The basics of a tourist profile
Noticed that some people end up here looking for tourist profile information so here are some basics:
1. age
2. gender
3. race/nationality
4. group type (family, schools, business)
5. Occupation and income
6. purpose of the visit
7. local/domestic/international tourist
Who collects information and makes a tourist profile?
Most commonly this type of study is conducted by national Ministries of Tourism, for example the Ministry of Tourism from Mexico made one study of this type to find out the Tourist Profile and Satisfaction Level.
There are other institutions that collect and analyse this type of information and make this type of studies, for example within the European Union and at EU level, which is not a state and as such has no actual Ministry of Tourism.
How much can one travel
Since I was seriously inactive the past days due to bad weather and needing to work, because work is what keeps us living the way we do and that's mostly where the travel money come from, I started wondering what keeps other people on the road, how much do they travel at once and for how long.
As I'm writing this, I'm also doing some research for the post at hand, but it shall start with my own example.
What keeps me on the road?
Besides the obvious, like pleasure, passion, hobby, the most important thing I find is the money for gas and lodging. If you can't get where you want to go you clearly have a problem; and than if you can't find a place or afford a place to sleep, a tent is not always viable, so that is also a big problem. In a few words, money keep me on the road.
But there is also a second, weather. Weather is very important for travel, if the weather is bad the roads can get impracticable, if you are driving on bad weather the tired get even more tired, you need more time to get to your destination and when you are there, you either can't properly visit it, you may not be able to visit at all some of the interest points you desire to see and your photographs will not turn out quite as perfect as you'd want them to turn out.
How long am I on the road?
So far this year, a lot, but it was very strongly segmented. We were on the road in Spring, for about two weeks, to Romania, it was ok but busy and did not get to do so much as we wanted to. Than we started going here and there on weekends. How much did we cover ? A lot. On weekends we managed to visit Paris, Versailles, Verdun and Metz in France. Nürnberg, Fürth, Blaubeuren, Triberg and various other places in Germany, from which the most impressive was Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the south of Germany, with the highest german village with its own church, called Wamberg. Also from Garmisch we took the mountain train and the cable cabin to reach Zugspitze, the highest peak in Germany, at 2962m.
I guess answering the question is not easy, but as long as weather is nice and the days are free and the money is there to cover the costs, we're on the road.
Travel in the Arab states
I just checked one of my email accounts and noticed I got a virtual postcard a few days back, the card comes from 4arabs.com and was sent by the webmaster there with the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr. Honestly I do not know what that is, the card is probably spam as I do not recall knowing anyone related to that website, but it may be possible.
Do I mind getting a postcard from someone I do not think I know? No I do not, greetings are a good thing. It also triggered my curiosity and thus I found out that this is the name of the holiday which marks the end of the Ramadan. I know about this holiday, but I never knew how it was called.
What about the wishes? I think it is best to put here the image of the postcard.
According to Wikipedia "Eid Mubarak" is a traditional Muslim greeting reserved for use on two occasions, the festival of Eid ul-Adha and the festival of Eid ul-Fitr. Translated into English the phrase means "blessed festival".
Thank you and I hope to visit some day that part of the world and of course produce great photographs, this is where the title comes from, this is what the postcard triggered. (Than again I want to travel the entire world)
Eid Mubarak to you too.