interest in developing the area of tourism. According to the online encyclopedia‚ sustainable tourism can be defined as ‘tourism development that avoids damage to the environment‚ economy and cultures of the locations where it takes place‚’ and its aim is to ensure that this development is a positive experience for local people‚ tourism companies and tourists themselves. But how can sustainable tourism be achieved? In this multicultural island‚ the tourism industry has varying levels of fluctuation
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Reasons to Support and Reasons to Oppose Ecotourism Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting pristine‚ fragile‚ and relatively undisturbed natural areas‚ purposed as a low- impact and small scale alternative to commercial tourism‚ which contributes towards both environmental and socioeconomic benefits. Ecotourism travel has significantly caught the attention of various individuals recently. There are a number of reasons supporting ecotourism and there are a number of reasons opposing ecotourism
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FREDERICK PAPPOE | CTH STUDENT NUMBER: 21565 | | SUBJECT: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND DESTINATION MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT | INTRODUCTION Climate change has being a major concern and challenge for many countries across the globe‚ especially for the developing countries. The tourism industry is a major contributor to the emission of GHG‚ and all nations and economic sectors will have to contend with the challenges of climate change‚ through adaptation and mitigation. Green House Gas (GHG) emissions
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Sustainable tourism creates balance between business and customers‚ in the way the business creates profit and the customers enjoy their holiday. Thereby the people and the environment in the destination will continue to thrive. How critical is sustainability to the future of the travel and tourism industry? Sustainable tourism is absolute crucial for the future of the industry. It is one of those things that are easy to say‚ and it is evidently true‚ but if you think about tourism it is not a special
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cross-cultural understanding Direct contacts between tourists and residents can serve to dispel sterotypes -stereotypes文化差異 2. Incentive to preserve culture and heritage Tourism stimulates the presentation or restoration of historical buildings and sites. -Directly: through the collection of entrance fees -Indirectly: allocation of general tourism revenue 3. Fostering of social wellbeing and stability -Creating jobs -area beautification -airports‚ public transportation -provide entertainment‚ shopping
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Running Head: TOURISM IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES Ethical implications of tourism in developing countries Emily McIntyre 3378148 September 26‚ 2006 TREN 3P12 Sonya Graci Introduction: Tourism is instituted in ad hoc fashion‚ with little regard to appropriate socio-ecological planning. This paper outlines the ethical implications of tourism in terms of the social and political‚ environmental and economical
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et al. (2008‚ p.16) explained that MICE industry is another long established component of the industry‚ now often called business events. This sector is largely characterized by its business and trade focus‚ although there is a strong public and tourism aspect to many of it’s activities. In Malaysia‚ the MICE industry faces a lot of challenges and has a lot of opportunities than meets the eye. The challenges that the industry face often come from threats. “Threats are activities that prevent you
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Beijing Beijing is a fast developing metropolitan city with blend of old and modern. Being alive for more than 3‚000 years‚ Beijing still hasn’t stopped being the number one destination of history and culture. There are barely any buildings that do not have any national historical meaning to it. I know many bad things have been said about Beijing‚ that the city is too polluted‚ the people there aren’t welcoming and respectful or that the city is over populated. You could choose to believe those
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How can the city improve its ranking? Barcelona’s key strength point is in its Culture and Tourism. That is why it’s inevitable to think of approaches towards that key strength to boost Barcelona’s economic and global position. Also Barcelona can be made more into an open city for talent and economic activity. Barcelona is now the sixth reputable city in the world‚ and that is according to its appealing environment. It’s also known as one of the smart cities in the world. However‚ it can improve
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researchers might have believed that Colorado had such a huge record would have been set is because of the legalization of cannabis; however‚ this is not the reason. According to a survey‚ the recent laws passed regarding weed had a negative effect on tourism. In fact‚ more people stated that the legalization of marijuana would make them less likely to visit Colorado than those who said it would make it more likely. Hawaii most likely did not have as many tourists because of cost and air
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