Introduction Tourism is one of the world’s fastest growing industries and is a major source of income for many countries. Being a people-oriented industry‚ tourism also provides many jobs which have helped revitalise local economies. However‚ like other forms of development‚ tourism can also cause its share of problems‚ such as social dislocation‚ loss of cultural heritage‚ economic dependence and ecological degradation. Learning about the impacts of tourism has led many people to seek more responsible
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71-80 ISSN 2229 -600X IMPACT OF RECESSION ON TOURISM INDUSTRY Sherwood College of Professional Management‚Lucknow ABSTRACT Tourism industry has contributed enormously in the flourishing graph of India ’s economy by attracting a huge number of both foreign and domestic tourists travelling for professional as well as holiday purpose. Terror threat‚ swine flu scare and hike in air fares and above all the great economic depression hit the tourism sector hard in 2009 with number of foreigners visiting
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INTRODUCTION Can the Bahamas survive without branching into other areas of tourism? The tourism industry today is big business for a country‚ it is the number one industry of the Bahamas. It is the migration of individuals from one place to another for a short period of time. There are two types of tourism‚ domestic and foreign. People travel for recreation‚ business‚ sports‚ education and for religious or medical purposes. Tourism is a very competitive industry. It accounts for seventy percent of the
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Importance of Tourism | | | | | | Citizens now demand more meaningful involvement and more responsible and sustainable tourism practices. Local communities and Non Government Organizations today have a very important voice in the way in which tourism is developed and resources allocated. It is this more responsible and sustainable tourism that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago wishes to develop and promote. Tourism provides entrepreneurial opportunities for small operators‚ can foster
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Tourism Notes ------------------------------------------------- Year 1 Ronan Keane Table of Contents Forecasting Demand 4 Poor forecasting: 4 Most popular variable (as measurement for demand): 4 Causative (Econometric) 4 Econometric models 5 Non-causative (time series) 5 Non-causative (time series) 5 Qualitative forecasting 5 Problems and challenges 5 Gravity model 5 Limitations 6 Price and Income Elasticity in Demand 7 Elasticity’s of Demand in Tourism 7 Income
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Darryl Eugene Collins Tourism Management Hospitality 450 Instructor: Professor Marco Albarran Week 1 Assignment Chapter 1: Tourism in Perspective Chapter 2: Tourism through the Ages Chapter 3: Career Opportunities September 9‚ 2012 Chapter 1: Tourism in Perspective CASE PROBLEMS 1. Suppose that you are a high school economics teacher. You plan to visit your principal’s office and convince her that tourism should be included as part of one of your courses. What arguments
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[pic] Marketing Strategy and Performance of Tourism Industries in Nepal 1. Concept Nepal is a small land-locked county‚ surrounded by the Tibetan region of China on the north and India on the rest‚ with a total population of 28.6 million in 2009 (World Development Indicators Data Base‚ January 2010)‚ but is one of the growing tourism destinations in Asia. The number of foreign tourists increased greatly from a mere 6179 in 1962 to 176‚634 in 1984‚ 491‚504 in 1999‚ 361‚237 in 2001‚ and 385
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Index I. Introduction II. Advantages of Massive Tourism a. For People b. For Government III. Disadvantages of Massive Tourism a. Diseases b. Effect on the Culture i. Tradition ii. Language iii. Life Style c. Effect on the Environment IV. Conclusion V. Sources Introduction In this globalized world the stress caused by the workload and the problems that occur everyday in our social environment‚ have a direct effect on the health of the person‚ who tries to find a way to release
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Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".[1] Tourism is important and in some cases vital for many countries‚ such as France‚ Egypt‚ Greece‚ Lebanon‚ Israel‚ the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Thailand‚ and many island nations‚ such as Mauritius
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Basic Forms of Tourism: * Domestic tourism: * Is the tourism of resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference * Inbound tourism: * Is the tourism of non-resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference * Outbound tourism: * Is the tourism of resident visitors outside the economic territory of the country of reference * Internal tourism: * is the tourism‚ of both resident and non-resident visitors‚ within
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