TOURISM “…tourism should be defined conceptually as those aspects of leisure-time behaviour and their consequences which occur as a result of temporary trips away from the home environment and which are motivated exclusively by a concern for recreation matters.” (Heeley‚ 1980) 2. “…tourist as someone travelling for any purpose except commuting to and from work…” [ (Hunt & Layne‚ 1991) ] 3. “…Tourism appears to be becoming an acceptable term to singularly describe the activity of people
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Hospitality Management 18 (1999) 331}343 Life and tourism in the year 2050 Abraham Pizam* Department of Hospitality Management‚ University of Central Florida‚ P.O. Box 161400‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816-1400‚ USA Abstract This article is an essay that represents the author ’s personal vision of life and the state of the tourism industry in the year 2050. It describes the major expected developments in the areas of environment‚ demographics‚ economy and business‚ lifestyle and values‚ politics‚ housing
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rich biodiversity‚ elegant environment‚ beautiful hill ranges and perennial streams and water falls since times immemorial. This area is not properly explored due to prohibition because the holy shrine of Lord Sri Venkateswara or Balaji situated here. Present study aims at the detailed survey of flora and fauna of Seshachalam Hill Range for the assessment of Biodiversity which is important to formulate appropriate conservation strategies. Key Words - Seshachalam Hill Range – Biodiversity – Conservation
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Executive Summary The tourism industry has undergone rapid growth of unsurpassed nature over the last several decades. This has mainly been due to the advent of a ’borderless’ world and increased information dissemination about the majestic sceneries throughout the world‚ with the southern Bengal region being no exception. We are on the brink of penetrating a lucrative market in a rapidly growing industry. The current trend towards an increase in the number of tourists entering the country presents
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In a newspaper article “Eco-tourism: It’s not easy being green”[1] dated in June‚ 2007‚ the author criticizing there are still ecological damages‚ especially the effect to the wild animals that accompanies the eco-tourism. It says‚ Eco-tourism‚ generally defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people”‚ is often misunderstood. And most of the travelers‚ even they are concerned about the environment of the places they visit
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Conserving Biodiversity in the Himalayan Rangelands A term paper Nawraj Sapkota Roll no. 25 Tribhuvan university Central Department of Environmental Science Kathmandu‚ Kirtipur 2010 Supervisor: Mr. Prabin kishor Sharma Contents Chapters Page no. Executive summary 1 Introduction
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report concentrates on the effects of dealing with a disability in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry. There are many ways how disabled people can be affected in this area such as discrimination in employment‚ discrimination in being the customer‚ false advertisement and lack of support and facilities in the business. Whether it’s a mental disability such as dyslexic or a physical disability such as partially-sighted it can have an effect on both. For many in the tourism and hospitality world disabled
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each having different relationships‚ keeping each other alive. But without creeks and water ways it can jeopardise the biodiversity of the ecosystem. Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms including animals & plants that can be found either in just one location or across the entire country. The ways you can identify a healthy creeks is see if it has a good amount of biodiversity. The second most important part is the monitoring of the creek‚ which is done by running tests similar to what we did
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Tourism And Sustainability THE WHOLE PICTURE TOURISM Lying on beaches with blue waters; indulging in a delightful package of fiesta and fun; enjoying delicious cuisine and accompany of the local. Probably the pictures that spring to mind when you hear ‘tourism’. Indeed‚ most people long for these when they consider going on a tour. Tourism is travel for recreational and leisure purposes. Apart from this‚ there are also ecotourism‚ educational‚ medical tourism. Sustainable tourism will be zoomed
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HOëRSKOOL “Life is not a problem to be solved‚ but a reality to be experienced” NAME: KGWATALALA THABANG SUBJECT: TOURISM STUDENT NO: 1152 GRADE: 11(KEY 6) TOPIC: CONFERENCE TOURISM YEAR: 2014 1.1 Introduction Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa’s first all-race elections on 27 April 1994. It was initially named Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (PWV) and was renamed "Gauteng"
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