Philippine Tourism Industry Krista Danielle Yu School of Economics‚ De La Salle University‚ Manila‚ Philippines krista.yu@dlsu.edu.ph The archipelagic nature of the Philippines‚ as well as its colonial heritage‚ offers a wealth of scenic views that invite both locals and foreigners to participate in tourism-related activities. According the Department of Tourism (2011)‚ the industry is one of the three largest industries in the country. This study aims to measure the economic impact of tourism
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IMPACTS OF FOREIGN TOURISM TO INDIA POSITIVE IMPACTS 1. Generating Income and Employment: Tourism in India has emerged as an instrument of income and employment generation‚ poverty alleviation and sustainable human development. It contributes 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. Almost 20 million people are now working in the India’s tourism industry. 3. Source of Foreign Exchange Earnings: Tourism is an important source of foreign exchange earnings in India
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Terrorism can be described as any act of violence intended to cause death or serious bodily harm in order to intimidate the population or to compel a government and international agencies from doing something. To the United States‚ the most horrific terrorist attack to happen occurred on September 11th 2001 when terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the twin towers and the pentagon. It not only resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians‚ but it would change American
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAILAND TOURISM INDUSTRY (1487 words) Teacher: Nguyen Tien Dung Student: Trinh Lan Huong Class: 1D-11 Course: EAP Writing Date: May 8‚ 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract……………………………………………………………………………… ii 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..1 2. Discussion of findings …………………………………………………………...1 2.1. The developmental process of tourism industry in Thailand ……….1 2.2. The reasons for the development of tourism in Thailand ………….....2 3.
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19TH FEBUARY 2013 Tourism is a social‚ cultural and economic trend which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business purposes. These people are called visitors and tourism has to do with their activities‚ some of which imply tourism expenditure (UNWTO 2007). According to Mowforth and Munt (1998)‚ “it is an industry that facilitates not just the movement of people going from one country to another‚ but the accompanying mass displacement
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------------------------------------------------- Structure and organization[edit] The tourism industry is based on many different components and interrelated parts. For example‚ transport‚ accommodation‚ attractions‚ activities‚ marketing and government regulation. Many businesses span more than one sector and the impacts in one part of the tourism industry have significant implications for other sectors. The tourism industry includes: 1. those sectors which enable the tourist to travel to and from the
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Is tourism the world’s largest industry Tourism is a typical activity of fashion that the public participate widely and it has grown in importance over recorded human history. Innumerable articles refer tourism as “the world’s largest industry”; policy-makers‚ analysts‚ and scholars often speak of the size of the tourism compared to that of other industries (Smith 2004: 26). These series of misleading statement‚ together with the mass media’s reports (out of context)‚ make the idea that tourism is
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The effects of tourism and its impact in the Philippines. Is the proliferation of mega malls in the Philippines beneficial to the country? Why? For me‚ the rapid growth of mega malls in the PH is not that beneficial to the country because it takes away the opportunities for other small time investors to produce and to build new businesses. There will be less opportunity for others who want to build their own business because of the monopoly they are creating and the center of market. Having
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IMPACT OF TOURISM TO MALAYSIA ECONOMY The significant role played by the tourist industry in Malaysia can be traced from its earliest developments. This is because in comparison with other South-EastAsian states such as Indonesia and Thailand for instance‚ Malaysia was less developed in the tourist industry sector. Today it has become the country’s second biggest source of foreign exchange and the third largest economy sector. Over the years the industry is significantly contributing to GDP (gross
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awareness is quite high that tourism has a general impact on the destination. Many times it is talked about the economical impact which is mainly considered positive as it creates jobs in that area and brings people to the destination that spend money there etc. The environmental impact is a popular topic as well that is covered continuously in the news mainly by claiming the airplanes for their carbon emissions but also stating the destroying impact of mass tourism because of littering‚ over visitation
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