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Korstanje provided evidence that shows the Grand-tour was enrooted in the ancient Norse Mythology. Following the e a!ination o" legends and te ts, this research "ocuses on the "act that #din$%otan represents the archetype o" a travelling-god who e plored the world to get e perience and &nowledge. Norse-related te ts are indeed uni'ue in this sense. (lthough the touristic-drive see!s to )e inherent to al!ost all cultures and ti!es, Korstanje e plains that only )y the in"luence o" Norse Mythology, the Grand-tour was accepted as a co!!on-practice in *ngland and *urope later is travel "or recreational, leisure, or )usiness purposes, usually o" a li!ited duration. +ouris! is co!!only associated with trans-national travel, )ut !ay also re"er to travel to another location within the sa!e country. +he %orld +ouris! #rgani,ation de"ines touristsas people -traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environ!ent "or not !ore than one consecutive year "or leisure, )usiness and other purposes-../0 +ouris! has )eco!e a popular glo)al leisure activity. +ouris! can )e do!estic or international, and international touris! has )oth inco!ing and outgoing i!plications on a country1s )alance o" pay!ents. +oday, touris! is !ajor source o" inco!e "or !any countries, and a""ects the econo!y o" )oth the source and host countries, in so!e cases it is o" vital i!portance. +ouris! su""ered as a result o" a strong econo!ic slowdown o" the late-2333s recession, )etween the second hal" o" 2334 and the end o" 2335, and the out)rea& o" the 6/N/ in"luen,a virus..20.70 It then slowly recovered, with international tourist arrivals surpassed the !ilestone / )illion tourists glo)ally "or "irst ti!e in history in 23/2. .80 International touris! receipts 9the travel ite! o" the )alance o" pay!ents: grew to ;<=/.37 trillion 9>?83 )illion: in 23//, corresponding to an increase in real ter!s o" 7.4@ "ro! 23/3..A0 In 23/2, Bhina )eca!e the largest spender in international touris! glo)ally with ;<=/32 )illion, surpassing Ger!any and ;nited <tates. Bhina and e!erging !ar&ets signi"icantly increase their spending over the past decade, with Cussia and Dra,il as noteworthy %illia! F.+heo)ald 9/558: suggested that -ety!ologically, the word tour is derived "ro! the Latin, 1tornare1 and the Gree&, 1tornos1, !eaning 1a lathe or circleE the !ove!ent around a central point or a is1. +his !eaning changed in !odern *nglish to represent 1one1s turn1. +he su""i ism is de"ined as 1an action or processE typical )ehaviour or 'uality1, while the su""i , ist denotes 1one that per"or!s a given action1. %hen the word tour and the su""i es ism and ist are co!)ined, they suggest the action o" !ove!ent around a circle. #ne can argue that a circle represents a starting point, which ulti!ately returns )ac& to its )eginning. +here"ore, li&e a circle, a tour represents a journey in that it is a round-trip, i.e., the act o" leaving and then returning to the original starting point, and there"ore, one who ta&es such a journey can )e called a tourist.- .50 +oday, three schools discuss on the roots o" touris!. +he French <chool, led )y (. 6oulot argued that the ter! touris! co!es "ro! the old (ra!aic +ur, which was used "or the trip, e ploration and !ove!ent o" people in the Di)le. +his word had )een used, "or the "irst ti!e, when Moses )egins his e pedition to the lands o" BanaFn../30 Nevertheless, another school o" thought - the #no!astic <chool - considers the origin o" the concept not "ro! a linguistic perspective )ut rather lin&s it to the last na!e o" the French aristocracy Gella +our. (ccording to this school, a"ter Barlos H signs a treaty with *ngland in /A/I, in cele)ration o" this event, the "uture &ing gives the Gella +our "a!ily e clusive rights to conduct co!!ercial transport and related )usinesses. .//0 Last )ut

not least, a third school "ocuses on the (nglo-<a on world, situating the +heo)alds develop!ent under the lens o" scrutiny. <ur!ising that the roots o" the word touris! co!es "ro! the (ncient (nglo-<a on ter! +orn, these scholars "ound evidence to thin& the ter! was coined in JIIth century which )y "ar!ers to denote those travels with intentions to return. #ver centuries, the !eaning o" the word has )een shi"ted to )e politically adopted. Dy the !iddle o" the /4th century, the *nglish no)le!en used the ter! KturnL to re"er to the trips underta&en "or education, search and culture e ploration. In reality, the purpose o" the no)le!enMs trip to the di""erent parts o" Kingdo! was to ac'uire &nowledge that was later use"ul "or governing. ./20