Introduction Tourism is a major contributor in South Africa’s resources. Government is now more focusing on tourism and its attractiveness mainly lies in cultural diversity. Attractiveness included cultural villages‚ museums and cites of rock art. Among these‚ cultural villages have been part of the cultural landscape for many years and hence they have been developed to be a tourist attraction by government in recent days (South Africa’s official tourism website 2012). The villages combine many
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TOPIC:THE EXOTIC TOURISM IN INDIA WHAT IS TOURISM? Before hitting the target of tourism in india‚let us first know what do we mean by TOURISM.(international).Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes.What the WTO(World Tourism Organisation) tells is that Tourism is people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".Now this can be considered as an exact definition
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Introduction and Background After finished the second public consultation on the three models (City Park‚ Cultural Connect and Project for a New Dimension)‚ West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) project arouse public’s attention again. It was first announced by Tung Chee-hwa in 1998 to develop Hong Kong as the cultural hub in Asia with world-class facilities inside the district including theatres‚ performance venues‚ museums‚ exhibition centers and piazzas. However‚ after the first public consultation
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Macau has developed its tourism sector when there was a rapid growth on the gaming industry since the 70s. However‚ there is no longer a comprehensive tourism planning at that time. It was until 1980s‚ the Portuguese government has tried to preserve the cultural influence over Macau after 1999. By preserving the mixture of Eastern and Western cultures in Macau‚ it paved the way for the development of cultural tourism in Macau. Nowadays‚ the development of cultural heritage tourism is significantly successful
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CONTENTS * Introduction * Definition Of Tourism * Economic Significance Of Tourism * Price And Income Elasticity * The Economic Impacts Of Tourist Spending * Foreign Exchange * Employment * Tourism Income Multiplier * Regional Development * Cultural Resource * International Understanding * Conclusion * References INTRODUCION Today‚ tourism is one of the largest and dynamically developing sectors of external economic activities. Its high
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Public Disclosure Authorized Ethiopia In Makeda’s Footsteps: Towards a Strategy for Pro-Poor Tourism Development Prepared for the Government of Ethiopia by The World Bank Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Africa Private Sector Development June 2006 Report No. 38420 -ET Ethiopia: Towards a Strategy for Pro-Poor Tourism Development Prepared for the Government of Ethiopia by the World Bank June 30‚ 2006 Private Sector
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Tourism Resource Development Individual Assignment Tourism – A Curse or a Blessing? Tourism – Blessing or Curse? Introduction Tourism is one of the most influential and powerful industrial service sectors in the global economy. With a current contribution of 6-7% of the overall number of jobs worldwide and an annual receipt of around 1‚030 billion US Dollars in 2012 (UNWTO‚ 2012)‚ tourism proves itself as a strong and solid industry. Furthermore‚ tourism ranks fourth as an export
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1. Introduction 1.1 Defining Tourism If we consider about tourism‚ we think mostly of people visiting a place for having a leisure time‚ learning about different cultures‚ visiting relatives or friends and participating in some business activities or keeping a further study. For further considering‚ Tourism is a multidimensional and multifaceted activity which touches many lives and different economic activities for recreational‚ leisure or business purposes. It is the sum of the phenomena and
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Developing Tourism Policy and Cross‐Cultural Communication for Peace‚ Security for Sustainable Tourism Industry in Africa Author: Wilson Okaka Lecturer (Communications and Environment Programmes) Kyambogo University Kampala‐(Uganda) Telephones: [Office: 256‐414‐3771775] ‐ [Mobile: 256‐078‐2588846] Email: nupap2000@yahoo.com Paper Presented at the 4th International Institute of Peace through Tourism (IIPT) African Conference on Peace through Tourism at Educators’ Forum
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Tourism A Chance for Rural Development in Cyprus? I Table of Content II List of Figures 2 1. Definition of “Rural Areas” 3 2. Cyprus’ Rural Areas 3 3. Cyprus’ Rural Areas and their tourism potential 5 4. Tourism Impacts 8 5. Conclusion 10 II Bibliography 11 II List of Figures Figure 1: Dining terrace 5 Figure 2: Pieces of the workshop 5 Figure 3: Traditional pottery oven Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert. Figure 4: Traditional pottery Fehler! Textmarke
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