Grade 11 Class: Civics Topic: Tourism Tourism - the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence Tourist- A person who travels away from home for leisure‚ Business or any other purposes for longer than a day Excursionist: Persons traveling for pleasure in a period less than 24 hours Types of Arrivals A foreign air arrival- arrives by scheduled or chartered airline or by a private plane. A foreign sea arrival- who arrives in The Bahamas
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Tourism is an activity that is critical to the economic and social development. By World Tourism Organization (World Tourism Organization) has predicted that by the year 2563 will have a number of international tourists to 1‚600 million of the estimated growth rate of tourism in developing countries. Expected to increase approximately 4 percent per year‚ particularly the industrialized countries have a rate increase of about 2.5 percent per year‚ the study found. Tourists with travel in most foreign
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Tourism in India: With a view to earning foreign exchange India wants to develop her tourist-industry. Since a pretty long time Kashmir has become a regular receiver of tourists. Innumerable number of people come from abroad to visit this prettiest place of India. Most of the people of Kashmir earn their bread and fortune by dealing with the tourists in various ways getting money from the tourists through hotels‚ restaurants‚ rest houses‚ boat-houses‚ conveyances and by hawking‚ peddling and guiding
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Prepared By : Nithinlal.M PGDM ’13-‘15 Reg No : PG13027 Industry Overview Approximately 95% of India’s international trade by volume and 70% by value are seaborne. India has 11 major ports‚ 19 Medium port‚ and 187 minor ports along 7‚517 km long Indian coastline. It is strategically located as a major maritime nation due to its long coastline that flanks important global shipping routes. The National Transport Policy Committee (1980) recommended the following principles for
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PESTEL Political- The theatre is subsidized by the public purse in the form of local authorities and the arts council (Arts council‚ 2010). However‚ funding is under continual pressure after cuts made to the arts budget by the coalition government (Mintel‚ 2012). This has been evident since 2008 where the arts council of England stopped funding of the theatre meaning it is only supported by Winchester City Council‚ Hampshire city council‚ sponsors and friends of Theatre Royal Winchester (Burn
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war Sri Lanka - Emerging tourism industry Meso Theme - Forecasting Change Situation Analysis Sri Lanka was seen as a low budget tourist attraction. Industry colapsed mainly due to the war conditions through out last 3 decades. Tourists started pouring in to the country after the end of civil war. Major infrastruture development projects are undergoing in the country Government has identified tourism as a main source of foreign income and supporting the industry in a major scale. Investors
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Tourism has become one of the most appreciated sources of income for many countries of the world. Tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world because it is one of the best ways of earning foreign currency. Despite the many advantages of tourism‚ there a few disadvantages too as there are always two sides to everything. The few drawbacks highlighted are environmental pollution‚ cultural and social degradation and economic downturns. However‚ tourists cause environmental damage through forest
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Automotive Industry Analysis The development of the automobile came from many different people from different countries. The development stated in 1769 in France‚ with the invention of a three-wheeler that was powered by steam (Gale‚ 2003). Then in 1800’s the first internal combustion engine was created in Belgian and the first gasoline powered vehicle was constructed in 1885 in Germany (Gale‚ 2003). Henry Ford built the first car in 1896 (Gale‚ 2003). He then revolutionized the industry with the
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The UK Inbound Tourism IndustryIntroduction:Tourism is seventh of the largest industries in the UK‚ worth £74 billion to the UK economy. There are currently 2.1 million jobs in the industry. Within the inbound Tourism to the UK‚ 30 million overseas visitors who came in 2005 spent £14 billion on holidays 2005 was a record year for UK inbound tourism both in terms of volume and value. The UK ranks fifth in when compared international tourism earnings league behind the USA‚ Spain‚ France and Italy.
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Chapter 1 Industry Background A. Definition of the Industry: What are its Products or Services? 1. Definition The development of any country completely depends upon the growth of telecommunications; it is a technology of transmitting signal through a long distance for the sake of communicating with each other. Throughout the world‚ telecom industry is being controlled by private companies instead of government monopolies. Traditional telecom technologies are also being replaced by modern
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