Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Maameegate Zheng Jun Cheston Tay Kai Ren ENG114 – Section 1006 University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas / Singapore Campus Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Introduction Dark tourism encourages people to reflect on mortality‚ bringing them closer to death (Stone‚ 2010). It is a multitude of history‚ heritage‚ tourism and tragedy which plays an important role in delivering information by bringing the past to present (Niemelä
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Cultural tourism is referred to the kind of tourism‚ which is concerned with the culture of a specific region or country‚ particularly in the arts. It basically focuses on the traditional communities that have diverse customs as well as the forms of art and the distinct social practices that distinguish a certain culture from the others. It would include tourism in the urban areas and even the historic and large cities‚ including facilities like theaters and museums. It also includes this in the
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The word TOURISM refers tour which is derived from the Latin word "TORNUS" . It means a tool for describing a circle of turner’s wheel (Bhatia‚ 2002). It is very important pleasure activity where tourists travel from one to another countries and one region to another region as well.And Tourism also involves money for getting services and time.So‚ it basically result for temporary visit or move from their place to other places.Therefore facilities provided to visitors to satisfy their wants and needs
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Tourism On Ice – Case Study People go to Chamonix for Winter Sports and Sightseeing Tourism has Economic‚ Social and Environmental Impacts on the Region Economic Impacts: 1) The TOURISM INDUSTURY in Chamonix creates a lot of JOBS‚ e.g. 2500 PEOPLE work as SEASONAL WORKERS every year. 2) Companies make a LOT OF MONEY from tourism in Chamonix‚ e.g. Compagnie du Mont Blanc is a company that runs SKI LIFTS and RAIL TRANSPORT – it has a turnover of €50 MILLION. Social Impacts:
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Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries‚ tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira‚ 2003).However‚ the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler‚ Guerrier‚ and Robertson‚ 1998; Timur and Getz‚ 2008). Urbanisation is a global process
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The League of Nations which was established after the First World War (1914-1918) failed to deliver the goods. It was wound up. After the Second World War the major nations of the world felt the need for a similar body to maintain peace in the world and the United Nations Organization came into being. The charter of the U.N.O. was signed on June 26‚ 1945 and it came into effect from October 24‚ 1945. The aims and objective of the U.N.O. are: 1. To maintain international peace and security‚ 2.
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E-Tourism : The Role of ICT In Tourism Industry‚ Innovations and Challenges Hooman Tahayori ¹ ‚ Masoomeh Moharrer ² 1 - Shiraz University‚ Department of Computer Science and Engineering‚ Shiraz‚ IRAN 2 - Tarbiat Modarres University‚ Dept. of Industrial Engineering‚ Tehran‚ IRAN tahayori@shirazu.ac.ir Abstract One of the major limitations of all of the information distribution channels in tourism industry‚ is that they‚ for the most part‚ all ultimately flow through the GDSs. Of course‚ this has
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been the most significant influences on the planning and development of tourism over the past ten years. Introduction With the development of the entire society‚ tourism industry has become one of the most powerful industries in the global economic development. The status of the tourism industry in the economic development is gradually enhanced and it plays an important role in the national economy. The World Tourism Organization forecasts that international arrivals will be up to 1.6 billion
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Critically Evaluate how ICT is applied to the Tourism and Hospitality Industry A Case Study of Hilton Hotel Contents INTRODUCTION 3 ICT (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY) IN HILTON GROUP OF HOTELS 4 *IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT IN FRONTOFFICE OPERATIONS 5 *IMPLEMENTATIONOF ICT IN MARKETING‚ DISTRIBUTION AND SALES 6 *BACK OFFICE USE OF ICT IN HILTON HOTELS 8 *EMERGING NEW TRENDS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 9 *SAFETY AND SECURITY USE OF ICT IN HILTON HOTEL
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Abstract: There has been considerable attention focused on the tourism experience over the past decades‚ and a handful of studies are consistently conducted to explore how to successfully create and manage tourism experience. This essay aims to concentrate on the key constructs that associated with experience economy and apply them to a specific case (Dreamworld) to gain the implications for the development of tourism system. Keywords: tourism experiences‚ characteristics‚ memorable‚ five design principles
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