Eco-tourism is more than a catch phrase for nature loving travel and recreation. Eco-tourism is consecrated for preserving and sustaining the diversity of the world’s natural and cultural environments. It accommodates and entertains visitors in a way that is minimally intrusive or destructive to the environment and sustains & supports the native cultures in the locations it is operating in. Responsibility of both travellers and service providers is the genuine meaning for eco-tourism. Eco-tourism
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Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile‚ pristine‚ and relatively undisturbed natural areas‚ intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial (mass) tourism. Its purpose may be to educate the traveller‚ to provide funds forecological conservation‚ to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities‚ or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has been considered
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providing food‚ but literally feeding people. In addition‚ they obtained donations of food by several people in the community and soldiers specifically‚ who delivered half of their personal rations1‚ the Grey Nuns also provided their services at government-regulated food distribution centers2. During the Grey Nun’s visits to the sheds‚ they would often check for dead bodies among the sick to remove them. There was reportedly “more than one young child lying with mothers
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Introduction The conditions of the global travel agency industry have significantly changed over recent years‚ mainly because of the development of the new technologies‚ electronic commerce and the major changes in tourism consumer behaviour. Increasingly‚ people are booking their travel over the Internet‚ directly from the suppliers or on electronic retailer’s websites affecting traditional travel agencies on the high street. Further‚ the market starts to show signs of overload because of the
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....... 2 History of ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) in Tourism Industry: ................................................................................................................ 2 Definition of e-tourism (Electronic Tourism):...................................................... 4 Relationship between ICT and E- Commerce (Electronic commerce) ................ 4 Relationship between Tourism and ICTs: ............................................................ 5 Advantages
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ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY School of Graduate Studies College of Commerce Department of Marketing Management A Study on Marketing Strategy to Enhance Sustainable Tourism Development in Bahir Dar and its Environs By: Aschalew Adane ID No: GSR/0641/04 Advisor: Getie Andualem (PHD) Thesis Submitted To The School Of Graduate Studies Of Addis Ababa University In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Award Of Degree Of Master of Arts In marketing management May‚ 2013 Addis Ababa
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Tourism and Hospitality Management Individual Assignment Kuching - Heaven on Earth Amanda Lim Yen Thang B1002862 HELP University College Kuching - Heaven on Earth KUCHING: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION Situated on the island of Borneo is Malaysia’s largest state‚ Sarawak‚ where its capital‚ Kuching‚ lures tourists and travellers over with its beauty of a great green environment and the friendliness of its people‚ who are also known as Kuchingnites. Kuching is known as the one place where one can
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Medical tourism Indian Medical Travel: A Priority Sector The Indian economy’s steady growth rate is also being reflected in the Indian healthcare and medical travel industry. Healthcare and medical health travel are priority areas for India‚ and the government has increased its budgetary outlay for medical travel and foreign investment. Customs duties on the import of medical equipment have been slashed‚ and special incentives are being offered for future private healthcare facilities. Government
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Medical Tourism Medical tourism (MT) is patient movement from highly developed nations to other areas of the world for medical care‚ usually to find treatment at a lower cost. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment that is unavailable in their own communities. Services typically sought by travelers include elective
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[pic] Marketing Strategy and Performance of Tourism Industries in Nepal 1. Concept Nepal is a small land-locked county‚ surrounded by the Tibetan region of China on the north and India on the rest‚ with a total population of 28.6 million in 2009 (World Development Indicators Data Base‚ January 2010)‚ but is one of the growing tourism destinations in Asia. The number of foreign tourists increased greatly from a mere 6179 in 1962 to 176‚634 in 1984‚ 491‚504 in 1999‚ 361‚237 in 2001‚ and 385
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