ARTICLE IN PRESS Tourism Management 26 (2005) 539–548 Relationship between tourism and cultural heritage management: evidence from Hong Kong$ Bob McKerchera‚*‚ Pamela S. Y. Hoa‚ Hilary du Crosb b a School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong Department of Geography‚ The University of Hong Kong/School of Hotel and Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Received 24 November 2003; accepted 4 February 2004
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According to the Accounting Standards Board (UK‚ 2006)‚ a heritage asset was defined as ‘an asset with historic‚ artistic‚ scientific‚ technological‚ geophysical or environmental qualities that is held and maintained principally for its contribution to knowledge and culture and this purpose is central to the objectives of the entity holding it’. It also has been defined by Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (1989) as ‘fixed assets that a government intends to preserve indefinitely
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as technology develops traditional cultures must be lost. Technology and tradition are incompatible-you can’t have both together. To what extend do you agree or disagree with this statement? I strongly disagree with this statement. There are several compelling arguments in support of the view that technology and tradition are indeed compatible. Firstly‚ we can today see many countries around the world where tradition and new technology live side by side very comfortably. Japan‚ for instance
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Indigenous tradition In the past people have mistaken about their tradition Indigenous originality or occurring naturally (country‚ region etc) To be indigenous kinship (relation to one another) and location(connection of particular place) Indigenous religion beliefs‚ experience and practices concerning non-falsifiable realities of people who have kinship and location Syncretism: Syncretism merging of elements from different religions. Eg : north American tradition have been
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isolated. The media strongly influence the attitude of people towards mental illness. Contribute to increasing prejudice public opinion‚ through headlines and news and magnifying the few cases where a citizen has been attacked by a person with mental health complications. These people are stigmatised due to social prejudices‚ people with illness mentally‚ in many cases‚ they have seen themselves as inferior. The vast majority He has accepted the image that others have of them‚ being created upon themselves
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CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………….. HLTEN512B - IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR NURSING CARE FOR CLIENTS WITH ACUTE HEALTH PROBLEM…………………………….. HLTEN513B - IMPLEMENT AND MONITOR NURSING CARE FOR CLIENTS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH PROBLEMS………………………... HLTEN506B - APPLY PRINCIPLES OF WOUND MANAGEMENT IN THE CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT…………………………………………….. CONCLUSION………………………………………………………………….... REFERENCES………………………………………………………………….... INTRODUCTION Mr. XYZ‚ a fifty-eight year old‚ grocery store manager‚ had
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people have to worry not only about food‚ flowers‚ and what they wear‚ they also have to honor many traditions‚ even if they don’t understand their origins or meanings. However‚ to not follow these traditions‚ understood or not‚ might mean bad luck for the marriage or‚ at the very least‚ disgruntled wedding guests. Every culture cherishes its own marriage traditions and superstitions. Many are not understood but are still seriously followed because “it’s
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PROVIDIAN TRUST: TRADITION AND TECHNOLOGY By Melissa Dailey and F. Warren McFarlan DPDN Paul Davidson‚ Brian Dyrud‚ Lindsay Neal‚ and Jennifer Paterson October 8‚ 2003 INTRODUCTION In 1994 Providian Trust was a company rich in tradition‚ experience‚ and a high level of personalized customer service. However‚ due to the lack of efficient business processes and information technology‚ Providian Trust was slowly slipping away from profitability and was allowing competitors to become more
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Angeles University Foundation Angeles City COLLEGE OF BUSINESSS AND ACCOUNTANCY Tourism Department WORLD HERITAGE ANALYSIS First Semester‚ A.Y. 2011 – 2012 Name : Cartago‚ Kimberlie A. Score: Course and Year: BS Tourism Management II-A Date: 09/02/2011 Directions: Considering the World Heritage Sites you will visit in the Ilocos Region (Church of San Agustin in Paoay ‚ La Asuncion dela Nuestra Senora in Sta. Maria‚ Ilocos Sur and the Historic Town of Vigan) find answers
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(Benchmark Assessment) Heritage Assessment Shantha Susai Grand Canyon university Health Promotion in Nursing Care NRS-429V RENITA HOLMES November 16‚ 2014 Heritage assessment is defined as a comprehensive evaluation of a person’s culture‚ where the person comes from‚ beliefs‚ family and ethnic back grounds‚ values and customs. Is also the process for identifying‚ predicting‚ evaluating and communicating the probable effects of a current or proposed care or for that person’s cultural life or community
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