The writer George Kangung Maram., is a Former Director of Tourism for Govt. of Pondicherry.

Tourism
Tourism comprises "the activities of persons traveling to and in place outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year or leisure, business and other purposes. In relation to a given country the following forms of tourism can be distinguished.

(a)Domestic tourism, involving resident of a given country traveling only within the country.
(b) Inbound tourism, involving non resident traveling in a given country.
(c) Outbound tourism, involving resident traveling in another country

However for the purpose of tourism statistics and in conformity with the basic forms of tourism, tourists should be classified as
(1)International Visitors, person who travels to a country other than that in which he/she/his /her residence but outside his / her usual environment for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose of visit is other than the exercise of activity remunerated from within the country visited. International visitors include overnight visitors and same day visitors.
(2)Domestic visitors, Domestic visitor describes any person residing in a country, who travels to a place within the country outside his/her environment for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose purpose of visit is other than the exercise of activity remunerated from within the place visited. Domestic visitors comprise overnight visitors, who spend the night in a private accommodation in the place visited and same day visitors who do not spend a night in collective or private accommodation in the place visited.