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    Jamaica was claimed by Spain after Christopher Columbus landed there in 1494. It then came under English rule in 1655 before gaining independence in 1962.The longest mountain range in Jamaica is called the Blue Mountains. Blue Mountain Peak is the highest point on the island at 2256 metres. I never knew there was types of marriage in culture. In Trinidad and Jamaica there are four types of marriage. There’s Hindu‚ civil‚ orisa‚ and muslim. Jamaica and Trinidad share the same

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    Tourism Destinations

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    Tourism Destinations Assignment for 14th July 2013 Student name: Ciprian Ovidiu Golache Id number: 4068835 Contents Introduction 2 The appeal of current leading tourist destinations compared with that of currently developing tourist destinations and evaluation of how characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal 3 Economic characteristics 3 Physical characteristics 4 Social characteristics 5 Political characteristics 6 Destinations 6 Appeal 7 Issues that affect the popularity

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    Tourism Malaysia

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    and the relics as well as live style they left behind. Besides that‚ everything available in Malaysia is economical. Hence‚ lowering the costs and expenses. Tourism is indeed a growing field in Malaysia and continuous efforts must ensue in order to encourage and catalyst the expansion of this industry. The success of tourism benefits not only the government but also locals as they create more job opportunities. Ergo‚ reducing the number of jobless people and consequently lifts the

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    Tourism in Paris

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    – 13.6m 3. Sacre Coeur – 10.5m 4. Eiffel Tower – 7m We see that Europe has been leading in the number of international tourists since 1950. Major proportion of this statistic has been provided by France. There was not much travel and tourism during the 1950’s because due to lack of technology and travel options and many other such reasons. Travel technology improved and we can see that by the mid 1960-1970’s there was a sudden explosion of international tourist arrivals. France accounted

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    Tourism in Caribbean Islands

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    globalization of tourism. When most of the islands became independent from foreign rule they needed to build up a working economy. Some of the bigger more resource rich island nations started to produce and export goods but many of the smaller island states did not have this opportunity. When tourism started to grow‚ both types of islands benefitted a lot from it‚ but it was the most important for the smaller islands that had basically no foreign income at all. Step by step the importance of tourism grew in

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    Safe Tourism

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    Julia Dmitrieva‚ gr. 7441 Safe tourism: the way forward While terrorism affects tourism and a lot has been discussed and spoken about it‚ there is a lack of clarity about tourism and its effects on terrorism. Over the past decade‚ acts of terrorism have taken place at tourist sites‚ as well as places where people have gathered in large numbers. Be it Bali‚ New York‚ Mumbai‚ or Madrid the repercussions have been felt the world over. Over the past couple of years‚ a number of stringent security

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    Travel and Tourism

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    role of government is an important aspect of tourism which involves policies and political philosophies. In the developing countries‚ where tourism is still new‚ the public sector controls tourism activities‚ where they have Ministry of Tourism (e.g. Embratur in Brazil)‚ which have the following duties: Licensing‚ supervision and control of the different components of the tourism industry. Tourism planning‚ including financial assistance for tourism development‚ notably trough the provision of

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    Food Tourism

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    FOOD TOURISM-DESTINSTION Food tourism means experiencing the food of the country‚ region or area‚ and is now considered a vital component of the tourism experience. Dining out is common among tourists and food is believed to rank alongside climate‚ accommodation‚ and scenery in importance to tourists. Hall and Mitchell (2001) define food tourism as ‘ visitation to primary and secondary food producers‚ food festivals‚ restaurants and specific locations for which food tasting and / or experiencing

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    Religious Tourism

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    Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific   ii Copyright © 2011‚ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ISBN-13: 978-92-844-1380-5 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing: 2011 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions

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    volunteer tourism

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    examines the current state of ‘volunteer tourism‚’ both as a field of study and modern phenomenon. The foundation of the review rests upon themes initiated over 10 years ago in Volunteer Tourism: Experiences That Make a Difference (Wearing‚ 2001). The review begins with a discussion of the explosive growth of volunteer tourism (research and practice) and continues with an analysis of the literature utilizing a multiphasic format that reflects the volunteer tourism process. Specifically‚ the paper includes

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