The Environmental Impact of Electronic Waste In today’s high paced modern world‚ technology is moving faster and faster and boosting the speed of our everyday lives. Every eight months there is a new model of some type of technological device reaching the market and the old is being discarded as it is unable to keep up with our fast paced society. Where have the millions of old‚ unwanted computers and other electronics gone? Many have suspected‚ that relatively few old PC’s are being recycled
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This report mainly deals with the basic tourism based concepts and theories relating the same to a case study. The authors starts with a brief introduction on the topic going on to explaining the various impacts that tourism has on the host destination. Socio-cultural‚ economic and environmental concerns are tackled. The author then presents a case study on Botswana elaborating on the various reasons why Botswana’s tourism industry is poised to take a positive turn. The report also deals with various
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Executive Summary The tourism industry has undergone rapid growth of unsurpassed nature over the last several decades. This has mainly been due to the advent of a ’borderless’ world and increased information dissemination about the majestic sceneries throughout the world‚ with the southern Bengal region being no exception. We are on the brink of penetrating a lucrative market in a rapidly growing industry. The current trend towards an increase in the number of tourists entering the country presents
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Abstract With today’s complex tourism systems‚ the planning and management of these systems pose as a challenge to many. Tourist destinations‚ stakeholders and the tourists themselves play a part in working toward the sustainability of tourism. This article covers how the complexity of tourism has complicated the tourism industry and what new strategies can be implemented toward building a more sustainable tourism. Introduction The world today is a fast paced‚ ever growing economy and development
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1) INTRODUCTION: The aim of this report is to evaluate the major financial implications of a catastrophe with regards to a particular hospitality sector. This report is divided into four main parts namely‚ the background information of the catastrophe followed by the definition of the chosen affected hospitality sector along with its importance. This is followed by statistics in the form of year-by-year figures regarding the implications of the catastrophe along with the recovery strategies followed
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traditional school supplies. In recent years‚ however‚ technology‚ such as tablets and computers‚ have penetrated the conventional school room. While technology teaching aids indicate success in schools‚ especially economically‚ there are also negative impacts‚ such as communication barriers and hindrance of the brain’s thought process development. Though technology allows teachers and students to interact with one another in entirely new ways‚ such as online assignments and electronic forums‚ this newfound
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Executive Summary Cruise tourism is becoming an increasingly popular “leisure choice” worldwide‚ and keeping this point in mind cruise tourism potential of India is vast and is still in infancy stage. Mumbai as the commercial capital and gate way of India possess the great potential of cruise tourism as this place sees the highest number of tourist coming in and going out so it becomes the necessity of the time to convert Mumbai port from “port of call” to “home port”. This report has been prepared
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No Date & Time Match Venue Result 1 Sat‚ 14 Feb 2015 03:30 AM IST NZ vs SL Hagley Oval‚ Christchurch 2 Sat‚ 14 Feb 2015 08:50 AM IST AUS vs ENG Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)‚ Melbourne 3 Sun‚ 15 Feb 2015 06:30 AM IST SA vs ZIM Seddon Park‚ Hamilton 4 Sun‚ 15 Feb 2015 08:50 AM IST IND vs PAK Adelaide Oval‚ Adelaide 5 Mon‚ 16 Feb 2015 03:30 AM IST IRE vs WI Saxton Oval‚ Nelson 6 Tue‚ 17 Feb 2015 03:30 AM IST NZ vs T.B.C. University Oval‚ Dunedin 7 Wed‚ 18
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Multiple Choice Questions for Sustainable Tourism: Theory and Practice (Author: David Weaver) CHAPTER ONE 1. Which of the following represents the correct historical sequence of Jafari’s tourism platforms? a) Adaptancy‚ cautionary‚ advocacy‚ knowledge-based b) Advocacy‚ adaptancy‚ cautionary‚ knowledge-based c) Advocacy‚ cautionary‚ adaptancy‚ knowledge-based d) Advantageous‚ cautionary‚ adaptancy‚ knowledge-based e) None of the above 2. Which one of the following
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Some people think tourism is just going to a travel agency and buying a tour to visit a place. However‚ there are more issues involved with this field than people can imagine. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) tourism represented 5% of the direct global GDS‚ offering 235 million jobs worldwide and generating more than US$ 1 billion for local communities where it is developed. It is clear‚ therefore‚ that tourism brings advantages to a country‚ but there are obviously disadvantages
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