BX2091 Tourism & Leisure Management – Field Trip Report | Pulau Ubin BX2091 – Tourism & Leisure Management List of Contents 1. Introduction to Pulau Ubin 2. Leisure industries obligations and operations towards sustainable tourism and leisure activities 2.1. Commercial (Private) sector 2.2. Government (Public) sector 3. Sustainability management issues – Pollution (Environmental) 3.1. Water pollution- Oil leakage 3.2. Improper disposal of waste 3.3. Carbon emission 4. Sustainability management
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Destination development is important for the growth of tourism. In the future‚ destinations will have to undergo improvements from the influence of these three prominent factors; Environmental‚ Societal-cultural and Economical. Each factor has issues that relate to tourism and the future of destinations. Many of the issues raised can be distributed amongst the three factors‚ making the implications‚ gradually more important for the future development of destinations. Carbon emissions and the on-going
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Problem of the extinction of many rare species The problem of the extinction of many rare species is becoming more and more serious in the recent years‚ so the governments of the world have established many nature reserves to protect these species. Chongming Dongtan Nature Reserve is one of the most important wetland kinds of national nature reserves. Chongming is the world’s largest alluvial island which is formed by the mud and sand silt where the Yangtze River and East China Sea collide‚ is growing
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A Report on Green Economy Submitted by: MD.AZAHARUDDIN (1110051) Advisor: SYED ABU SHOAIB Date: 26/07/2012 Abstract The research was conducted on Green Economy. The purpose was to find the importance of green economy in Bangladesh and the various methods and measures that could be undertaken by the country to enhance sustainability. It was also necessary to discover the possible sectors in which investment could be done in order to boost the concept of green economy. It was
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Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: a Triple Bottom Line approach to business The concept of Triple Bottom Line (TBL)‚ as John Elkington coined it in 1995‚ refers to the idea that companies and organizations should extend their agenda beyond the goals of economic prosperity by taking a three-dimensional approach to business‚ adding social justice and environmental quality as new goals on their agenda towards ‘sustainable capitalism’. Encouraging concern about sustainability is‚ according to
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of which 39% were natural or derived from natural assets (Gaston and Spicer‚ 2004). Another significant aspect of biodiversity is culture and leisure where tourism‚ more specifically ecotourism‚ is a growing business (Gaston and Spicer‚ 2004); in 1988‚ 157-236 million people were involved in international ecotourism‚ contributing between 93 and 233 billion dollars to national incomes (Filion et al. 1994). All these affairs which depend on biodiversity are presently being threatened by our bad
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formed the so called canyon Degla‚ which resembles the Grand Canyon in the U.S. “Ecotourism‚ as responsible and sustainable tourism‚ with beneficial effects to tourists and local communities‚ and as a means to visit‚ enjoy‚ study‚ and reflect upon the wonders of nature and its intricate workings‚ is so far removed from traditional tourism in its philosophy and activities to warrant radical programmatic changes.”(Ecotourism and the management‚ Fekri Hassan and Hala Barakat). The valley has several
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completing a project. Both of these are great ways to consider the environment‚ but it is important they are done before a project. 3. How do you feel about the increasing popularity of ecotourism primarily in tropical countries? Does it impact the local environment in positive or negative ways? (pp. 56-59) Ecotourism is both good and bad. Some of the negatives are that it brings people into a place‚ this often means litter and people not respecting the land like they should. On a positive note
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***** What are the causes of floods and droughts? What are ecological pyramids? Write about different types of pyramids Write about different values of biodiversity. Write about Bhopal gas tragedy. What is wild life protection act? Write about ecotourism. tu pd 1.(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) at es .c PART-A om Time: 3 hours [4+4+5+4+3+2] PART-B Define biodiversity. Write about threats of biodiversity. Write about EIA‚ its significance at various stages. 3.(a) (b) (c) Why should public
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Option Value (OV) of Lake Bosumtwi (LB) based on the willingness-to-pay (WTP). It argues that there is maximum willingness to pay for the OV of LB and therefore it should be preserved for future personal recreation site. This could be done through ecotourism either by privatization or public ownership. Otherwise‚ posterity would be denied of its future value because it is getting deteriorated. In addition‚ the flora and the fauna eco-species as well as the fishes associated with the lake are also getting
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