2.1 Geographical Traits: Mauritius is considered a paradise island‚ with beautiful beaches‚ that stretches 48km to the west and 62km to the north‚ with a total surface area of 1800km2. Mauritius is divided into 9 districts. Due to it its size‚ the geographical aspect allows us to target the entire island. Urban population refers to the population in the five Municipal Council Areas defined according to proclaimed boundaries ‚ whos resident make up the urban population of a total of 42% INDEX
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Socio-cultural Impact of Eco-Tourism Dr. Anjani Kumar Abstract Ecotourism is entirely a new approach in tourism. Born in its current form in late 1980s‚ ecotourism came of in age in 2002‚ when the United Nations celebrated the “International year of Ecotourism. Today’s market place is becoming greener and more environmentally sensitive than ever‚ with 85 percent of the industrialized world does citizen believe that the environment is the number one public
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Chapter 2. Forest and Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result
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Discuss the environmental and social impacts of tourism in the UK and consider whether the benefits exceed the costs. Tourism is a fast growing industry and a valuable sector‚ contributing significantly to the economy (“The Social & Cultural Impacts of Tourism”‚ n.d.). It has been generally accepted that tourism is‚ for the most part and with relatively few exceptions‚ beneficial to both generating and destination countries (Holloway‚ 2009‚ p. 114). Some researchers are less sure that this
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A research report on Impact of tourism on traditional culture of NamoBudhha Submitted to International School of Tourism and Hotel Management Dillibazar‚ Kathmandu‚ Nepal Submitted by SanamAcharya 4th semester Section D 2014 August Declaration I hereby declare that this study entitled “Impact of Tourism on Traditional Culture of Namo Buddha” is based on my original research work. Related works used in this study by other authors and researchers have been duly acknowledged
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local farmers and workers from reaping the benefit of their presence. Tourism has the power to affect cultural change. Successful development of a resource can lead to numerous negative impacts. Among these are overdevelopment‚ assimilation‚ conflict‚ and artificial reconstruction. While presenting a culture to tourists may help preserve the culture‚ it can also dilute or even destroy it. The point is to promote tourism in the region so that it would both give incomes and create respect for the
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Republic of MauRitius CODE OF ETHICS FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS Ministry of Civil Service & Administrative Reforms Ministry of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms Code of ethiCs for PubliC offiCers Ministry of Civil Service and Administrative Reforms Contents Preface 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Purpose of the Code Values and Principles Personal and Professional Behaviour Adopting a Green Behaviour Obligations to the Government of the Day and Relationship with
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Task 1 –Report 4 I am writing a report explaining the importance of UK visitor attractions to tourism. In my report I will be including statistics and data to support my explanation. Attracting Visitors from overseas For overseas visitors‚ United Kingdom is a popular destination. This is because the UK has cultural and heritage attractions that appeals to the overseas visitors. Overseas visitor attractions have to be aware of the overseas markets that are 67%‚ as they have to make sure that
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exist at the Air Mauritius‚ the national airline of Mauritius. To identify the root causes of the difficulties being faced at Air Mauritius‚ a strategic audit need to be carried out so possible strategic options could be proposed and utilised. However‚ information has been obtained only from the website of Air Mauritius and from the daily and weekly local newspapers. Thus‚ all the gathered information is based purely on the website of the organisation and paper views from Mauritius.
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contribution of the tourism industry to economic growth and employment is now being recognised although‚ in international terms‚ Australia still lags well behind in tourism receipts. In 1982‚ Australia’s relative share of the market represented only 1.4 per cent of the OECD total‚ placing Australia on a par with countries such as Sweden and Portugal but eight to ten times below the level of the United States‚ Italy or France. A 1981-82 survey on the economic significance of tourism by the Bureau of
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