current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm Progress and development of information and communication technologies in hospitality Crystal Ip‚ Rosanna Leung and Rob Law School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Abstract Purpose – In order to enhance operational efficiency‚ improve service quality and reduce costs‚ practitioners in the hospitality industry have widely adopted and implemented information
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Commodifying Tourism Ekaterina Dogodkina Elizaveta Medvedeva Shahriyar Humbatov Assignment paper in International Tourism Management Master Program for the course International Tourism Management held by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt |25746‚ Heide |1st semester ITM | |
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Key Notes: Space Tourism is the term that’s come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back. Many people find this idea futuristic. But over the past few years a growing volume of professional work has been done on the subject‚ and it’s now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today. But this idea of Space Tourism isn’t at all familiar to most people‚ including the space industry‚ who are used
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Travel & Tourism Tourism can bring many benefits to a destination. Tourism can positively impact an area’s economy‚ social cultural‚ and environment. At the same time‚ there can be negative effects to the economy‚ social cultural‚ and environment. The tourism industry is extremely large and continuously growing‚ which is why the impacts and effects weigh so heavily on a destination. Traveling and engaging in touristic pursuits are popular leisure activities. New trends emerge as tourism continues
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MALAYSIAN TOURISM - ASSESSING ITS PERFORMANCE‚ IMPACT AND FUTURE Introduction to Malaysian Tourism Tourism‚ including Malaysian tourism‚ is a big industry worldwide and many countries have already cashed in on its potential. This article seeks to assess the performance of tourism in Malaysia‚ its development‚ impacts and future. Implications for students will also be discussed. Tourism success in any country begins from the priority placed on it by the government. The Malaysian government
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THE EFFECTS OF SPORTS IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY OF ANILAO‚ BATANGAS AS PERCEIVED BY INTERNAL TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS A Thesis Proposal Presented to the faculty of College of Arts and Sciences of Colegio San Agustin – Biñan‚ Laguna In Partial fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor Of Science in Tourism GENEVA JOY G. TABUENA MARCH 2012 Chapter 1 The Problem and It’s Background 1. Introduction Sports Tourism is defined as a specific travel outside
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Introduction In this paper‚ we mainly focus on the relationship between tourism destination and tourism industry. We take Sydney as an actual case to analyze the management‚ marketing and interrelationship between industry and destination. The tourism industry brings an array of benefits and in part the 6.8 million people of New South Wales depend on it. Tourism provides jobs and generates tax revenues that fund government programs and services‚ contributing to the State’s quality of life. It
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How Important is Tourism to the Country St.Maarten? Kadija McClure English A 5A1 How does food taste without seasoning? Tasteless‚ uninviting‚ bland doesn’t it? Food without seasoning is like St. Maarten without tourism. What is tourism really? Tourism is the commercial organization‚ operation and travelling for recreation‚ vacation‚ business or visit to interesting places. As a small island in the Caribbean‚ St.Maarten is known for its beautiful white sandy beaches‚ friendly people
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Sustainable Tourism The idea of sustainable tourism initiated from the idea of sustainable development. There are two forms of tourism industries‚ which quite a few platforms want to apply to reach sustainable level. Sustainable Development & Sustainable Tourism The term sustainable development illustrates the situation where development could happen to satisfy current generation’s needs and wants whereas the next generation would not be victims of unsustainable actions of this generation.
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Introduction Tourism has become one of the world’s main industries; both developing and extremely developed countries are now taking closer look. Tourism give a lot of foreign exchange to the country‚ it’s provides jobs directly in the same field (Tourism Industry) and indirectly in supporting industries for example‚ agriculture industry‚ guide to the development of main and important services‚ for example‚ roads‚ airports ‚ and in the same time it’s opens the country to the outside world. Tourism In Oman
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