The Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism Economic impact 2012 WORLD WTTC Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2012 1 For more information please contact: Olivia Ruggles-Brise Director‚ policy & Research olivia.rugglesbrise@wttc.org Eva Aimable manager‚ policy & Research eva.aimable@wttc.org © 2012 World travel & tourism council Foreword For more than 20 years the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has been investing in economic impact research‚ which assesses
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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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The Holistic Approach Of Ayurveda Based Wellness Tourism In Kerala RAMESH U *Assistant Professor‚ College of Engineering‚ Munnar‚ Kerala Tel: 04865 230606‚232989 (Off)‚ Mob: 094472 46162‚ Fax: 04865 232106 E Mail : rameshtrivandrum@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT Wellness‚ in general‚ is used to mean a healthy balance of the mind‚ body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. It is a multidimensional state of being‚ describing the existence of positive health in an individual
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Tourism in Pakistan has been stated by the Lonely Planet magazine as being the tourism industry’s "next big thing".[1] Pakistan‚ with its diverse cultures‚ people and landscapes attracted 1 million tourists in 2012[2] Pakistan’s tourism industry was in its heyday during the 1970s when the country received unprecedented amounts of foreign tourists‚ thanks to the Hippie trail. The main destinations of choice for these tourists were the Khyber Pass‚ Peshawar‚ Karachi‚ Lahore‚ Swat and Rawalpindi
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Medical Tourism Medical tourism (MT) is patient movement from highly developed nations to other areas of the world for medical care‚ usually to find treatment at a lower cost. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment that is unavailable in their own communities. Services typically sought by travelers include elective
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Abstract: There has been considerable attention focused on the tourism experience over the past decades‚ and a handful of studies are consistently conducted to explore how to successfully create and manage tourism experience. This essay aims to concentrate on the key constructs that associated with experience economy and apply them to a specific case (Dreamworld) to gain the implications for the development of tourism system. Keywords: tourism experiences‚ characteristics‚ memorable‚ five design principles
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Medical Tourism: Beneficence or Commerce? Danielle Evans February 15‚ 2013 Contemporary Perspectives‚ Spring 2013 Professor Philip J. Gibbon Psychology/ Occupational Therapy Major Medical Tourism is a health care trend that has recently greatly increased and is expected to continue increasing in the future. Medical Tourism is defined by tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health fitness (Medical Tourism‚ 1). The skyrocketing cost of health care
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INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM : “God’s earth in all its fullness and beauty is for the people‚ Thomas Cook Yes god’s earth is very charming and beautiful ones. Travel from the ancient time has held a fascination for mankind .The urge to explore new places and seek a change of environment is not new. In all the epics whether it is “The Ramayana’’ or “The Mahabharata” or “The Bible” every where travel has been mentioned. only reasons were different. Somewhere travel was to escape from one to another
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Tourism On Ice – Case Study People go to Chamonix for Winter Sports and Sightseeing Tourism has Economic‚ Social and Environmental Impacts on the Region Economic Impacts: 1) The TOURISM INDUSTURY in Chamonix creates a lot of JOBS‚ e.g. 2500 PEOPLE work as SEASONAL WORKERS every year. 2) Companies make a LOT OF MONEY from tourism in Chamonix‚ e.g. Compagnie du Mont Blanc is a company that runs SKI LIFTS and RAIL TRANSPORT – it has a turnover of €50 MILLION. Social Impacts:
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between the motives of the tourist and phases which they go through in the process of experiences and to identify how this relates to the types of tourists. 1.2 Scope: This paper has a central discipline that being the tourism field. This paper will provides information based on literature and electronic sources to indicate the phases of tourist’s experiences‚ the motives of the tourist and the categories that tourists may be identified by. This paper will also provide a personal experience which
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