With the war‚ came devastation‚ depression‚ deprivation‚ and death. During World War II over 290‚000 American servicemen were killed in action. It cost the U.S. over $350 billion. One of the first major impacts felt was with the labor shortages when the men went off to war. Many jobs that men originally had were left up to the women to handle when wartime came. More and more women entered the workforce taking up jobs that were reserved for men in the industry. Women changed a lot in this time. I
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One of the earliest and most significant writers during the early years of Christianity was a bishop from ancient Syria who‚ while in route to his execution at the Roman Coliseum‚ wrote seven letters that would greatly influence early Christianity. Titled the “God-Bearer” Ignatius of Antioch was the third bishop of Antioch and is believed to have been chosen by Saint Peter himself to follow the succession of bishops. Following St. Peter and St. Evodius‚ Ignatius would become an important bishop to
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Travel & Tourism Tourism can bring many benefits to a destination. Tourism can positively impact an area’s economy‚ social cultural‚ and environment. At the same time‚ there can be negative effects to the economy‚ social cultural‚ and environment. The tourism industry is extremely large and continuously growing‚ which is why the impacts and effects weigh so heavily on a destination. Traveling and engaging in touristic pursuits are popular leisure activities. New trends emerge as tourism continues
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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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The Framework of Tourism: Towards a Definition of Tourism‚ Tourist‚ and the Tourist Industry (Leiper‚ 1979) Find six academic definitions for tourism‚ tourist or travel. Discuss each of these six definitions and explain the merits and efficiencies of each one‚ making connections with the points raised by Leiper (1979) where possible. Then provide an overall discussion about which definition is best and for what reason/s. Introduction Six definitions for the term Tourism were found from a variety
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The Economic and Social Impact of Tourism Today‚ tourism is one of the largest and dynamically developing sectors of external economic activities. Its high growth and development rates‚ considerable volumes of foreign currency inflows‚ infrastructure development‚ and introduction of new management and educational experience actively affect various sectors of economy‚ which positively contribute to the social and economic development of the country as a whole. Most highly developed western
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Tourism in Malaysia Tourism means activities that occur when tourists travel and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than a year for business‚ leisure and etc. It is the second largest foreign exchange earner‚ after manufacturing. Positive impact of tourism industry on economy 1. Contributed to foreign exchange earnings Tourism expenditures and the export and import of related goods and services generate income to the host economy and can stimulate the investment necessary
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Executive summary The following report provides the information about the tourism in Serbia. Serbia falls into two geographic region of Central and South-east Europe. Serbia is mainly known for adventurous tourism. Serbia is also blessed with various sceneries‚ rivers‚ monasteries‚ curative spas and many more. Serbia has got many types of tourism like; Spa tourism‚ adventure‚ cultural and rural tourism. The report shows statistical record of tourist inflows from domestic as well as from international
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Essay Question Analyse and discuss the benefits and drawbacks of a demand-led vs. supply-led understanding of the tourism system. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation‚ often identified by many as the UNWTO (Lickorish & Jenkins‚ 1997)‚ define the term ‘Tourism’ as “the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes” (Tuberkugurlu‚ 2012). The term ‘supply
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their own religions‚ traditions‚ governments and ruling systems in which they dictated their way of life and how they managed to keep alive by their trade and occupations. Then came the white settlers‚ which was followed by the fight for liberation‚ which gave birth to the Mau Mau freedom fighters and the rise of the Kenyan heroes. (http://www.kenyaweb.com/history/introduction/index.html) Characteristics and structure of the Kenyan tourism industry Kenya is one of the most popular tourism destinations
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