffered as a result of a strong economic slowdown of the late-2000s recession, between the second half of 2008 and the end of 2009, and the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza virus, but slowly recovered. International tourism receipts (the travel item in the balance of payments) grew to US$1.03 trillion (€740 billion) in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 3.8% from 2010. International tourist arrivals surpassed the milestone of 1 billion tourists globally for the first time in 2012, emerging markets such as China, Russia, and Brazil had significantly increased their spending over the previous decade. The ITB Berlin is the world's leading tourism trade fair. Global tourism accounts for ca. 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.