The cultural impacts of tourism on the host communities The impact that tourism has on the cultural lives of communities is one of the most important issues debated by tourism researchers and academics today. There is an increasingly growing concern that tourism development is leading to destinations losing their cultural identity by catering for the perceived needs of tourists. Although they take longer to appear‚ the cultural consequences of tourist activity have the potential to be much
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HK’s air pollution 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
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language and used another way of thinking especially in business meetings. For example‚ my boss blamed me that I shouldn’t have said “sorry” if he hadn’t said that. In my opinion‚ in Japan‚ it’s very common to say sorry no matter you did bad things or not. It’s just like a start of a conversation. Especially in our case‚ the Japanese manager said‚” My boss was angry last night.” I replied spontaneously‚” I am sorry…” I meant‚ and I believe Japanese like this way – to show the sincere feeling
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| | The Impact of ICT across the learning community | Table of contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…….. 3 Literature review………………………………………..…………………………………………………….……………… 5 Methodology.......................................................................................................................... 10 Presentation and Analysis of the Case study Findings.......................................................... 13 Conclusions and Recommendations
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12 The Effects of Air Pollutants on Vegetation and the Role of Vegetation in Reducing Atmospheric Pollution Iuliana Florentina Gheorghe1 and Barbu Ion2 1Ecological University of Bucharest‚ Faculty of Ecology and Environmental Protection 2Forest Research and Management Institute Romania 1. Introduction The main air pollutants are represented by gases forms‚ particles in suspension‚ different ionizing radiation and noise. The gases forms are: oxidized and reduced forms of carbon (CO2‚ CO‚ CH4)‚ of
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Term Paper on Environmental Pollution Prepared by: Joeren S. Rapista Submitted to: Mrs. Nena Visto Environmental Pollution Introduction I – Environmental Pollution A. Definition B. History II – The kind of pollution and their effects A. Air Pollution B. Water Pollution C. Solid Waste Pollution D. Noise Pollution E. Lead Pollution Effects Solution Bibliography “What is Environmental Pollution?” With Philippine progress
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Discuss the ways in which Ramabai ‚ brings up travails and sufferings of high upper- caste women. Ramabai was born on 23rd April 1858 in a High Caste Hindu Brahmin family. She never went to school but learnt to read and write from her parents‚ Anantha Shastri Dongre(a renowned Sanskrit Scholar) and Laxmibai. She was made to experience the need for and value of knowledge‚ self respect‚ dignity and hard work‚ which she maintained throughout her life. But Ramabai’s parents did not like their children
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Intro Tung Chung is an area which is located on the Lantau Island. Right after the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport in 1998‚ it was developed as part of the Airport Core Programme. The government decided to make Tung Chung the first new town on an outlying island. First‚ the government began with the infrastructure there‚ housing is also built to attract more people move in. In 1998‚ the Tung Chung line of MTR was opened. It provided a much easier access of the region and thus rose
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Summary: In order to address the question: Does bioaccumulation of pollutants by aquatic plants increase (or decrease) by sediment bioturbation under benthic invertebrate activity? Oligochetes tubificidae‚ famous invertebrate worms‚ was used as an active ecological engineer and biotubartion source. Biological sediment reworking generated by this invertebrates activity will be quantified using luminophores‚ inert particulate and dissolved tracers. One aquatic plant species‚ Typha latifolia was set
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Air and Water Pollution: The Gulf Oil Spill Stephanie Wolf University of Phoenix ENV/100 Principles of Environmental Science Cyraj El-Bakoush On April 20‚ 2010‚ BP’s oil rig Deepwater Horizon blew up in the Gulf of Mexico‚ killing 11 people and unleashing more than 200 million gallons of oil into the water (Sakashita‚ N.D.). The spill oiled more than 1‚000 miles of shoreline and a study from the Center for Biological
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