INTRODUCTION Can the Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent of the
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The History of Video Game Development Presented by: Caleb Arbaugh The First Video Game • Creator: William Higinbotham • Year: 1958 • Where: Brookhaven National Laboratory en o f s i n o w rT The First Video Game Console • Creator: Ralph H. Baer • Year: 1967 All six games released‚ resembled Tennis for Two in some way. w o Br x o B n First Licensed Home Game Console • • • Company: Magnavox Year Licensed: 1972 Modified Version of The Brown Box (1967) y d O y e ss Who Played Video Games
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | How might ‘creativity’‚ rather than flagship developments‚ help to regenerate local communities?| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Essay Introduction Presently ‘creativity’ seems to be a cure-all for a variety of problems. Lot of research has been done on the topic of creativity and its role in different field such as creative cities (Landry‚ 2000)‚ creative clusters (Mommaas‚ 2009)‚ creative industries (O’Connor
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Orleans had a deep and long history in being involved in wars where it has been conquered by the French‚ Spanish and lastly the American which had left diversity in culture and also heritage buildings. Map of New Orleans: Famous tourism spots in New Orleans (USA Maps‚ 2012) The different cultures in New Orleans had led to multiple cultural events to take place in the city which includes dances and music festivals. It has given the opportunity for the city to rise as a tourism city. However‚ due to
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Macau has developed its tourism sector when there was a rapid growth on the gaming industry since the 70s. However‚ there is no longer a comprehensive tourism planning at that time. It was until 1980s‚ the Portuguese government has tried to preserve the cultural influence over Macau after 1999. By preserving the mixture of Eastern and Western cultures in Macau‚ it paved the way for the development of cultural tourism in Macau. Nowadays‚ the development of cultural heritage tourism is significantly successful
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To create sustainability and better trading conditions fair trade was started as an organized movement in developed countries. The major aim of this movement was to provide better return on investment to the small farmers and exporters. The major products traded under this theme were fresh fruits‚ handicrafts‚ chocolates‚ coffee‚ flowers‚ sugars bananas‚ honey and cotton (Moseley‚ 2008). In the Europe and North America the fair trade has been restricted to only very small world shops. Due to
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History and Development of Modern Psychology Have you ever wondered why people think or behave differently from one another? Well that’s what people study in psychology. Psychology is the study behavior and cognitive process. It’s a relatively new science just that started a little over 100 years ago. Wilhelm Wundt‚ a German scientist‚ opened the first psychology lab in 1789. He was the founder of structuralism approach. This approach sought to identify the building blocks‚ or the structure‚ of
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Museums and tourism Stakeholders‚ resource and sustainable development Master’s Dissertation International Museum Studies Museion/Göteborg University Spring term 2004 Author: Guðbrandur Benediktsson Supervisor: Cajsa Lagerkvist LIST OF CONTENTS FOREWORD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1. Aims and objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2. Theoretical approaches and sources. . . . . . . .
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6. Institutional Options 7. Public sector development 8. Environmental and Social safeguards 9. Implementation Arrangement 10. Risks and Evaluation What is a Project? →A unique organised set of activities and inputs to produce desired outcomes within defined schedule‚ subject to uncertainty‚ for defined purposes. * Different from production‚ operation * Desired but uncertain * Value judgement on purpose - development Related Concepts Strategy | Policies - General
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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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