The tourism industry often needs a various range of information to satisfy and attracts its consumers and most of this information is delivered promptly to the customers with the help of the information and communication technologies (Poon‚ 1993). And as result‚ the global tourism industry is rapidly changing and the information and communication technologies ( ICTs) such as the internet is altering the structure of tourism industry and how it market his products and conducts its promotion. In order
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By: Anne Vilagut Tourism The French define tourism as "the art to satisfy the most diverse aspirations which invite man to move out of his daily universe." The Webster’s dictionary defines tourism as "the guiding or managing of tourists; the promotion or encouragement of touring: the accommodation of tourists." Both definitions are apt for tourism. The private sector of tourism includes lodging‚ food‚ transportation‚ recreation facilities‚ attractions‚ travel agents‚ and tour operators. These
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Introduction Comprehensively‚ we are probably aware that Mass Tourism has the accompanying attributes: (a) involvement of a huge number of people in tourism‚ (b) holidays are being standardized‚ rigidly packaged and inflexible (Karamustafa 2012)‚ (c) it is being mass produced and mass marketed and (d) consumed by tourists that are unconcerned about the local culture or practices. This goes to say that Mass Tourism requires vast improvement in tourism and the need of the involvement of international travel
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Competitive Rivalry The Competitive Rivalry in South Africa is high and will continue to increase as new Providers enter the industry. * The Competition is based on price and quality. The entry of every new Customer brings with a new set of price cuts and hence intensifies competition between cell phone provo=. Major threats currently: * Cell C‚ because they are a low cost service provider of many services‚ and this has helped Cell C to penetrate the market. * MTN and Vodacom offer
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HISTORY OF TOURISM → EARLY TRAVEL Earlier travel was essentially to seek food or to escape danger. Travel was also undertaken for trade. Growth of cities along fertile river banks like Nile etc. encouraged water travel. Ancient empires like the Romans helped shape modern travel. → THE EMPIRE ERA THE EGYPTIANS As its peak the travel for business and pleasure flourished. Travel to outlining cities was necessary. Various amenities were offered to travelers. They travelled for pleasure
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS REPORT India In-depth PESTLE Insights Publication Date: December 2010 OVERVIEW Catalyst This profile analyzes the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental structure in India. Each of the PESTLE factors is explored on four parameters: current strengths‚ current challenges‚ future prospects and future risks. Summary Key findings India is a stable democracy‚ but terrorism and its relationships with its neighbors continue to be a problem Since
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In a newspaper article “Eco-tourism: It’s not easy being green”[1] dated in June‚ 2007‚ the author criticizing there are still ecological damages‚ especially the effect to the wild animals that accompanies the eco-tourism. It says‚ Eco-tourism‚ generally defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people”‚ is often misunderstood. And most of the travelers‚ even they are concerned about the environment of the places they visit
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From the knowledge I acquired from the lectures and other relevant sources of information‚ I would like to analyze the Carrying Capacity on Tourism and the Intangible Cultural Heritage. 1. Carrying Capacity on Tourism Generally‚ tourism carrying capacity is considered as a concept under the circumstance of tourism sustainability. It is based on the evaluation of the greatest potential and ability for a destination to accommodate tourists‚ for instance‚ the destination lifecycle and tourists’ management
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The PESTEL framework examines the six main macro environmental influencing factors of companies: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These influences determine the future success or failure of the corporate strategies. The political influence include the role of the governments; economics embraces the macro economic factors such as growth rate‚ exchange rates and business cycles; the social component stands for changing cultures and demographics; technological influences
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Macro-environmental analysis the macro-environment describes all factors which influence the company as a whole but are out of their direct control including wider social‚ political and economic factors (Hooley‚ Saunders‚ Piercy‚ 2004). The analysis of those factors is therefore often known as Pest analysis (Johnson‚ Scholes‚ 1999). Since the airline industry is very much influenced by changes taking place in the environment and has undergone rapid and dramatic changes during the last decades
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