one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited.” The idea of tourism can be recognized as long as people have travelled. The travel accounts of Marco Polo in the 13th century and the Grand Tour of the British nobles to Europe in the 18th century are all examples of Tourism. Thomas Cook is popularly regarded as the founder of inclusive tours with his use of a chartered train in 1841 to transport tourists
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Kenyatta’s presentation of an African society to be a very thorough study and a valid one because he did live that life while it lasted and knew what he was talking about rather than a historian from outside looking in‚ or even a traveler like Ibn Battuta. I think it is even better than the epic of Sundiatta as a source for the life and culture of the African people because he went into great detail to tell us what that was. Kenyatta’s over all approach was to tell his story of his tribe. He went
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Festival held every year in Jan-Feb and Dubai Summer Surprises Jun- Aug) are other popular tourist attractions in Dubai attracting millions of visitors from all over the world. Designer shopping malls and world-famous gold souks innclude Dubai Gold Souk Ibn Battuta Mall Dubai‚ Mall of the Emirates‚ Burjuman Shopping Mall‚ The Dubai Mall (world’s largest shopping mall)‚ Dubai Spice Souk‚ Dubai Fish Souk or impressive. Historical and cultural sites like Al Fahidi Fort‚ Dubai Museum. Dubai has it all‚ making
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The Factors that Gave Rise To Japanese Militarism Japan’s political journey from its quasi-democratic government in the 1920’s to its radical nationalism of the mid 1930’s‚ the collapse of democratic institutions‚ and the eventual military state was not an overnight transformation. There was no coup d’etat‚ no march on Rome‚ no storming of the Bastille. Instead‚ it was a political journey that allowed a semi-democratic nation to transform itself into a military dictatorship. The forces
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and end a siege. Also there were other stories about kites being used to lift up fireworks to scare the opposing army. The kite was very useful at that time. The kite was introduced to Europe by explores coming from Asia. One of the explores was Marco Polo‚ who wrote very good notes on constructing a kite and how they were flown. As the 18th Century came up‚ the kite in Europe it was used as a scientific instrument. In 1749‚ Alexander Wilson‚ a Scottish meteorologist used the kite to lift thermometers
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Mongols would conquer most of the major sedentary centers producing the goods traded across Eurasia. The result was a mixed blessing. Some areas never recovered from the shock of invasion‚ while others flourished. As travel by Europeans such as Marco Polo all the way across Asia attests‚ for a time one can speak of a Mongol Peace on the trade routes‚ even if its benefits were far from uniform. The Mongol Empire was created by Chingis Khan. He was given the title of "Universal Emperor" when he unified
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MARKETING REPORT F OR DRAGONAIR From: Cheung Kit Yan Ava (HIH0288)‚ Lam Tai Mo Moses (HIH0317)‚ Lo Man Yin May (HIH0397)‚ Ling Kwai Sum Samuel (HIH0295) & Lai Miu Chun Janny (HIH0252). Agenda of the report 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Company’s background of Dragonair Description of the Market operates in Macro Environment Analysis Micro Environment Analysis Dragonair’s Market Segments Positioning of Dragonair Dragonair’s Marketing Mix for its target segments Recommendations for Dragonair’s Marketing
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security not only from wild animals and calamities of nature but also from their fellow-men. Another reason for man’s travelling far and wide has been his love and curiosity for new knowledge regarding places and people. Thus we had travellers like Marco Polo‚ Columbus‚ Vasco de Gama‚ Hiuen Tsang‚ Fahien and others. Some people travelled for love of adventure. Alexandoij wanted to conquer the whole world. Changez Khan conquered lands for the love of adventure. Some conquerors like Mahmuil Ghaznavi invaded
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Global Review Sheet- FINALS * Anthropologist- someone who studies culture * Neolithic revolution agriculture; no more nomads; settlements * River Valley Civilizations (all the civilizations had 2 rivers except for Egypt) * Mesopotamia * Tigris and Euphrates rivers * Egypt * The Nile river * Indus * The Indus and Ganges rivers * China * Huang He and Yangtze rivers * Mesopotamia
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The economic revolution in Song dynasty HIST 358 Xue Zhang 260500645 March 7th 2016 Introduction For the first impression of Song China‚ people always talked about civil bureaucrats‚ military weakness and remarkable cultural achievement like Song poems‚ calligraphy and painting. However‚ not so many people will notice the flourishing economy developed in Song Dynasty. During the Song dynasty‚ China was the richest country in the Far East and one of the richest in the world. According to
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