For some purposes here and in travel/tourism organizations, such as to do
economic impact analyses, a tourist is someone who travels 100 miles or
more to reach us and may well make an overnight stay in our town ... we
track this with zip code analyses...

All tourists who enter are visitors, but not all visitors are tourists.
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> >From:  Mark Erik Nielsen
> >Sent:  Monday, October 07, 1996 8:54:15 AM
> >To:    [log in to unmask]
> >Subject:       Re: Is it a visitor or a tourist?
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> A TOURIST is someone who is there to take pictures of their spouses in
> front of monuments and to buy trinkets.
> A VISITOR is someone who is there for their own reasons. It's a fleeting
> thing, implying no committment or relationship.
> A GUEST is anticipated, treated with respect, and leaves something in
> return, like a membership.
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> That help?
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> Mark Nielsen
> Exhibit Designer/Preparator
> University of Michigan Museum of Art
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> On Sun, 6 Oct 1996, John Martinson wrote:
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> > Since it is so peaceful and calm on museum-l, why not a question?
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> > When a "guest" comes to your museum, how do you tell if they
> > are a "visitor" or a "tourist" since a tourist could be a visitor?
> > Is there a good definition for a visitor and/or a tourist -- and are
> > they one and the same?
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> > John Martinson
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> > Walla Walla, WA  99362
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