HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOURISM TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Tourism is third largest industry in the world and according to the report of World travel and Tourism Council tourism industry generates approx 12% of world GNP (Agyei and Samuel‚ 2006). Heritage and culture has always been one of the most significant aspects of world tourism. People live their lives against rich environment formed by historic buildings‚ countryside’s of ancient times (Chang‚ 2000). This present research report
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1. Introduction At present these days‚ the prevalence of volunteer tourism has drawn the public’s attention. According to a survey‚ it is estimated that 1.6 million people take part in volunteer tourism projects each year (Tourism Research and Marketing‚ 2008 cited in Guttentag‚ 2009‚ p.538). Volunteer tourism is defined that volunteer tourism serves as an organized way to be engaged in holidays that might relate to provide assistance for some poor areas or alleviate their material poverty.(Wearing
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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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AAP Report: Environmental Impacts Due to Tourism By Olivia Hazell Year 11‚ Dundas Due Date: 10/05/12 INTRODUCTION Environmental impact refers to the direct effect of socio-economic activities and natural events on the components of the environment. These impacts can be planned such as afforestation or due to tourism can be totally accidental such as littering. Environmental impact is the change in the environment culturally‚ and physically which can be due to tourists both negatively
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Tourism industry is one of the most dynamic and fast developing sector which has a huge impact on economy. This sector is significantly effected by global economy therefore tourism and travelling also move downward in case of crisis in the financial circumstances. In this essay I would like to present some examples‚ how tourism has been effected by crisis in the main Arabic countries and Greece. Besides‚ it will be outined how airlines sector has been changed in the last five years. In
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CSR in Tourism Industry Md. Abdul Hamid1 Nowadays Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a recurrently pronounced terminology. There is enough scope of ambiguity also in ‘meaning’ of this expression. Generally‚ the corporate world and researchers emphasize on different focal points. Instead of such vagueness‚ certainly there are affirmative something in the whole process. Regularly number of socially responsible organizations is increasing and awareness in this issue is rapidly increasing among
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income generated‚ visitor numbers and tourism statisticsTourist destinations: major tourist destinations selected from UK‚ Europe and the rest of the worldGenerators: source of tourists2 Understand the cultural‚ social and physical features of tourist destinationsCultural: resources eg museums‚ monuments‚ churches‚ megaliths‚ festivals‚ food‚ drink‚ musicSocial: social groups eg national‚ regional‚ religious; needs of different customer groups; impact of tourism on resources and the local community;
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CHAPTER .1 Introduction Medical tourism in India After the silicon rush India is now considered as the golden spot for treating patients mostly from the developed countries and Far East for ailments and procedures of relatively high cost and complexity. India is also aggressively promoting medical tourism in the current years -and slowly now it is moving into a new area of "medical outsourcing‚" where subcontractors provide services to the overburdened medical care systems in western countries
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you see‚ touch‚ hear and taste has something to do with tourism. Tourism provides all transportation system‚ services‚ recreational facilities‚ accommodations‚ consumer products and specialized services. Indonesia has a lot of tourism destinations where it is important for the economy to gain income sources‚ create employment and economy development. First‚ tourism could gain income sources. Indonesia‚ as a developing country‚ makes tourism as the main income for the economy. Indonesia is rich of
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Tourism helps in improving understanding between nations‚ thus I don’t agree with the statement. It involves people of a country travelling to another country for leisure‚ business or recreational purposes. Tourism is used as a vehicle for international understanding by bringing people with different backgrounds together. The interaction of diverse people with different cultures goes a long way in increasing friendship. “Tourism can greatly enrich and promote friendship and goodwill” (Bhatia‚ 2001
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