in history. His story would become wildly popular and spark many imaginations when it was dictated to and written down by Rustichello da Pisa‚ in The Travels of Marco Polo (c.1300). Along with his father and uncle‚ Marco set out for the seat of Kublai Khan at Khanbaliq‚ Cathay. During the 17 years Marco was in Kublai’s service‚ he would travel throughout the empire doing the great Khan’s bidding. It is unclear when Marco made his way to the city of Hangzhou‚ the former capital of the defeated
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“Practices Observed of Travel Agencies providing superior assistance to local and foreign clients in Competence‚ and Compliance Levels” Palon‚ Wildence Enzo Asis Edora‚ Czarina Mae Atienza Endaya‚ Mery Cris Gersalia Zabarte‚ Blain Alexis Bernardo HRM 123 I. INTRODUCTION The study aims to determine whether a significant difference and relationship exist among the practices observe in providing superior assistance to foreign clients‚ the competence level in proposing excellent tourist attractions
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Why do People Travel? With the development of society‚ the tourism industry has become one of the industries with the strongest momentum and largest scale in the world economy. As for China‚ it appears to be one of the mainstays of China’s future development and the first choice of relaxation to many people. Miscellaneous choices of travelling packages‚ such as luxury tour and expedition tour‚ indicate that the purposes of travelling differ among people. From my perspective‚ this ongoing trend
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Case Study 1: STA Travel Island Table of Contents Background: STA Travel 3 Alternative 1: Second Life 3 Advantages 3 Disadvantages 3 Alternative 2: Pinterest 3 Advantages 3 Disadvantages 3 Alternative 3: Marketing to the Alumni 3 Advantages 3 Disadvantages 3 Background: STA Travel STA Travel was founded in 1979. They have marketed themselves as the world’s largest student travel organization. Since the time they were founded‚ they have grown to include several countries
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BTEC National Extended Diploma: TRAVEL & TOURISM UNIT 10: Business travel operations Tutor: Owen Pugsley IV: Student Name: __________________ Overall Grade: Student Declaration: This is to certify that this is my own work and that all quotes are referenced and noted in the bibliography. Signed: ____________________ Date:__________ Internal Verification Signature Date IV Assignment IV Grading CONTENTS & SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS (Please circle grade achieved) Task Hand
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depend on the distance we are going to travel. There is also a difference between public transport in a town and between towns. People who take any type of transport to their work or school are called commuters. The second part in transport is private and it means for instance a car‚ a bike or a motorcycle. I live in Sokolov so I go to school on foot but next school year as I will start to attend some University I’ll become a commuter. In case we decided to travel‚ we have to know the destination.
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Composition 2 11/10/14 Why travel nursing is not for everyone. Travel nursing is a good rewarding career‚ but not every nurse likes to be on the go all the time and people have different opinions on whether they like to be on the move or not. According to (Goessling. V. 1996) the money is great‚ the travel portion is very advantageous‚ but it is extremely difficult if you have children‚ or if your significant other has a full time job. Your kids will not have the opportunity to make friends or
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Final paper: Different Ways to Value Travel There is a Chinese proverb “Read many books and travel a long way”. In Chinese culture‚ knowledge and travel are both regarded as the ways to broaden people’s horizon. Or‚ more accurately‚ travel is more valued because in this way can what we learnt from the books be tested and verified‚ which is the Chinese perspective of traveling. However‚ in Eat Pray Love‚ Elizabeth Gilbert approaches travel abroad from a more instinctive approach‚ following her own
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BTEC LEVEL 2 DIPLOMA IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM UNIT 14 Exploring Airports and Airlines Assignment No: 14b Assignment title: The Passengers Journey Subject Lecturer: Monish Bhandari For this task I will be explaining the passenger’s journey throughout an airport‚ and what they will come across. I’ll explain the journey from walking through the entrance to boarding your flight‚ there are also many facilities you and others will find useful. Functional areas-landside Check-in As
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Marco Polo’s Journey In the late 13th century‚ a man named Marco Polo would embark on a journey around Eurasia that would be one of the greatest journeys ever made by any European at the time. In The Travels‚ Marco Polo shares his expedition with his father and his uncle as merchants trading goods as they moved along the Silk Road. They encountered many various providences that where large‚ small‚ and populated. In these towns Marco Polo studied and observed the different types of environments and
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