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    aims to describe the tourism policy and strategies in national and state contexts‚ to determine the inherent direction and prospects or potential in the tourism development of Kuala Lumpur as a tourist-friendly destination. The results show that some aspects need to be emphasized and have similarities in each of policies and strategies at the national and state level. This shows that policies made at national level could be followed at state level‚ so that each line of tourism development planning

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    Countries rich in physical resources - such as warm climates‚ beautiful beaches‚ rare ecosystems‚ and abundant plant and animal life - are often sought-after holiday destinations by people from MEDCs. Tour operators and developers invest in these locations in the hope that they will become as popular as European resorts.Places such as Kenya in East Africa‚ where tourists go on safari‚ or Bali in Indonesia‚ visited for its beautiful beaches‚ all benefit financially from tourism. However‚ tourism in

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    Classification of tourism: Winter tourism: Definition : holidays in ski resorts and snow – related activities Famous winter holiday spots in India: - Shimla : a wonderful winter holiday resort - Manali - Jammu and Kashmir (Gulmarg ‚ Pahalgam) - Sikkim - Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) -Major ski resorts are located mostly in the various European countries (e.g. Andorra‚ Austria‚ Bulgaria‚ Bosnia-Herzegovina‚ Czech Republic‚ France‚ Germany‚ Iceland‚ Italy‚ Norway‚ Poland‚ Serbia‚ Sweden

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    HOW TOURISM CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSERVATION Negative socio-cultural impacts from tourism How tourism can contribute to socio-cultural development Tourism can contribute to positive developments‚ not just negative impacts. It has the potential to promote social development through employment creation‚ income redistribution and poverty alleviation. Other potential positive impacts of tourism include: Tourism as a force for peace Traveling brings people into contact with each other and

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    Tourism Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business‚ and the provision of services for this act. Tourists are persons who are "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited" (official UNWTO definition). A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry. Many

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    Patricia Johnson Tutor : Paul Stolk Today‚ increase in the discretionary leisure time and disposable income of the society has undoubtedly created tourism boom in many countries. As soon as tourism industry is measured as a fundamental factor in improving the economy‚ local governments and other corporations in a destination have shifted their focus towards creation of more tourism attractions in order to compete with related destinations on targeted markets. In the olden days‚ people who

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    Ecotourism and Sustainable Development in Kenya By Robertson Ndegwa Ngunyi 罗伯特 Paper submitted for Ecotourism Final Exam to Sun Yat Sen University‚ Doctorate in Tourism Management School of Business‚ Department of Hotel and Tourism Management Professor Liu Yan December‚ 2009 Keywords: Protected areas‚ Sustainability‚ Community Based Tourism‚ Maasai‚ Safari 1 Ecotourism and Sustainable Development in Kenya Robertson Ndegwa Ngunyi Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide abridgment of the

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    What is Tourism? Tourism includes several social practices. All these have the small common characteristic that they are different and they are a ’departure ’ from normal life. These characteristics help us to define tourism‚ which according to the W.T.O (World Trade Organization) is the movement of people away from their normal routine of residence and work for a period of not less than 24 hours and not more than 1 year. Tourism is a free time activity because it gets along with its opposite

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    Expanded explanation of tourism industry and its scope. Tourism industry is the main influential type of industry in the world. It is not just hundreds of thousands of business but a global industry with major policy implications (Smith‚ 1995). It is based on different components and interrelated parts. For example‚ transportation‚ accommodation‚ attractions‚ activities‚ marketing and government regulation. Government in all levels encourage tourism development because it generates new wealth through

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    If Africa is to be successful in competing in the international tourism market‚ standards of excellence must be introduced. In order for Africa to facilitate progress in implementing good tourism development there are key issues facing the continent that need to be addressed. These issues are; Comprehensive government policies for tourism‚ Public health and safety‚ Capacity building‚ Infrastructure‚ Environmental mitigation and protection. State capacity-building is a critical aspect of

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