up 70% of the global golf retail market2. The financial crisis in 2009 resulted in the decrease of power of purchase in the US‚ as depicted in the below graphic‚ proxied by its consumer price index. Figure Historical U.S. and Japan CPI showing decreases in year 2009. Source: rateinflation.com In a survey3‚ more than 50% of respondent quit playing golf because they think it is too expensive. Now the logics are‚ global economy downturn caused many previously-active-golf-players quit the game
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What is Tourism? Tourism includes several social practices. All these have the small common characteristic that they are different and they are a ’departure ’ from normal life. These characteristics help us to define tourism‚ which according to the W.T.O (World Trade Organization) is the movement of people away from their normal routine of residence and work for a period of not less than 24 hours and not more than 1 year. Tourism is a free time activity because it gets along with its opposite
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A. ROAD TRANSPORT- dominated by motor cars and coaches that provides door- to- door flexibility‚ gives view of the landscape and a means of transporting recreational equipment. B. RAIL TRANSPORT- provides examples of the specific development of a country. It competes with road transport in terms of time and distance- from city center to city center. C. AIR TRANSPORT- their main market is the visitors who give utmost importance to speed and range. This is available in scheduled and chartered
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If Africa is to be successful in competing in the international tourism market‚ standards of excellence must be introduced. In order for Africa to facilitate progress in implementing good tourism development there are key issues facing the continent that need to be addressed. These issues are; Comprehensive government policies for tourism‚ Public health and safety‚ Capacity building‚ Infrastructure‚ Environmental mitigation and protection. State capacity-building is a critical aspect of
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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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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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Tourism in India: With a view to earning foreign exchange India wants to develop her tourist-industry. Since a pretty long time Kashmir has become a regular receiver of tourists. Innumerable number of people come from abroad to visit this prettiest place of India. Most of the people of Kashmir earn their bread and fortune by dealing with the tourists in various ways getting money from the tourists through hotels‚ restaurants‚ rest houses‚ boat-houses‚ conveyances and by hawking‚ peddling and guiding
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Corporate Golf is a term coined for the group of people from corporate world playing Golf on regular basis‚ either for fun or for business. They keep the Golf courses busy across the Globe where ever Golf is appreciated. Corporate firms are large organizations with influential decision makers‚ professionals‚ high profile personnel and Golf has always been associated with being elite and sophisticated. This is what makes Corporates and Golf go hand in hand. It will be suffice to say that Corporate
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Sports Tourism Sports Tourism is viewed as international trips that are made to watch sporting events. There is no universally accepted definition of sports tourism‚ but the terms ‘sport tourism’ and ‘sport tourist’ are often found in literature review. Stuart Hall‚ a cultural theorist and sociologist from Kingston‚ Jamaica is one of the many theorists that have formulated an opinion of the definition of sports tourism. Hall is under the belief that sports tourism falls into two categories
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of golf‚ the game comes down to the basic golf swing. The better the player is at putting the golf club on the golf ball‚ the lower their score is going to be. Of course‚ learning to do that is no small task. The basic golf swing often violates the kinetics of how the body normally functions. After factoring in the notion a golfer is trying to hit a golf ball with a "sweet spot" on the club of about one inch‚ it becomes easier to understand why so few individuals can make a living with a golf club
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