Some people think tourism is just going to a travel agency and buying a tour to visit a place. However‚ there are more issues involved with this field than people can imagine. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) tourism represented 5% of the direct global GDS‚ offering 235 million jobs worldwide and generating more than US$ 1 billion for local communities where it is developed. It is clear‚ therefore‚ that tourism brings advantages to a country‚ but there are obviously disadvantages
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INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM : “God’s earth in all its fullness and beauty is for the people‚ Thomas Cook Yes god’s earth is very charming and beautiful ones. Travel from the ancient time has held a fascination for mankind .The urge to explore new places and seek a change of environment is not new. In all the epics whether it is “The Ramayana’’ or “The Mahabharata” or “The Bible” every where travel has been mentioned. only reasons were different. Somewhere travel was to escape from one to another
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Dark tourism scholarship: a critical review Philip Stone Philip Stone is Executive Director: Institute for Dark Tourism Research (iDTR)‚ School of Sport‚ Tourism and The Outdoors‚ University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)‚ Preston‚ UK. Abstract Purpose – Commonly referred to as dark tourism or thanatourism‚ the act of touristic travel to sites of or sites associated with death and disaster has gained significant attention with media imaginations and academic scholarship. However‚ despite
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Malaysia itself as a brand for the tourism industry and promoting on the destination that will attracts people from all the part of the world. This case study also to understand the important of tourism as a source of profit for a country and the process and strategic developed by government to promote Malaysia as a tourist destination and Malaysia as a destination brand‚ besides the campaign launched to bring a unique image and identity for Malaysia itself in tourism industry. Malaysia government
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The primary reason that motivated Andy Wilson to start Boston Duck Tours is that he got bored from working in an investment banking firm for seven long miserable years and was looking for pleasure‚ personal satisfaction‚ independence and freedom from the suit-and-tie environment of the corporate America that did not motivate him anymore. The routine life that he was living as an employee in investment banking was slowly sucking life out of him. In the end there are no needs to talk about Money
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Tourism in Egypt: How Do British Tourists Perceive The Local Problems In The Industry? Research Proposal – Research Methods 2 By: Miglena Lozancheva 2011 1/13/2011 CONTENTS Introduction ..............................................................................................................................3 Research Background ...............................................................................................................3 Research Aim .................
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Introduction Tourism is an industry that rely on tourism resources and tourism facilities to provide tourists travel tour. It is known as smokeless industry and sunshine industry. Travel business is composed of three parts: tourism‚ transportation industry and accommodation industry. They are the three pillars of tourism industry. The tourism industry is very important for Singapore. It is one of Singapore’s economics pillar industry and contributors to the Singaporean economy. Tourism will help
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Introduction to Hospitality and tourism Lecture 1 Tourism : Activity of people taking trips away from home and the industry which has developed to cater to/support the needs of tourism. (does not include migrants‚ PR‚ illegal immigrants) History of tourism * Early travellers travelled for: 1) curiosity 2) food and hunting (survival) 3) trade (trade routes formed – silk
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Table of Content Table of Content 1 TASK 1 2 a) Explanation on economics system attempt to allocate resources effectively. 2 b) Assessment on the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organisation and their activities. 9 c) Explain Malaysian competition policy and other regulation that may impact company. 15 TASK 2 17 a) Explanation on how market structures determine pricing and output decision of business. 17 b) Illustration on the way in which market forces shape organisational responses
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Q1: what are the factors that influence the demand for tourism? * Attitude depend on an individual’s perception of the world * Perceptions are mental impressions of‚ say‚ a destination or travel company and are determined by many factors‚ which include childhood‚ family‚ work experience‚ education‚ books‚ television programmes and films and promotional images. Perception involves the encoding of information by individuals and influences attitudes and behavior towards products but does not
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