is affecting its position as a financial hub and a tourist destination Ask any of the Hong Kong residents. There is no surprise to hear them saying the smog hiding Hong Kong’s once blue skies has been getting thicker over the last decade. Indeed‚ Bloomberg recently reported that air pollution in Hong Kong has been soaring since 2007. In 2011‚ the crowded state recorded 175 days of “very high” pollution– more than double the figure from four years prior. How is the declining air quality affecting
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Perceptions of Tourism related Responsibility of the Stakeholders in a Tourist Destination: Empirical Evidences Edgar D’ Souza* Nandakumar Mekoth* Abstract There are multiple stakeholders who have varied interests in relation to tourism industry namely the host community‚ business organizations‚ tourists and the government. Responsible tourism aims not only to minimize the negative impacts but to maximize the positive impacts of tourism on these stake holders
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How did Zeus Salazar differentiate the Western definition and our “indigenous” perception of what history or kasaysayan is? ANSWER: “Magkaiba ang kasaysayan‚ na binigyang-diin ng saysay‚ at historya‚ na nakatuon naman sa pagsisisyasat.” Salazar defined “history” in Tagalog as different from the Western definition‚ which referred to knowledge‚ to the search of information or to what happened in the past. He defined ‘kasaysayan’ in our “indigenous” perception. It came from the root word ‘saysay’
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Pill Bugs Attraction to Colored Lights Introduction: This experiment was conducted to see which colored light pill bugs would prefer more out of red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ and green lights. If pill bugs went to the green and yellow lights more than the blue and red lights‚ then this means they like brighter lights more than gloomier lights. For the experimental group‚ the colors used were blue‚ red‚ yellow‚ and green. The controlled group was the middle chamber. It got regular light from the classroom. The
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International Studies Quarterly (2008) 52‚ 25–47 Information‚ Bias‚ and Mediation Success* Burcu Savun University of Pittsburgh Why do some mediation episodes produce successful negotiated settlements between the disputants of international conflict while others fail to achieve success? This article examines how certain characteristics of a mediator‚ that is‚ a mediator’s information about the disputants and a mediator’s bias toward them‚ affect the success of mediation of international conflicts
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The tourism industry has developed into one of the most powerful industries in the world. The impacts of tourism development growth can produce both benefits and costs to the host nation. In order to eliminate the negativities caused by tourism‚ and provide a more sustainable future for the ever-expanding industry‚ Government’s need to be actively involved throughout. However‚ the extent of their involvement is disputed. The Government’s of such nations must try to develop initiatives that will not
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Outline Describe the typical social‚ cultural and environmental impacts experienced by tourist destinations in developing countries Social impacts * Increase in variety of jobs available * Seasonal employment * Price inflation * Economic leakage Cultural impacts * Market for traditional crafts and/or rituals grows * New patterns of dress and behaviour may cause problems Environmental impacts * Provision of new intrastructure‚ e.g. roads * Increased pressure
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from The Emigrants by Edward Kamau Brathwaite The poem from The Emigrants by Edward Kamau Brathwaite is the thoughts of an indigenous inhabitant‚ the persona‚ thinking of the invasion that has been so abruptly brought upon them which they must now face. We know that the persona is one of the inhabitants because in line four and twelve‚ the repetition of “my” personalizes what is happening‚ coming from an inhabitant’s perspective. The themes perception versus reality‚ power‚ discovery and war
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Two meaning can be interpreted from the poem‚ “From the Wave”‚ by Thom Gunn. The first meaning is the actual and literal meaning of a surfer catching a wave. The second is a metaphorical meaning. This meaning describes the ups and downs of a human being’s life. Readers know the speaker is actually talking about surfers‚ because Gunn describes the how it feels to actually catch a wave. The speaker says that “Their pale feet‚ curl‚ they poise their weight / With a learn’d skill. / It is the wave
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Honors April 28‚ 2013 Ethan Frome The novel Ethan Frome‚ written by Edith Wharton‚ takes place in Stark Field‚ Massachusetts during the late 1800s‚ early 1900s. In this tragic romance‚ Ethan Frome‚ a very poor man who‚ due to his poverty is isolated from the rest of the town and is forced to live with his wife‚ Zeena‚ who has always been what Starkfield calls “sickly” (31) Ethan falls in love with their hired girl Mattie‚ a “helpful young life…like the lighting of a fire on a cold health‚” (29) who
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