The Yasuni National Park is a nature preserve in the country of Ecuador that houses a section of the Amazon rainforest (Cite). It is about 3‚793 square miles large and is one of the most biodiverse locations in the world. It is home to hundreds of different species of birds‚ reptiles‚ amphibians‚ and many other types of animals‚ hundreds of thousands of diverse plant species‚ and multiple tribes living in voluntary isolation. It is also estimated that there are more tree‚ shrub and liana species
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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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best as possible. I remember one interesting place and always makes me want to visit it for the umpteenth time. The one of the beautiful place that I’ve ever visitted is Tlatar. ETASIA Tlatar is an abbreviation of “Ekowisata Taman Air Indonesia” (Ecotourism Indonesian Water Park) or we also usually call with Umbul Tlatar is the one of famous family recreation place in Boyolali. Etasia is an artificial park that combining natural resources of Merbabu slopes with modern alternative society tourism. This
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Chapter 10 Vocab: * Biota: The sum total of all livings organism. The term usually is applied to the setting of natural ecosystems. * Biological wealth: The life-sustaining combination of commercial‚ scientific‚ and aesthetic values imparted to a region by its biota. * Biodiversity: The diversity of the living things found in the natural world. The concept usually refers to the different species‚ but also includes ecosystems and the genetic diversity within a given species. * Instrumental
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Canada and the Arctic Council Issue Canada’s involvement in the Arctic Council should be focused on the development of sustainable infrastructure in the Arctic region‚ on adhering to international standards regarding climate change‚ and on developing dialogue between government and indigenous groups. Positions Canada benefits from greater involvement of indigenous groups in Arctic policy decisions‚ as cooperation allows for better decision making Much of the international community represented
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Tourism 1) Background and Trends 2) Reasons for growth in Tourism 3) Impacts of growth in Tourism 4) Sustainable Tourism 5) Approaches to Sustainable Tourism 1) Background and Trends Tourists: Persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes. Tourist destination area: A place that tourists travel to Tourists generating area: A place where tourists come from (source) Tourism:
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Introduction Sustainable Tourism can be best described as tourism that considers its economic (future and current)‚ environmental and social impacts‚ coveting to the needs of the host communities‚ environment and visitors‚ that are defined as sustainable tourism (UNWTO‚ 2005) and the protection‚ enhancement of the natural‚ social and cultural resources in which tourism depend on‚ is one of the fundamental principle of all sustainable tourism development polices (Sharpley‚R 2000‚ pp.12). To
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little produce and crops. * Half of population depends on agriculture for its livelihood. * Mostly white commercial farmers own almost half of Namibias arable land. * Tourism is a major industry being a prime destination in Africa for Ecotourism which features Namibias extensive wildlife. * 80 % Christian and 50 % Lutherans . * Ostrich eggs are not uncommon and sheep ‚ goat meat ‚ milk from these herds and fish from the coast provide good quality protein. * Millet staple
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Professor Julia Allen Intro to Sociology 12 July 2015 Cameroon Cameroon‚ on the Gulf of Guinea‚ is a Central African country of varied terrain and wildlife. Its inland capital‚ Yaoundé‚ and its biggest city‚ the seaport Douala‚ are transit points to ecotourism sites as well as beach resorts like Kribi – near the Chutes de la Lobé waterfalls‚ which plunge directly into the sea – and Limbe‚ home to a wildlife center. The modern state of Cameroon was created in 1961 by the union of two former colonies‚ a
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THE TAJ GROUP OF HOTELS The Company was incorporated in 1902 and it opened its first hotel‚ The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower‚ Mumbai‚ in 1903. The Company then undertook major expansion of The Taj Mahal Palace & Tower‚ Mumbai by constructing an adjacent tower block and increasing the number of rooms from 225 to 565 rooms. With the completion of its initial public offering in the early 1970s‚ the Company began a long term program of geographic expansion and development of new tourist destinations
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