UNIT 1 The travel and tourism industry Introduction T he travel and tourism industry is one of the biggest and fastest growing industries in the UK. This unit will give you an introduction to the industry‚ providing a sound basis for further study. You will find out about the nature of the industry‚ its size and scale‚ and you will be introduced to the types of organisations that form its structure. In addition you will investigate the development of the industry and the factors
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All forms of tourism development that are conducive to saving rare and precious resources‚ in particular water and energy‚ as well as avoiding so far as possible waste production‚ should be given priority and encouraged by national‚ regional and local public authorities; To minimize the use of scarce and non-renewable resources in the development and operation of tourism facilities and services. A sustainable future depends on the careful management of resources to ensure their availability
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Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism The paper intends to study the environmental impacts and sustainable development of rural tourism. As Wall (2006) mentions‚ there are large quantities of research papers on economic impacts of tourism. Besides‚ considerable statistics greatly ease the analyses and measurements. The environmental impacts of tourism have been paid more and more attention in recent years; but due to debate on indicators and some other objective barriers
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Tourism is a social‚ cultural and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business / professional purposes. History has taught us that people travel and engage in tourism activities in increasing numbers when several basic conditions can be met. Before people can experience tourism they usually need at least:- 1. disposable income‚ ie. money to spend on non-essentials 2. leisure time 3. tourism
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The UK Inbound Tourism IndustryIntroduction:Tourism is seventh of the largest industries in the UK‚ worth £74 billion to the UK economy. There are currently 2.1 million jobs in the industry. Within the inbound Tourism to the UK‚ 30 million overseas visitors who came in 2005 spent £14 billion on holidays 2005 was a record year for UK inbound tourism both in terms of volume and value. The UK ranks fifth in when compared international tourism earnings league behind the USA‚ Spain‚ France and Italy.
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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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The tourism industry often needs a various range of information to satisfy and attracts its consumers and most of this information is delivered promptly to the customers with the help of the information and communication technologies (Poon‚ 1993). And as result‚ the global tourism industry is rapidly changing and the information and communication technologies ( ICTs) such as the internet is altering the structure of tourism industry and how it market his products and conducts its promotion. In order
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EVOLUTION OF HOTEL INDUSTRY: Overall Growth in 2005 -2006 OVERALLGROWTH IN 2005 - 06 OCCUPANCY RATE : 2.6% AVERAGE RATE : 23.7% REVP : 26.9% (IN IMR AND 28.1% IN USD) HOTEL: Hotel or Inn may be defined as an establish‚ment whose primary business is providing paid lodging facilities for the general public‚m and which furnishesone or more of the services like - Food & Beverages Services‚ Concierge‚ Bell or Door Attendants Service‚ laundry or Dry Cleaning‚ and use of furniture and
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circumstances‚ or structure‚ in which they operate. The structures that we act under are rules‚ conventions‚ and restraints upon human behavior are based. An example of this would be with in the structure of capitalism‚ the optimal location for an industry would be at the point of maximum profits. With the structuralism way of thinking all action is preset to follow a set of rules or boundaries that are put into place. (Structuralism and Psychoanalysis) Poststructuralist is a school of thought that
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Travel agents in the Bahamas A Design for Destiny Travel Located: East and Shirley Streets Nassau‚ New Providence Premier Travel Located: Collins Avenue Havanatur Bahamas Travel Agency Located: East Bay Street Shopping Plaza Leisure Travel & Tours Ltd Located: Montgomery Street Majestic Travel Located: Hillside Manor Best Island Travel & Tours Located: Grand Bahama International Airport First Class Travel Consultants Located: Thompson Boulevard Exuma Travel Services/Via Sky Unlimited
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