The Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Tourism Industry THM 1311 Intro. to Tourism & Hospitality Management Samantha Salamon THM 1311 Introduction to Tourism and Hospitality Management The Impacts of Natural Disasters and on the Tourism and Hospitality Industry Table of Contents Introduction Why Study the Impacts of Natural Disasters on the Tourism Industry? Taiwan Earthquake of 1991 Japan Earthquake of 2011 Market Rebuilding/Hurricane Katrina Works Cited page 1 page 2 pages 3-4
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Natural Disasters can have both a positive and negative impact on the local‚ national and the global economy. However it is rare‚ but not out of the question‚ to see the positive impact it may have on an economy. For instance‚ when disaster struck in Haiti from the 7.3 magnitude earthquake in 2010‚ between 200‚000-250‚000 people were killed. That is 2 percent of the total Haitian population of only 10 million. Comparatively New York City alone totals nearly as much as the entire population of Haiti
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English Personal Recount One of my most recent memories is the authentic experience at the mall with three of my friends‚ Eunice‚ Wing Kit and Cheng Ye. We went there to buy a gift for Cheng Ye’s cousin‚ Claire‚ from abroad‚ whom he has not met in a long time. She is aged 14 years old‚ her favourite foods are ice- cream and sushi‚ and her hobbies are sleeping‚ swimming‚ cycling‚ running‚ and listening to music. She is also more of a sporty and hardworking person. She likes playing on her phone
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Natural Disasters of the Last 100 years 2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was an earthquake of catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw‚ with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of the capital of Haiti. The earthquake occurred at 4:53 local time on Tuesday January 12‚ 2010. For January 24 were at least 52 replicates of 4.5 or greater. An estimated three million people were affected by the earthquake. The highest death toll is estimated at 220‚000. Haitian government
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longer to heal the country has made major steps towards recovering from the worst economic effects of the disaster. Apart from unrecoverable losses in human lives‚ the tsunami would cost us billions of dollars and decades to restore its damage. However‚ it also provided us a chance to look back at the serious mistakes that we have made when promoting development without considering the natural forces that sustain us. From the lessons given by the tsunami‚ we recognized that many vital links which
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The Science of Natural Disasters Natural Disasters‚ 7th ed.‚ by Patrick L. Abbott (New York: McGraw-Hill‚ 2009; ISBN-13: 978-0-07-337669-1). Written Assignment 6 Short Answer Questions Answer the following questions as completely as possible. 1. Explain the laws of superposition‚ faunal assemblages and faunal succession. How do they support the theory of evolution? [LO6.1] Laws of superposition; A concept initially proposed by Avicenna‚ a Persian geologist in the 11th century‚ then clarified
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DISASTERS We all crave for a peaceful and prosperous living in this world. But nature is not always as tranquil as a calm lake or as azure as a cloudless sky. Nature endows us with a considerable number of great natural resources that we exploit to develop our lives in order to keep up with the rapid change of our own country. However‚ regardless of whether we fight with all might to protect the environment or step to the opposite side whose people are apt to harm it‚ nature more or less
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This event took place quite some time ago‚ when I was in grade 5 to be exact. However I still remember what took place as if it had just happened yesterday. My family and I were living in Mackay‚ Queensland and it was a quiet Sunday morning. My step father had left early in the morning around 9AM to go fishing with a few friends‚ and my mum had already left for work at a local Bowls Club as a barmaid. So this left just my younger brother and I at home with our older cousin (15) who had been staying
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Name : Windi Noor Auliani Putri NIM : 1300207 Class : 1A1 Word Count : 868 Not Only Fun But Also Useful When I was in senior high school I decided to join Adipura Club. This was because my school was one of the best schools that cared the environment in Garut and I cared too. I learned many things about environment in this club. This club might not be popular in my school because when I joined it in my first grade‚ the members were about fifteen people. But it became much more popular
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Megan did not have a bright attitude towards school. She was always not looking forward to studying because she has problem coping in school. Whenever they bring in a new topic‚ she sighs heavily knowing she would take a long time to understand it even though it is considered an easy topic to the rest of the class. She was always positioned last in class and having a mere fifty-five percent and below for her percentage in exams and tests. Her position in level is one of the bottom few. She did not
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