rapidly growing sectors of tourism industry‚ growing by 10-15% worldwide. The definition of ecotourism is “the practice of low-impact‚ educational‚ ecologically and culturally sensitive travel that benefits local communities and host countries” (Honey‚ 1999). In Malaysia‚ tourism sector ranks second as the economic pointer of the country. It’s the second main nerves after the oil and gas. This industry has been rising up significantly for the past few years. Tourism is basically for recreational
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Medical Tourism / Global Medicine Business In Egypt Dr. Samir Arafeh – www.ieSEAM.com - Tel: 310.909-8698 (USA) - E-Mail: SamA@ieSEAM.com Medical Tourism – An Emerging International Business “In 2005‚ an estimated 500‚000 Americans journeyed overseas for medical care. Medical tourism is now a world-wide‚ multibillion dollar phenomenon that is expected to surge in the coming years.” Source: American Medical Association – June 2007. In 2006‚ the medical tourism industry grossed about $60
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References: * Chandra‚ Sarvajeet (2009‚ April 20). “History of Travel & Tourism”. Article available at: http://ezinearticles.com/?History-of-Travel-and-Tourism&id=2244859 * Bytterbier‚ Lucia (2007‚ September 17). “A History Of Why People Travel”. Article available at: http://matadornetwork.com/bnt/a-history-of-why-people-travel/ * World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). “Technology in tourism” (Volume 1‚ 2011). Report available at: http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/f
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How can we promote tourism in malaysia As we know‚malaysia is one of the famous country that has own attractive such as culture‚language and religion. firstly‚ people of malaysia have very important role to promote tourism in the country.They must be friendly and ever ready to welcome tourism with open arm to the country.malaysian must be helpful and polite because it give a good impression to tourist when they set their foot for a holiday here. next‚ it is an open secret that many tourist
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN TOURISM? The idea and practice of religion is something which historically and essentially has always been part of man. While religions differ and express many similarities across the centuries there has always been and continues to be relevance for it in the hearts of men. For our purposes of travel discussion‚ there will be no talk of doctrine and dogma here. Rather today’s blog topic seeks as always to discuss the forms and facets travel takes in our lives‚ in
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statement Tourism Australia is the Australia Government agency which is in charge of attracting visitors from all over the world to Australia and encouraging Australians to travel domestically not only for business but also for leisure time. The aim of Tourism Australia is to improve the economy of Australia tourism. To achieve this‚ Tourism 2020- a new strategy has been carried out. The purpose of the strategy is to increase the expenditure to about $140 billion dramatically in ten years. Tourism Australia
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Tourism in Thailand’s National Parks: The Problems it Brings "Rainforests are currently being destroyed at a rate of over 200‚000 square kilometers a year according to the US National Academy of Sciences" (Wheeler). Some of these rainforests are located in Thailand’s national parks. In Thailand‚ there are 15 national parks set aside for conservation‚ though only 80% of these parks remain intact today. These Parks represent approximately 13% of Thailand’s land. The purpose of these parks is
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BTEC National Certificate in Travel and Tourism Level 3 The Business of Travel and Tourism Task 1 P1 Describe the travel and tourism business environment‚ providing examples of organisations. Submission date: 11th October 2010 Business in Travel and Tourism is important in the industry; it also includes a wide range of different events and services. For this task‚ we would be looking at different organisations such as the public sector‚ private sector and the geographical importance
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. Transportation Tourism Attractions TOUR OPERATORGOVERNMENT Accommodation and Food and Beverage Transportation Travel Agency 2. 1950‚ there are 25 million tourist arrivals around the world 2007 to 903 million in Forecasted by 2010 1 billion Forecasted by 2020 1.6 billion by 2020. 3. The World Bank 2005 estimates‚ 1.4 billion people are living in the poverty line. New threshold for extreme poverty using the 2005 prices is now pegged at $1.25. The multiplier effect is experienced on other
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The Consequences of Tourism on the Coromandel Peninsula Report to UNESCO by mary o 8 March 2012 Tourism on the Coromandel impacts people by creating a better economy and more jobs. Kevin Blakeford‚ editor/publisher of the NZ Travel Memo stated the “Coromandel tourism industry has an estimated annual worth of $360million and is growing at 5% per annum”1. The money being brought in by tourism is creating more jobs‚ which benefits the community. The downside is that it creates
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