Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile‚ pristine‚ and relatively undisturbed natural areas‚ intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial (mass) tourism. Its purpose may be to educate the traveller‚ to provide funds forecological conservation‚ to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities‚ or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has been considered
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Hospitality Provision in Travel & Tourism Contents Introduction 3 TASK 1 3 1.1 Discussing Interrelationship between hospitality and the travel and tourism business of Radisson Hotels as a tourism executive 3 TASK 2 7 2.1 Analysis of the implications of integration to the hospitality industry from the perspective of a tourism executive 7 2.2 How integration has affected Radisson Hotels as a hospitality business organization 8 TASK 3 10 3.1 Development of rationale
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We have to understand the several concepts by means of definition and its integration. • Tourism Hunziker and Krapf‚ in 1941‚ defined tourism as "the sum of the phenomena and relationships arising from the travel and stay of non-residents‚ insofar as they do not lead to permanent residence and are not connected with any earning activity." In 1976‚ the Tourism Society of England’s definition was: "Tourism is the temporary‚ short-term movement of people to destination outside the places where they
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According to Theobald (1998:411) authenticity means genuine‚ unadulterated or the real thing. In modern times tourism is frequently accused of destroying authenticity ((a notion which is problematic in its own term)‚ through commoditization of cultures‚ such as festivals‚ dance rituals and food which is produced for monetary gain. The definition of authenticity is debatable by many academics; I will try to explore their views on this subject in this essay. MacCannell‚ in The Tourist (1999)‚ portrayed
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Tourism and Hospitality Management Individual Assignment Kuching - Heaven on Earth Amanda Lim Yen Thang B1002862 HELP University College Kuching - Heaven on Earth KUCHING: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION Situated on the island of Borneo is Malaysia’s largest state‚ Sarawak‚ where its capital‚ Kuching‚ lures tourists and travellers over with its beauty of a great green environment and the friendliness of its people‚ who are also known as Kuchingnites. Kuching is known as the one place where one can
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Beyond Porter – A Critique of the Critique of Porter The writings of the American managementguru and Harvard-Professor Michael E-Porter are considered to be among the most influential of their subject – and among the most critiqued ones. Porter had a lasting influence on strategic management with his books about competitive advantages on industry level and on global level‚ which were written in the eighties. Porter’s models like the Five Competitive Forces‚ the Value Chain or Porters Diamond have
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report will start with definitions of tourism and motivation‚ followed buy a few theories of motivation‚ and ending with a conclusion. Theses theories are relating to the push of individual/s to embark on a holiday‚ and the pull of the tourist destination. Definitions • According to the UK Tourism Society and cited in the BTEC National Travel and Tourism book‚ by Elise James‚ Joanne Thirlaway and Ursula Woodhouse. (2007‚ pg3) Their defection of tourism is as follows. “ The temporary‚
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India is famous as the land of stunning beauty and overall history that can be seen in its culture‚ tradition‚ and geography. There are lots of tourism opportunities in this country as like: Wildlife‚ hill station‚ beach‚ ancient Ayurveda‚ backwater‚ Adventure‚ Cultural‚ monument‚ village pilgrimage‚ monsoon‚ etc are predominant tourism options available in this country. India’s exhilarating beauty has been attracted to visitor since long years. Each part of India is worth exploring and worth enjoying
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Antoaneta Stefanova October 5th‚ 2012 DRUG TOURISM Unconventional Tourism Homework Definition: Drug tourism is defined as travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction. It also includes travel experience that is accompanied by the consumption of said substances. Specification: This type of tourism includes crossing a national border to obtain drugs over the counter that are not sold in one’s own country‚ or traveling
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2012 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Discuss Porter’s five forces theory of market competition. How does strategic group analysis provide a refinement to the five forces model? Key words here are: -discuss -Porter’s five forces -strategic group analysis -refinement of it(improve it yaani k extra benefits of strategic group analysis compared to five forces) Strategic decisions have always been a vital part of business as ever since their conception but the word strategy is barely mentioned pre 1960s
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