1.0 INTRODUCTION Evolution of travel and tourism at PULAU LANGKAWI. The purpose we choose LANGKAWI as a tourism place for our group assignment because it’s smaller islands‚ has a legendary reputation‚ with many places where myth and natural beauty seem to coincide. Many of its legends are all the more real‚ simply because its people are convinced of their authenticity. Langkawi certainly has its own share of geological uniqueness‚ as the very landscape from which these legends are derived. Langkawi
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1.0 Tourism and International Tourism Tourism is the movement of people from one place to another. The tourism product is different from other products as it is produced and consumed simultaneously by the consumer. The buyer has to experience the product and services to know the worthiness of the tourism package. For instance if the tourist is buying a package tour to destination Mauritius‚ the tourist must travel to the country to experience the tourism products and services available there
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Alternative Tourism Introduction Due to advances in transportation and communication technology‚ an increase in disposable incomes and leisure times in Western Europe‚ North America (Choi & Sirakaya‚ 2006; Hall & Muller‚ 2005; Momsen‚ 2005; Mowfort & Munt‚ 2003; Smith‚ 2005)‚ North-East and South-East Asia‚ and the globalization of capitalism (Mowfort & Munt‚ 2003)‚ the tourism industry has grown to become the fourth largest economic sector globally‚ with 806 million tourist arrivals and international
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Tutorial Three chapter 5 & 7 1. Why is an understanding of tourism supply fundamental to the analysis of how the tourism sector is organized and operates? Supply is the result of productive activities and exists to meet the tourism demand. Supply can be classified into three categories: a) Descriptions of industry‚ its operations‚ management and marketing. b) The Spatial (geographic development) and interactions which characterise the industry on a local‚ national and international
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Tourism in Context Introduction This essay aims to highlight the main political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors‚ which have aided in the growth of modern tourism from 1945 to the present day. It will also aim to show which of these has been the most important in the aiding and why. Definition of Tourism "The derivation of the word "tourism" originated from a combination of the Latin tornare and the Greek tornos‚ which mean a lathe or circle. In modern English‚ with the suffix -ism (an
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SESSIONS th 19 – 20th October‚ 2012 Export Growth for Sustained Development TECHNICAL SESSION IV: SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT 2: Services Tourism and Entertainment Srilal Miththapala BSc (Eng) ;CEng; FIEE; FIH; Project Director‚ E U Switch Asia Programme Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project‚ Past President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka World Tourism Tourism is referred to by many as the world ’s largest and fastest growing industry. It accounts for over 9% of global GDP‚ and in spite
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF NORTH EAST AND LADAKH ABSTRACT Tourism acts as a backbone for majority of nations especially the growing economies while the adverse impacts of tourism on the environment and the sociocultural are not ignorable. The tourism sector‚ if driven well in the right direction‚ can play a holistic process of economic‚ social and environmental sustenance as well as development. Sustainable form of tourism not only ensures the profitable income but also
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crisis‚ health crisis‚ social changes‚ customer preferences‚ war/terrorism. Tourism market consists of all potential customers sharing a particular need/want‚ who might be willing/able to satisfy it by buying a tourism product. Sustainable development achieving growth in a manner that does not deplete the natural & built environment & preserves the culture of the local community. Sustainable tourism all forms of tourism development‚ management & operations that maintain the environmental‚ & economic
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Cultural Tourism 3 3. Where Can Cultural Tourism Be Found 3 4. Resources Required in Cultural Tourism 4 5. Businesses‚ Suppliers and Partners in Cultural Tourism 4 6. Target Audience 5 7. How it is attractive 5 8. Challenges and Issues 6 9. Possible Solutions 7 References 8 1. Introduction Cultural tourism is the topic that will be discussed on and the country of choice is Turkey. The resources‚ businesses‚ suppliers and partners that are involved with cultural tourism along with
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Executive Summary Cruise tourism is becoming an increasingly popular “leisure choice” worldwide‚ and keeping this point in mind cruise tourism potential of India is vast and is still in infancy stage. Mumbai as the commercial capital and gate way of India possess the great potential of cruise tourism as this place sees the highest number of tourist coming in and going out so it becomes the necessity of the time to convert Mumbai port from “port of call” to “home port”. This report has been prepared
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