1. Country Background 2. Literature Review of Sustainable Tourism At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro‚ Agenda 211 was adopted by 182 countries and sets out a comprehensive blueprint of actions to be taken globally‚ nationally and locally by organisations of the United Nations (UN)‚ governments‚ and major groups in every area to bring about sustainable development. Stakeholders of the travel and tourism industry including world organisations‚ governments and industries started to include
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Impact of tourism on Kenya Academic English Impact of Tourism in Kenya Tourism is the phenomenon arising from temporary visits (or stays away from home) outside the normal place of residence or usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Tourism implies that a person takes a journey‚ which can be of a day or various days‚ and that can be within a national boundary‚ which be classified as a domestic tourist trip or a journey which crosses
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the most important tourism destinations in the Pacific Asia region for its unique landscape and shopping convenience. According to statistics‚ a total number of 41921310 people visited Hong Kong in 2011‚ that is 16.4% more compared to 2010 (Hong Kong Tourism Board 2012).Total tourism expenditure was 263142.71 million HK dollars and shopping accounts for most of them because it is the main purpose for individual visitors (Hong Kong Tourism Board 2012). Therefore‚ to sustain tourism prosperity while
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Working title The role of food tourism in sustaining regional identity: A case study of Kerala‚ India. Background The theme of this project is to look at the role of food tourism in Kerala‚ India and in particular with reference to regional identity. There are two main questions that will need to be answered in order to understand this. Firstly is food important in sustaining the regional identity of Kerala and if so in what way. The secondary question is whether tourism affects or is affected by
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globalization of tourism. When most of the islands became independent from foreign rule they needed to build up a working economy. Some of the bigger more resource rich island nations started to produce and export goods but many of the smaller island states did not have this opportunity. When tourism started to grow‚ both types of islands benefitted a lot from it‚ but it was the most important for the smaller islands that had basically no foreign income at all. Step by step the importance of tourism grew in
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Introduction For my assignment‚ I have selected the article ’Tourism industry to get S$905 Million over 5 years’ by Ng Kai Ling of the Straits Times Newspaper as my newspaper article. The article indicates our Singapore government’s plan to allocate $905 million spread over 5 years to make our country even more attractive to tourists‚ with hope that the amount of visitations‚ the duration of their stays and their spending capacity of these tourists will increases. The article’s key themes are
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TOURISM IN MALDIVES AN ACTION INTRODUCTION The republic of Maldives is a nation of islands looping the equator‚ at the center of the Indian Ocean. It is a natural paradise‚ a world of intensely simple beauty‚ a place that will captivate the mind and rest the human’s spirit. The Maldives is that sort of place fascinating some of‚ frustrating for others. When the very first airport was made in “Hulhule”‚ some U
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A Practical Guide to Tourism Destination Management Copyright © 2007 World Tourism Organization Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain A Practical Guide to Tourism Destination Management ISBN: 978-92-844-1243-3 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing 2007 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat
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EFFECTS OF TOURISM on the ECOLOGY of JAMAICA by Elaina Kozyr BLPR 101.51 Introduction Tourism and the environment have a very complex and interdependent relationship. Today‚ tourism is one of the largest industries in today’s world economy and is a great source of foreign exchange for many developing countries‚ whose major assets are their natural resources.1 At the same time‚ it is the environmental quality of a place that will determine the success of the tourism industry‚ since
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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector: U n i t e d N a t i o n s E n v i ro n m e n t P ro g r a m m e Frameworks‚ Tools and Practices UNEP MANUALS ON SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Copyright © United Nations Environment Programme‚ 2008 This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-proÄt purposes without special permission from the copyright holder‚ provided acknowledgement of the sourse is made. UNEP would appreciate
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