ASIAN CASE RESEARCH JOURNAL‚ VOL. 9‚ ISSUE 2‚ 283–297 (2005) ACRJ Autobiography of a Manager This case was prepared by Doctoral scholar C. Vijayalakshmi‚ Prof. Satish K. Kalra and Prof. Rajen K. Gupta as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate effective or ineffective handling of an administration or business situation. Please address all correspondence to: Dr Vijayalakshmi C.‚ Doctoral scholar (OB)‚ Management Development Institute‚ Mehrauli Road‚ Sukhrali‚ Gurgaon – 122001
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DEFINITION OF CULTURAL TOURISM A review of existing definitions One of the research tasks undertaken for this report was to investigate the feasibility of establishing an agreed definition/definitional framework for cultural tourism research. This involved a review of definitions included in the culture and tourism literature‚ as well as discussion on this topic with cultural tourism stakeholders. The first question asked by those contacted about the collection of cultural tourism statistics invariably
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CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY THE CONTRACTING PARTIES‚ CONSCIOUS of the intrinsic value of biological diversity and of the ecological‚ genetic‚ social‚ economic‚ scientific‚ educational‚ cultural‚ recreational and aesthetic values of biological diversity and its components‚ CONSCIOUS ALSO of the importance of biological diversity for evolution and for maintaining life sustaining systems of the biosphere‚ AFFIRMING that the conservation of biological diversity is a common concern of humankind
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INTRODUCTION Tourism is characterized as service and experience product of which destination attributes that are very important in attracting local and international tourists to make their first time and repeat visits. Motivation is defined as “a state of need‚ a condition that serves as a driving force to display different kinds of behavior toward certain types of activities‚ developing preferences‚ arriving at some expected satisfactory outcomes”. A place like Kawasan Falls is a premier
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BACKGROUND OF RESEARCH Today‚ the development of this information orientation in Malaysia can be seen in many forms. The print media has the longest history‚ beginning with the earliest newspaper‚ the Penang Gazette in 1838. Now there are about 50 newspaper dailies and weeklies‚ either broadsheets or tabloids in the various languages of the main ethnic groups in our country - Malay‚ English‚ Mandarin and Tamil. It is a truism that the mass media‚ like any other social institution‚ do not Operate
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crisis‚ health crisis‚ social changes‚ customer preferences‚ war/terrorism. Tourism market consists of all potential customers sharing a particular need/want‚ who might be willing/able to satisfy it by buying a tourism product. Sustainable development achieving growth in a manner that does not deplete the natural & built environment & preserves the culture of the local community. Sustainable tourism all forms of tourism development‚ management & operations that maintain the environmental‚ & economic
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We have to understand the several concepts by means of definition and its integration. • Tourism Hunziker and Krapf‚ in 1941‚ defined tourism as "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents‚ insofar as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected with any earning activity." In 1976‚ the Tourism Society of England’s definition was: "Tourism is the temporary‚ short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they
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Journal - Singapore Topic: “The Best Venue Visited during the Field Trip with Explanation” eing the main convention venue in Singapore‚ the Sands Expo and Convention Center has held more than 700 events in its first year of opening. With its construction‚ the Sands is a turning point in Singapore’s MICE industry. While the Singaporean government heavily positions the destination to be a tourism and event hub‚ thanks to this concrete stepping stone‚ Singapore has successfully climbed up the ranks to
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Museums and tourism Stakeholders‚ resource and sustainable development Master’s Dissertation International Museum Studies Museion/Göteborg University Spring term 2004 Author: Guðbrandur Benediktsson Supervisor: Cajsa Lagerkvist LIST OF CONTENTS FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1. Aims and objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. Theoretical approaches and sources. . . . . . . .
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102. The Feasibility Study Hotels and motels are almost always available for purchase. Buyers want the minimum price possible; sellers the maximum price. The hotel buyer usually uses leveraged money‚ and the sophisticated lender wants to be sure that the money being loaned will be repaid. Both buyer and seller are almost certain to be biased. To help eliminate bias and arrive at a value that the lender will accept‚ a market and feasibility study can be called for whenever a hotel or motel
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