Travel and Tourism Industry‚ measures and indicators used to monitor performance. Also some examples of tour operators and airlines environmental projects have been discussed to understand the tourism organizations measures implement for the development of sustainable tourism. Strategies used to overcome limitations and benefits of sustainable tourism are also explained with a number of significant points in order to highlight the importance of sustainability in the Travel and Tourism Industry. Books
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SOUND POLLUTION NOISE CONTROL Noise has the potential to impact on us all every day‚ in different ways. Any form of noise can be considered pollution if it causes annoyance‚ sleeplessness‚ fright‚ or any other stress reaction. noise is transient; once it stops‚ the environment is free of it we can measure individual sounds that may damage human hearing‚ but it is difficult to monitor cumulative exposure to noise or to determine just how much is too much the definition of noise itself is highly
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JBAS Vol.1 No.2 Sept. 2009 1 An assessment of the impact of tourism globalization in Africa Thomas P. Z. Mpofu 1 Abstract The tourism sector is one of one of the exemplars of the phenomenon of globalization. This is due to the geographical scale of the industry‚ increased spatial linkages between places and people from different locations. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the extent to which tourism globalization had impacted on African countries. The paper submits that some
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Introduction Tourism is an industry that rely on tourism resources and tourism facilities to provide tourists travel tour. It is known as smokeless industry and sunshine industry. Travel business is composed of three parts: tourism‚ transportation industry and accommodation industry. They are the three pillars of tourism industry. The tourism industry is very important for Singapore. It is one of Singapore’s economics pillar industry and contributors to the Singaporean economy. Tourism will help
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Pollution‚ contamination of Earth’s environment with materials that interfere with human health‚ the quality of life‚ or the natural functioning of ecosystems (living organisms and their physical surroundings). Although some environmental pollution is a result of natural causes such as volcanic eruptions‚ most is caused by human activities. Sidebars | SIDEBAR | Climate Change 2001:The Scientific Basis | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an international group of scientists
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defined by the World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ tourism comprises the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Key concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism‚ values and ethics of sustainable tourism and the needs of sustainability in all form of tourism shall be discussed in this essay. 2.1 Sustainable Tourism Since World War II‚ tourism has developed from
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Topic: Transport related to pollution Name: Course: Instructor’s Name: Date: Abstract Transport came to the lime light of the pollution debate after the issue of pollution from sooty smog from the burning of coal got to be solved. Since solving of the issue‚ emissions that ensue from the transport sector including motor vehicles‚ jets‚ and trains have been the main contributors to the pollution of the air. The effects of the emissions affect the urbanites health conditions‚ in addition
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Assignment For Cultural tourism in Nepal Impact on culture by tourism Shobha Kumari Karki Khatri Advance diploma Management research report Ethame graduate school Submission date:- 29th August 2011 CTH No. 24310 Acknowledge Firstly my big thanks is deserve to my college Ethames Graduate School which provide me a opportunities to be a part of the college. And I would like to express my deep respective thanks
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clothing‚ packaging‚ automobiles‚ electronics‚ aircrafts‚ medical supplies‚ and recreational items. The list could go on and on and it is obvious that much of what we have today would not be possible without plastics. Introdution of plastic pollution Plastic is one of the few new chemical materials which pose environmental problem. Polyethylene‚ polyvinyl chloride‚ polystyrene is largely used in the manufacture of plastics. Synthetic polymers are easily molded into complex shapes‚ have high
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Air pollution is a major environmental health problem affecting the developing and the developed countries alike. The effects of air pollution on health are very complex as there are many different sources and their individual effects vary from one to the other. It is not only the ambient air quality in the cities but also the indoor air quality in the rural and the urban areas that are causing concern. In fact in the developing world the highest air pollution exposures occur in the indoor environment
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