Important of Tourism Industry Around the World
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Higher Diploma in Hotel Management
HOM 140 H
Fall 2008
“Importance of Tourism industry in Destinations around the world.”
An introduction to tourism:
The subject of tourism:
In historical terms, tourism activity is a relatively new development and only recently has it been considered worthy of serious business Endeavour or academic study. However, the tourism industry is of sufficient economies importance and its impact upon economies, environments and societies is significant enough for the subject of tourism to deserve academic consideration. There is no doubt in our minds that tourism is a subject area or domain of the study, but that at the moment it lacks the level of theoretical underpinning that would allow it to become a discipline. Tourism as a subject is showing signs of maturity with a growing academic community, increasing numbers of both journals and text books which are becoming specialized rather than all-embracing, and a number of professional societies both internationally and within individual countries.
Tourism destinations:
Because of the simultaneous nature of production and consumption within the tourism sector there are far more wide-reaching implications for this form of development than there are with many other development options. The presence of tourist brings with it environmental and socio-cultural impacts as the economic impacts. Therefore, the choice to pursue tourism as a development option needs to be made after considering all of the factors relating to its impact and the resources upon which tourism will draw. The main driving force that explains the rent less growth of tourism industry over the past century is the economic benefits associated with it. To understand the economic significant of tourism it is necessary to look at the structure of the local economy and the level of dependence that exists upon the income employment and foreign exchange earned form tourism. In order to understand the
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Higher Diploma in Hotel Management
HOM 140 H
Fall 2008
“Importance of Tourism industry in Destinations around the world.”
An introduction to tourism:
The subject of tourism:
In historical terms, tourism activity is a relatively new development and only recently has it been considered worthy of serious business Endeavour or academic study. However, the tourism industry is of sufficient economies importance and its impact upon economies, environments and societies is significant enough for the subject of tourism to deserve academic consideration. There is no doubt in our minds that tourism is a subject area or domain of the study, but that at the moment it lacks the level of theoretical underpinning that would allow it to become a discipline. Tourism as a subject is showing signs of maturity with a growing academic community, increasing numbers of both journals and text books which are becoming specialized rather than all-embracing, and a number of professional societies both internationally and within individual countries.
Tourism destinations:
Because of the simultaneous nature of production and consumption within the tourism sector there are far more wide-reaching implications for this form of development than there are with many other development options. The presence of tourist brings with it environmental and socio-cultural impacts as the economic impacts. Therefore, the choice to pursue tourism as a development option needs to be made after considering all of the factors relating to its impact and the resources upon which tourism will draw. The main driving force that explains the rent less growth of tourism industry over the past century is the economic benefits associated with it. To understand the economic significant of tourism it is necessary to look at the structure of the local economy and the level of dependence that exists upon the income employment and foreign exchange earned form tourism. In order to understand the
References: Websites: http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/destination-mgmt.html http://www.sciaga.pl/tekst/55916-56-importance_of_tourism http://www.sandiego.org/article/Media/315 http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0198352.html Books: Tourists and Tourism: A Reader by Sharon Bohn Gmelch Tourism Management, Volume 25, Issue 5, October 2004, Pages 623-636 Asunción Beerli and J.D.Josefa D. Martín Dwyer, L., P. Forsyth, and P. Rao (2000). "The Price Competitiveness of Travel and Tourism: A Comparison of 19 Destinations." Tourism Management, 21 (1): 9-22