tourism that incorporates an element of risk‚ higher levels of physical exertion‚ and the need for specialized skill. 2. Ecotourism – responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people. 3. Geotourism – tourism that
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Abstract Nature-based tourism is an important part of the global tourism industry‚ and its components and features vary considerably from one destination to another. In Malaysia‚ location‚ quality and quantity of natural resources‚ and their infrastructure have not been well documented in the past. Thus‚ this paper attempts to assess local community-based management for potential ecotourism in South Kelantan which is Gunung Reng‚ Jeli as case study. The study investigated the local community involvement
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Volcanic Materials and Health Concerns Introduction: Basic Geology of Volcanoes A volcano can be a mountain like structure or a wide sloping hill that opens downwards to a pool of molten rock below the surface of the earth. When a break in the earth’s surface allows molten rock material to come up from the earth’s core‚ a volcano is formed. Volcanic eruptions can cause lateral blasts‚ lava flows‚ hot ash flows‚ mudslides‚ avalanches‚ falling ash and floods. These
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There have been and still are many key challenges and opportunities that face the tourism and events industry over the years. Throughout this essay I am going to outline and discuss a select few that we face now in the 21st century and relate them to specific industry sectors. The specific areas I am going to cover include the Social and Cultural impacts‚ the economic and financial trends‚ the ecological impacts and the trends formed over the last 60 years compared with forecasts for the next 10
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Kimpton Hotels’ EarthCare program brings the business’s philosophy of environmental responsibility straight to its properties‚ starting with its pioneering Eco Floor at the Hotel Triton in San Francisco in 1994. Today EarthCare’s efforts include: * Using environmentally friendly cleaning supplies in all rooms. * Printing corporate collateral on recycled paper using soy-based ink. * Usring recycled paper for all printing property-wide. * Serving organic‚ shade grown‚ and/or fair trade
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Evolution of travel and tourism at PULAU LANGKAWI. The purpose we choose LANGKAWI as a tourism place for our group assignment because it’s smaller islands‚ has a legendary reputation‚ with many places where myth and natural beauty seem to coincide. Many of its legends are all the more real‚ simply because its people are convinced of their authenticity. Langkawi certainly has its own share of geological uniqueness‚ as the very landscape from which these legends are derived. Langkawi
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THE PROSPECTS AND PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY: THE CASE OF BANGLADESH A Research Report By Mohammad Mazibar Rahman Student No. 0703015 Registration NO. 0703015 BBA‚ Level-4‚ Semester-II Session: 2006-07 13 October‚ 2011 Faculty of Business Studies A RESEARCH REPORT ON THE PROSPECTS AND PROMOTIONAL
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A FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE THE SUSTAINABILITY OF WILDLIFE TOURISM OPERATIONS Examples of marine wildlife tourism in Western Australia Kate Rodger‚ Amanda Smith‚ Claire Davis‚ David Newsome‚ Philip Patterson Examples of Marine Wildlife Tourism in Western Australia Disclaimer The technical reports present data and its analysis‚ meta-studies and conceptual studies‚ and are considered to be of value to industry‚ government or other researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research
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DO VOLCANOES HAVE A DESTRUCTIVE POWER AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BENEFIT Volcanoes are usually depicted as towering mountains missing a chunk out of the top from which steam‚ ash and lava spew forth. In reality‚ a volcano is any spot on the surface of the Earth where lava flows. Magma finds its way upwards along fissures or cracks in the planet ’s crust and bursts out onto the surface‚ resulting in a volcano. Magma that flows out of a volcano is called lava. If it comes out of the volcano in an explosive
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Impact of Tourism in Mombasa city‚ Kenya: (A survey of the tourism industry in Mombasa town‚ Kenya). Ng’ang’a Nancy Wangari A research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of bachelor degree in Arts of the University of Nairobi. April‚ 2012 DECLARATION This research project is my original work and has never been presented to any other university or institution of learning for award of a degree‚ diploma or certificate. Ng’ang’a Nancy
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