New Standard from Last Update.

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard is a modified adoption of International Standard ISO 18513 : 2021 ‘Tourism services - Hotels and other types of tourism accommodation - Vocabulary’. This standard was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Related Services Sectional Committee and approval of the Services Sector Division Council.

This standard has been prepared as a modified standard of ISO 18513 in order to address needs of industry and to increase acceptance of the standard in the country. Certain modifications due to particular needs of industry have been made. These technical deviations have been incorporated and are marked by a single bar in the margin. A complete list of modifications, together with their justification, is given in Annex A.

This document contains definitions of a number of terms commonly used in the tourism industry. The document is designed to facilitate understanding between the users and providers of tourism services.