Tourism Management 31 (2010) 1–12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tourism Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman Progress in Tourism Management A review of innovation research in tourism Anne-Mette Hjalager University of Southern Denmark‚ Niels Bohrsvej 9-10‚ DK-6700 Esbjerg‚ Denmark article info abstract Article history: Received 27 January 2009 Accepted 31 August 2009 Over the past two decades‚ there has been increasing focus on the topic
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The Beauty of diagrams Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explores the stories behind some of the most familiar scientific diagrams. Vitruvian man is a perfect diagram. Do you think so as well? Is the beauty subjective or objective? It is a very interesting controversy in the theory of aesthetic. In fact‚ everyone has their own point of view‚ no concession. Subjective opinion represents your emotional thinking. Objective opinion represents your theoretic thinking. I insist that the beauty is subjective
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Population distribution is how people are dispersed over a given area. Population distribution is measured by persons per square kilometer. An area (or country) can be densely populated‚ which means there is a high concentration of persons per square kilometer‚ or sparsely populated‚ which means there is a low concentration of persons per square kilometer. The distribution of population can be influenced by both physical and human factors. Physical factors include relief‚ climate‚ vegetation‚ soil
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Vodafone India Sales and Distribution [Type the document subtitle] Varun Vivek (11BSPHH010935) Karan Ganju (11BSPHH010381) Vidhi Sharma (11BSPHH010944) Vidhi Saigal (11BSPHH010943) Introduction Industry Profile India’s telecommunication network is the third largest in the world and the second largest among the emerging economies of Asia on the basis of its customer base and it has one of the lowest tariffs in the world enabled by the hyper-competition in its market. Major sectors of
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Introduction Tourism is an industry that rely on tourism resources and tourism facilities to provide tourists travel tour. It is known as smokeless industry and sunshine industry. Travel business is composed of three parts: tourism‚ transportation industry and accommodation industry. They are the three pillars of tourism industry. The tourism industry is very important for Singapore. It is one of Singapore’s economics pillar industry and contributors to the Singaporean economy. Tourism will help
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Causes of Channel Conflicts Channel conflict is sometimes a destructive management issue. Caused by several factors Goal incompatibility: the channel partners have incompatible or misaligned goals‚ for example the manufacturer perceives his goals to be a market share and profit maximization in the long run‚ the wholesalers perceive their goals to be sales maximization and in turn profit maximization. The latter even prefer to work at higher margins and short term profitability. This makes
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NORTH EAST AND LADAKH ABSTRACT Tourism acts as a backbone for majority of nations especially the growing economies while the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and the sociocultural are not ignorable. The tourism sector‚ if driven well in the right direction‚ can play a holistic process of economic‚ social and environmental sustenance as well as development. Sustainable form of tourism not only ensures the profitable income but also
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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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Channel and pricing Strategies University of Phoenix Date Due: 30‚ August 2010 Channel and pricing Strategies Team C examines the channeling and pricing strategies of the Toyota Motor Corporation for the team’s product launch. The assignment explores the appropriate channel strategy for both the domestic market as well as the international market through direct exporting channels. The team justifies Toyota international market through extensive research on the chosen product. According
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Sustainable Tourism in Kumarakom – A Case Study Background kumarakom is situated on the banks of the Vembanad Kayal (backwater)‚ 10 km. west of the Kottayam District Head Quarters in Kerala. Kumarakom‚ a backwater tourism hub is gaining strategic place in on the tourist map due to its natural charm and aesthetic beauty. Tourism development in Kumarakom started with the lease of KTDC land in the bird sanctuary area to Taj Kerala Resorts Limited in the 1989. Tourism has developed rapidly in the area
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