and Tourism GCE AS and A Travel & Tourism Teachers’ Guide 1 Contents GCE AS and A Level Travel and Tourism Teachers’ Guide (03/09/10) Page 1. Introduction 1.1 - Rationale 1.2 - Overview of New Specification Support for Teachers 2.1 - Resources 2.2 - NGfL Cymru 2.3 - Websites Unit Guides AS 3.1 - Unit 1 : Introducing Travel and Tourism 3.2 - Unit 2 : Investigating Tourism Destinations 3.3 - Unit 3 : Marketing in Travel and Tourism 3.4 - Unit 4 : Working with customers in Travel and Tourism 3 4
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INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM : “God’s earth in all its fullness and beauty is for the people‚ Thomas Cook Yes god’s earth is very charming and beautiful ones. Travel from the ancient time has held a fascination for mankind .The urge to explore new places and seek a change of environment is not new. In all the epics whether it is “The Ramayana’’ or “The Mahabharata” or “The Bible” every where travel has been mentioned. only reasons were different. Somewhere travel was to escape from one to another
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Virtual Reality The definition of virtual reality comes‚ naturally‚ from the definitions for both ‘virtual’ and ‘reality’. The definition of ‘virtual’ is near and reality is what we experience as human beings. So the term ‘virtual reality’ basically means ‘near-reality’. This could‚ of course‚ mean anything but it usually refers to a specific type of reality emulation. So what is virtual reality? Answering "what is virtual reality" in technical terms is straight-forward. Virtual reality
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international and national levels. The role of government is an important aspect of tourism which involves policies and political philosophies. In the developing countries‚ where tourism is still new‚ the public sector controls tourism activities‚ where they have Ministry of Tourism (e.g. Embratur in Brazil)‚ which have the following duties: Licensing‚ supervision and control of the different components of the tourism industry. Tourism planning‚ including financial assistance for tourism development
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Tourism in India Tourism is the largest service industry in India‚ with a contribution of 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. India witnesses more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourism visits.[2][3] The tourism industry in India generated about US$100 billion in 2008 and that is expected to increase to US$275.5 billion by 2018 at a 9.4% annual growth rate.[4] In the year 2009‚ 5.11 million foreign tourists visited India.
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Introduction ㆍBrazil’s location Brazil which is the biggest country in the South America is a unique country with wonderful destinations and attractions. With half of South America’s land and one-third of the population of all Latin Americans‚ Brazil is a land of the marvelous‚ transcendent and the tragic. The gross area of Brazil covers approximately half of South America as it is the mainland’s biggest nation. At just over 3.3million square miles‚ it is slightly larger than the continental United
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Essay Question Analyse and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of a demand-led vs. supply-led understanding of the tourism system. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation‚ often identified by many as the UNWTO (Lickorish & Jenkins‚ 1997)‚ define the term ‘Tourism’ as “the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes” (Tuberkugurlu‚ 2012). The term ‘supply
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Tourism in Zambia Ivy Zambia is a landlocked country in south-central Africa and shaped like a giant butterfly. The country is divided into nine provinces and 31 districts. It has comfortable climate‚ awe-inspiring natural wonders‚ an abundance of wildlife and ample cultures. What’s more‚ Zambia is acknowledged as one of the safest countries in the world to visit with beautiful landscapes. The climate in Zambia is mild and pleasant. Most of the regions have comfortable daytime temperatures and
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Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism There are many hidden costs to tourism‚ which can have unfavorable economic effects on the host community. Often rich countries are better able to profit from tourism than poor ones. Whereas the least developed countries have the most urgent need for income‚ employment and general rise of the standard of living by means of tourism‚ they are least able to realize these benefits. Among the reasons for this are large-scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the
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Tourism in India From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Every year‚ more than 3 million tourists vTaj MahalAgraUttar PradeshTso Moriri LakeLadakhUnion TerritoriesUnited StatesUnited KingdomMaharashtraTamil NaduDelhiUttar PradeshAndhra PradeshTamil Nadu[4]ChennaiDelhiMumbaiAgraChennaiDelhi ranked at 50‚ Mumbai at 57 and Agra at 65.[5] The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2011 ranked the price competitiveness of India’s tourism sector 28th out of 139 countries
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