Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the
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(20121002)‚ Kinnari Pandya (20121026) School of Petroleum Management‚ Gandhinagar 11/1/2012 Abstract Name of the Journal: International Journal of Culture‚ Tourism and Hospitality Research (eJournal by Emerald Insight) Hospitality is the defining feature of India and Indians. In the era where national boundaries are fading fuelled by rapid movement of culture‚ capital and knowledge across borders‚ hospitality industry has emerged as one of the largest employers in the world. It
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aims to describe the tourism policy and strategies in national and state contexts‚ to determine the inherent direction and prospects or potential in the tourism development of Kuala Lumpur as a tourist-friendly destination. The results show that some aspects need to be emphasized and have similarities in each of policies and strategies at the national and state level. This shows that policies made at national level could be followed at state level‚ so that each line of tourism development planning
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the UK hospitality iNdustry 1.1 The structure of the hospitality industry The hospitality industry in the UK is a broad and varied industry ranging from single-person organisations to worldwide corporations. People do a total of more than 80 different jobs in the industry. key terms Hospitality: kindness in welcoming guests or strangers Fourteen different industries The hospitality industry is not just hotels and restaurants. There are 12 other different sectors of the industry:
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work on Cross-Cultural Management still relevant to managers in the Hospitality and Tourism industry? 1 Introduction 1 Critical Analysis of Cultural Management in the Global Hospitality sector : 3 Relevance of Greet Hosftede’s “four dimension” theory in the hospitality sector: 5 Illustration: Business Performance Management of Hilton hotels Corp 7 Conclusion 9 References 10 Is the legacy of Greet Hosftede’s work on Cross-Cultural Management still relevant to managers
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CHAPTER 9 TOURISM Kerala is a green strip of land‚ in the South West corner of Indian peninsula. Its unique feature‚ culture and traditions‚ coupled with its varied demography has made Kerala one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. This Tropical paradise with its spectacular and diverse natural attractions has greatly attracted holiday makers from across the world. Kerala is one among the longest- lived‚ healthiest‚ most gender equitable and most literate regions makes it distinct
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Tourism and Hospitality Marketing Group Assignment (Case Study on Frequent Flyer Programmes) Group Members: Mary Tan Seok Gek Date: Sep 09‚ 2009 [pic] Introduction to Airline Frequent Flyer Programmes Two events contributed to the emergence of Frequent Flyer Programmes (FFPs) in the airline industry. First‚ deregulation of the industry in 1978 created a more customer- oriented marketing strategy. Second‚ the growth in information technology
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TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN EGYPT by Student’s name [Code+ course name] [Professor’s name] [University name] [City‚ State] [Date] Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 2 2 Introduction 3 Tourism Industry of Egypt 4 Rationale for Selection of the Country 4 GDP of Egypt 5 Overview of the Tourism Industry 6 Role of the Private Sectors 8 Natural Change and Climatic Conditions 8 Theoretical Framework 9 TALC Model and Egypt 9 Carrying Capacity Factor 12 Dependency
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A SEMINAR PROJECT ON “TOURISM INDUSTRY IN INDIA” SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE DEGREE OF MASTERS OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SESSION (2011-2013) SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: Mrs. PRIYA ARORA JYOTI PRASAD DAS Asst. Prof. MBA
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Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said on Monday Hong Kong should think of ways to expand its tourism facilities to capitalise on the growth of mainland tourists. He made the remarks after meeting with Guangdong Governor Zhu Xiaodan during a conference on cross-border co-operation held in Hong Kong. We should actively study how to expand our capacity so that the pressure brought about by tourists can be reduced in some districts CHIEF EXECUTIVE LEUNG CHUN-YING Leung said his administration and
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