Tourism is one of the important bases of the economy of any country, and the greatest witness to its culture, civilization and history. The tourism movement in the world is witnessing great openness and deep competition in tourism marketing, and governments are developing strategic plans to highlight the features of their countries and to show the most beautiful and places to tourists.
Tourism is a golden opportunity to relax one's life and devote itself to see the beauty of the world. The advantages of tourism are that it allows people to move through time, see different civilizations, enjoy different terrain. It allows tourists to travel from one country to another in a short time, and when the tourist returns to his country, back loaded with a lot of positive energy and information and experiences that are about people, weather, nature.

Types of tourism
Religious tourism: means going to countries that have religious value to visit the Haram in Mecca, Madinah, and Al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims, while those who have Christian faith go to the Vatican and Jordan to go to the bath.
Cultural tourism: means to go to countries where there are ancient historical monuments such as monuments, mosques, churches, temples and castles with great cultural value.
Recreational tourism means visiting countries with beautiful sites for entertainment, honeymooning, attending theatrical performances and many more.
Sports tourism: The visit to the countries on which it takes place is a variety of sports competitions in the fields of football, swimming, tennis, basketball and handball and many more.
Medical tourism: In some countries there are many areas that have great therapeutic value, such as hot springs that remove pain from the body.

The most touristic places:
Spain, Madrid, Paris, London, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Hong Kong in China, New York State, Bangkok, Thailand, Istanbul, Dubai and Shanghai.
the most famous landmarks:
New York's Times Square, Washington National Park, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Disneyland California, Niagara Falls in Canada, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, Disneyland Tokyo in Japan, The Notre Dame Cathedral in France, the Great Wall of China, the Statue of Liberty in New York, the Taj Mahal in India, the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, and Petra in Jordan.

Importance of tourism
- Tourism is a national income for many countries.
- Tourism carries historical value.
- A good opportunity to eliminate unemployment.
- Increasing identifying the historical heritage.
- A mean of entertainment.