China as a Tourism Destination for Foreign Students Introduction In the following scenario I would like to examine China as a tourism product and also as a tourist attraction from the point of view of foreign students. In the winter of 2008 I had the privilege to spend 2 weeks in China. My visit was rather unusual‚ for the fact that my hosts were not locals or either hotels‚ but rather a group of foreign students then living and studying in Beijing. My main purpose of visit was not educational
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My Favorite Vacation Destinations When someone mentions the word vacation I am always ready to go! Vacation is a time for shopping‚ fun and relaxation. Some of my favorite vacation destinations include the Las Vegas strip‚ New York City and of course the beach in Destin‚ Florida. There is one thing about Vegas‚ you will never be bored. It is not called the city that never sleeps for nothing. The dark sky on the strip is lit bright by the neon lighting that makes your eyes squint. Step
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Introduction to Tourism Destination Planning & Development Tourism provides a major economic development opportunity for many countries and a means of improving the livelihoods of its residents. Both the public and private sectors involved in tourism depend on planning to achieve sustainable tourism development that respects the local community‚ creates appropriate employment‚ maintains the natural environment‚ and delivers a quality visitor experience. Tourism destinations that pursue development
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they already are. This is supported by the 1996 Mount Everest disaster in which eight climbers died‚ the deadliest day on the mountain up to that time. Many factors including bad weather and poor timing play into this tragedy but also the growing “tourist” business. Just above the summit‚ a “traffic jam” occurred as several expeditions tried to get their clients on top of the mountain. Rather than turn back‚ some expeditions continued forward‚ passed the safe turn-back time‚ and were caught in a snow
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WORD FORMATION Use the word given in capitals to form a word that fits in the space. (Destinations p.35) We often think of ourselves as living in a time of (1) ………… (CONTINUE) technological change and development. We tend to believe that we are unique in history in dealing with a constantly (2) ………… (EVOLVE) world of gadgets‚ devices and innovations. However‚ the end of the nineteenth century and the start of the twentieth was also a time that saw many (3) ………… (REVOLT) changes. People had needed
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8 per cent over the same period last year.(Tourism Fact Sheets‚ HKTB‚ 2012) The importance of events as an element of destination tourist offers is reflected in tourist‚ social and cultural functions. It is by means of tourist functions of events that many destinations widen the tourist market‚ attract tourists to destinations‚ build the destination image‚ promote the destination and stimulate the creation of economic benefits (Sherwood‚ Jago & Deery‚ 2005). With events‚ local culture‚ tradition
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short time to live. Because of this Mr. Ewert decided that he would take matters into his own hands and die on this own terms. With the help of Dignitas‚ an assisted suicide company in Switzerland‚ he was able to do just that. In the movie‚ Suicide Tourist‚ we
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[Type text] Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination Aleksandr Gorbenko Certificate in International Hotel and Tourism Management HTMi Switzerland 0 [Type text] Table of Content Introduction ............................................................................... 2 Historical Manifestations of Dark Tourism ........................... 2 Dark Tourism Motivation ....................................................... 3 Positive Sides of Dark Tourism ...........
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The history of India begins with evidence of human activity of Homo sapiens as long as 75‚000 years ago‚ or with earlier hominids including Homo erectusfrom about 500‚000 years ago. The Indus Valley Civilisation‚ which spread and flourished in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent from c. 3300 to 1300 BCE in present-day Pakistan and northwest India‚ was the first major civilisation in South Asia. A sophisticated and technologically advanced urban culture developed in the Mature Harappan period
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Lost and Found in Translating Tourist Texts Domesticating‚ Foreignising or Neutralising Approach He Sanning‚ Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology ABSTRACT Domesticating and foreignising strategies are popular in translation studies and each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages in translating tourist texts. The advantages for domesticating include maintaining the terseness of the text‚ obtaining the reader‘s understanding of the translated text‚ and gaining
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