ABSTRACT
Before tourism emerged as an international phenomenon, leisure jaunts and recreational travel were invariable adjuncts to people's way of life and living (Adler, 1989; Enzensberger, 1996). Most home-grown modes of travel and tours have more or less retained their popularity. Leisure migrations of pilgrims and other budget travellers, such as those visiting friends and relatives (VFR) and the culture, as well as health-seekers, are acknowledged illustrations of in-country travel practices. In this regard, therefore, the leisure travels of ordinary natives 1 within their own country have perpetuated strands of tradition into the New Millennium. Today, even as new traditions in travel and tourism are being formed, adopted or adapted, the genius loci continues to modify and determine suitable genres of tourism that withstand the test of time.
