Tourism is a booming industry and a driving force in positive economical‚ ecological‚ sustainable‚ social and cultural developments in several countries around the globe. Its complex nature requires sophisticated management in order to reach its full potential. Most people possess an intuitive and basic understanding of tourism‚ which focuses on an image of people travelling for recreational purposes‚ however‚ tourism‚ goes far beyond this simplistic view. According to Stear (2005)‚ the area of
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Tourism is a complex product. Many suppliers and stakeholders are involved in supply chain. For the customers‚ it cannot be tested it beforehand. There is a distance between the time of purchase and the place when it is utilised. Therefore information is intensively required at the point of planning travel before purchase. Tourism products are dominated by information. Information technologies have accelerated changes in tourism of consumer behaviour and industrial structure.
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Commodifying Tourism Ekaterina Dogodkina Elizaveta Medvedeva Shahriyar Humbatov Assignment paper in International Tourism Management Master Program for the course International Tourism Management held by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Georg Arlt |25746‚ Heide |1st semester ITM | |
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Introduction - What is Tourism? Online Lesson Since the beginning of time humans have traveled. Food‚ water‚ safety or acquisition of resources (trade) were the early travel motivations. But the idea of travel for pleasure or exploration soon emerged. Travel has always depended upon technology to provide the means or mode of travel. The earliest travelers walked or rode domesticated animals. The invention of the wheel and the sail provided new modes of transportation. Each improvement in technology
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GENERAL 1-1. PURPOSE. This policy defines specific guidance for approved allowances during official government travel and requirements needed to process authorizations and vouchers within the Defense Travel System (DTS). It also provides guidance on the Government Credit Charge Card (GTCC) usage to ensure personal accountability when obligating the government funds for travel. The proponent for this guidance is the U.S. Army Special Operations Aviation Command (USASOAC)‚ Comptroller Office
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Sports Tourism Sports Tourism is viewed as international trips that are made to watch sporting events. There is no universally accepted definition of sports tourism‚ but the terms ‘sport tourism’ and ‘sport tourist’ are often found in literature review. Stuart Hall‚ a cultural theorist and sociologist from Kingston‚ Jamaica is one of the many theorists that have formulated an opinion of the definition of sports tourism. Hall is under the belief that sports tourism falls into two categories
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Abstract This report mainly deals with the basic tourism based concepts and theories relating the same to a case study. The authors starts with a brief introduction on the topic going on to explaining the various impacts that tourism has on the host destination. Socio-cultural‚ economic and environmental concerns are tackled. The author then presents a case study on Botswana elaborating on the various reasons why Botswana’s tourism industry is poised to take a positive turn. The report also deals
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TANYA JOYNER DATE: MARCH22.2013 TEST: CHAPTER 9 NAME: LU QIONGQIONG(JENNY) 1 what can tourism be defined as? Tourism can be defined as the idea of attracting‚ accommodating‚ and pleasing groups or individuals traveling for pleasure or business. It is categorized by geography‚ ownership‚ function‚ industry‚ and travel motive. 2 business travels has increased in recent years due to what? Business travel has increased in recent years as a result of the growth of convention centers in several cities
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Could the tide be changing? Travel agencies play an important role within the UK travel and tourism industry. They are the retail arm of the industry‚ selling a wide range of holiday products and travel services to the public. Yet travel industry analysts have been predicting the death of the high street travel agent due to the ever-changing nature of distribution channels. Travel agents are the key intermediaries in the distribution chain whose main role is selling air‚ rail
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DEFINITION OF CULTURAL TOURISM A review of existing definitions One of the research tasks undertaken for this report was to investigate the feasibility of establishing an agreed definition/definitional framework for cultural tourism research. This involved a review of definitions included in the culture and tourism literature‚ as well as discussion on this topic with cultural tourism stakeholders. The first question asked by those contacted about the collection of cultural tourism statistics invariably
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