Gujarat Main article: Tourism in Gujarat [pic] [pic] The Palitana temple complex consists of more than 863 temples located on theShatrunjaya hills‚ exquisitely carved in marble. Gujarat‚ the seventh largest state in India‚ located in the western part of India with a coastline of 1600 km (longest in India). It is the tenth most popular state in the country for tourists with annual footfall of 18.9 million tourists.[8] Gujarat offers scenic beauty from Great Rann of Kutch to the hills of Saputara
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CARLA JANE ARMAS BSRTM 2-D The Geographical Elements of the Tourism System 1. The places of origin of tourists – the tourist-generating areas. Represent the homes of tourists‚ where journey begin and end. Examine the features that stimulate demand for tourism‚ include the geographical location of an area; its socioeconomic and demographic characteristic. These areas represent the main tourist markets in the world. Major marketing functions of tourist industry are found here‚ such as tour
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: Paul Stolk Today‚ increase in the discretionary leisure time and disposable income of the society has undoubtedly created tourism boom in many countries. As soon as tourism industry is measured as a fundamental factor in improving the economy‚ local governments and other corporations in a destination have shifted their focus towards creation of more tourism attractions in order to compete with related destinations on targeted markets. In the olden days‚ people who travelled with the leisure
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savings in the tourism division of Malaysia. The Malaysia government is totally dedicated to the development of this division. Over the last 12 years‚ wide promotional campaigns have been engineered both locally and overseas to attract tourists from around the world. Even though the economic slowdown‚ the tourism industry is still remains strong. Today‚ Malaysia is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia. Malaysia’s continuous efforts to improve the quality of tourism services and communications
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The World Tourism Organization had its initial stages as the International assembly of Official Tourist Traffic relations set up in 1925 in The Hague. It was renamed the International Union of Official Travel Organizations (IUOTO) later than World War II and shifted to Geneva. IUOTO was a scientific‚ non-governmental organization‚ whose relationship at its climax included 109 National Tourist Organizations (NTOs) and 88 Associate Members‚ among them private and public groups. As tourism raised and
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Impact of Tourism: An Economic Analysis Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to show the importance and the role of the indirect economic effects of tourism on growth and GDP‚ employment and foreign trade. Tourism’s role in the economy is often perceived as being limited to the hospitality industry (cafes‚ hotels and restaurants) and outbound and inbound travel agencies and carriers‚ which form the leading service sector in many countries. However‚ the economic impact of tourism is much
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Sport and Adventure Tourism Simon Hudson‚ PhD Editor The Haworth Hospitality Press® An Imprint of The Haworth Press‚ Inc. New York • London • Oxford © 2003 by The Haworth Hospitality Press‚ an imprint of The Haworth Press‚ Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means‚ electronic or mechanical‚ including photocopying‚ microfilm‚ and recording‚ or by any information storage and retrieval system‚ without permission in writing from
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Objectives The aim of the report is to study dark tourism and discuss what are the issues generated by the evolution of this phenomenon. 1.2 Scope The report includes a definition of dark tourism‚ the history‚ a description of its target markets with its marketing implications‚ the push and pull factors and the various impacts caused and the challenges faced. Lastly‚ conclusions will be drawn. 2.0 Main Discussions 2.1 Definition Dark tourism is demarcated as encompassing the visitation to
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every country in this new era of globalization. And the effects are felt no more than in the countries just outside of the fiscal euro-zone‚ which are the most heavily exposed to the financially endangered bloc of nations. Two of these nations are Switzerland and Iceland. Both economies navigate a new economic landscape filled with significant risks‚ and it will be crucial for these nations to take the correct steps to ensure economic growth in the near future. They provide an interesting point for comparison
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In earlier days meaning of tourism was basic but now a day’s scenario is totally changed now as discussed by poon (1993) interest of tourists has diverted from popular destinations to more specific and virgin locations to meet their individual needs. These tourists are more adventurous‚ more experienced‚ travel for fun‚ independent and with more cash in their accounts. Special interest tourism is new concept of tourism where there are additions in the type of tourism. Now days it is being created
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