By: Anne Vilagut Tourism The French define tourism as "the art to satisfy the most diverse aspirations which invite man to move out of his daily universe." The Webster’s dictionary defines tourism as "the guiding or managing of tourists; the promotion or encouragement of touring: the accommodation of tourists." Both definitions are apt for tourism. The private sector of tourism includes lodging‚ food‚ transportation‚ recreation facilities‚ attractions‚ travel agents‚ and tour operators. These
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Analyse the factors that causes differences in the hazards posed by volcanoes around the world (40 marks) A hazard can be define as something which poses a level of threat the life‚ health‚ property or environment‚ a volcano can compromise all these things through the many hazards volcanoes presents. Such as lahars‚ flash flooding‚ landslides‚ pyroclastic flows‚ ash clouds and many others. There are factors which can influence the severity of the hazard and cause differences in them and can be classified
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Main factors affect the refined oil yield: 1‚ the alkali refining loss (1) for removal of colloid in hair oil‚ free fatty acid‚ moisture‚ impurities and other form of loss; (2) in the process caused by the loss of neutral oil saponification‚ emulsification; (3) theoretical calculation formula: alkali refining losses = 0.2 + 1.25 x (FFA % % + water + phosphatide content % % + 0.3% + impurities) 2‚ decoloring loss mainly for adsorption bleaching waste clay in oil absorption caused by the loss
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Factors Affecting poor Study Habits? There are many factors which may affect study habits. Study habits can be affected by the environment in which the student studies. The amount of time used for studying is another affecting factor. Introduction A major task of education programs is to come up with guidelines and tools to enable students to learn effectively. This is to ensure that students are able to acquire skills for them to carry out their academic and problem solving tasks. UNESCO acknowledges
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Tourism Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business‚ and the provision of services for this act. Tourists are persons who are "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited" (official UNWTO definition). A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry. Many
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that are not precisely predictable‚ but follows a known probability distribution. Risk taking is a phenomenal virtue of most successful executives and managers. The high crests and the low ebbs of most businesses are more often governed by this one factor “risk” taken by its decision makers. While more often the success is celebrated and the failure is chided‚ the risks involved is not weighed to totality. The concept of risk taking has played a central role in psychological research during the last
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consumer behaviour to branded coffee shops. The findings concluded that most respondents visit coffee shops with friends‚ with locally branded coffee shops the preferred choice. Consumer motivations to branded coffee shops are most influenced by three factors: past experience/ familiarity; convenience of location/travel; and friends and family. With friendly staff‚ high quality of coffee and food‚ good atmosphere and good reputation the most important aspects for branded coffee shops. Recent exposure of
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So‚how can we get to iconic branding? To me‚ iconic branding is about really getting three things right: The first and most important is segmentation. Now‚ segmentation is a much used word‚ but it can make the difference between winning and losing. Segmentation must go way beyond the generic functional attributes and features if it has to be truly powerful. It must seek to understand the functional‚ the psychological and the emotional gratification that the consumer derives. A very good example
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Unit 504 Factors which can affect learning & achievement Accommodation: The earlier you can arrive to prepare for the session the better; you may need to set up IT equipment before the trainees arrive. Prepare the room for the session‚ for activities tables may need to be re-arranged‚ flip charts moved or they may need to use a Wi-Fi hub. Handouts may need to be positioned ready along with exercises and the resources that are going to be used. Good preparation will allow the session to run more
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The political and legal environment In the aftermath of the credit crisis‚ governments and regulators are strengthening consumer protections and promoting the concept of responsible lending; new developments are being made with the customer’s interests in mind‚ ensuring that the customer is in control of their own finances‚. The Consumer Credit Act section 75 provides added protection to consumers‚ offered for transactions over £100. It is notable that higher earners‚ are among the financially savvy
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