ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM | | he quality of the environment‚ both natural and man-made‚ is essential to tourism. However‚ tourism’s relationship with the environment is complex. It involves many activities that can have adverse environmental effects. Many of these impacts are linked with the construction of general infrastructure such as roads and airports‚ and of tourism facilities‚ including resorts‚ hotels‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ golf courses and marinas. The negative impacts of tourism development
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Employment generated by tourism is categorized into direct and indirect. Direct employment is defined as jobs which are specifically created by the need to supply and serve tourists. The obvious example is those jobs created by the opening of a tourist hotel. Tourism‚ however‚ requires a large input from the construction sector‚ and those workers employed on building tourism facilities constitute a backward linkage from the tourism sector. These jobs in relation to tourism may be regarded as being
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Overview of Singapore’s Tourism Sector · According to the Singapore Tourism Board‚ Singapore posted an estimated S$13.8 billion in tourism receipts from January to December 2007‚ representing an 11.3% increase over January to December 2006. This had exceeded the target of S$13.6 billion for 2007‚ and set a new record for tourism receipts. · In 2007‚ Singapore welcomed 10.3 million visitors‚ registering a growth of 5.4% over 2006 (9.7 million visitors). This is the highest annual visitor arrivals
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1. ICT APPLICATION TOOLS - INTRODUCTION ICT has beyond doubts made huge contribution to the development of hospitality and tourism services. Due to the advancement in technology‚ the fierce competition and also due to the complexity of the hospitality and tourism markets‚ organizations from all over the world now depend almost on the use of ICT to plan‚ manage and market their services. There was a time when organizations would depend on using effective BPOs also known as call-centres to reach
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: U n i t e d N a t i o n s E n v i ro n m e n t P ro g r a m m e Frameworks‚ Tools and Practices UNEP MANUALS ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Copyright © United Nations Environment Programme‚ 2008 This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-proÄt purposes without special permission from the copyright holder‚ provided acknowledgement of the sourse is made. UNEP would appreciate
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The world and business activities are gradually becoming more globalized as many firms extend their operations into overseas markets. With the advent of globalization‚ there are more influences than ever on the hospitality industry. Put simply‚ this means that people share their cultures with others. International hotel chains have been growing and because of this‚ the number of people engaged in foreign business markets has increased. An overseas assignment is an increasingly common career experience
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MIRANDA‚ JAMIE G. 02 | 11 | 13 3HRM3 – TECHNICAL WRITING FOR BUSINESS MS. B. BAUTISTA I. PROPOSED TITLE “Customer Satisfaction of Mcdonalds in Halang‚ Calamba City Laguna” II. TENTATIVE STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Restaurant customers are different that the meal being served should cater to many type of client possible to maximize sales and profit. Various factors that will contribute to increased benefaction and income are food preference by age‚ gender‚ income and
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CSR in Tourism Industry Md. Abdul Hamid1 Nowadays Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a recurrently pronounced terminology. There is enough scope of ambiguity also in ‘meaning’ of this expression. Generally‚ the corporate world and researchers emphasize on different focal points. Instead of such vagueness‚ certainly there are affirmative something in the whole process. Regularly number of socially responsible organizations is increasing and awareness in this issue is rapidly increasing among
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Impact of tourism on Kenya Academic English Impact of Tourism in Kenya Tourism is the phenomenon arising from temporary visits (or stays away from home) outside the normal place of residence or usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Tourism implies that a person takes a journey‚ which can be of a day or various days‚ and that can be within a national boundary‚ which be classified as a domestic tourist trip or a journey which crosses
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INTRODUCTION: Tourism is no more an occasional past-time for wealthy and adventurous people. Nowadays‚ everyone is participating in the tourism industry‚ may it be a catering company‚ a hotel or an entertainment business. In fact‚ tourism has an impressive impact on its host country’s economy. It increases growth rate‚ national profit‚ investment and country celebrity as well‚ going from short term to long term improvements. However‚ it has crucial negative impacts on other sectors‚ mostly‚
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