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... as a tourist. Weaver and Lawton (2000 pp 25-35) explains that when a person travels across the international borders to the neighbouring country for more than 24 hours, this person can be considered a tourist. Under the same circumstances, if this person stays less than 24 hours, accordingly, then this person is considered an excursionist. This form of classification is inline with World Tourism Organisation (WTO) definition of a tourist. However, this form of illustration may lead to erroneous classification. For instance, a tourist having visited Singapore may wish to travel to Malaysia for a few hours, this tourist may erroneously be classified as an excursionist instead of a tourist. According to WTO, an international tourist spends at least one night up and to one year in the country visited. Should the time limit be exceeded, Weaver and Lawton (2000 pp 25-35) suggest that the visitor will be classified as "migrant" or ...