also to sum up the vivid world of tourism. The subject matters introduce the students to the socioeconomic‚ environmental and cultural impact of the tourism industry. It also gives an overview of the travel sectors – their development‚ composition‚ and role in tourism as well as the different trends and types of operation of each sector. ◙ Desired learning Results At the end of the semester‚ the students should able to: 1. Understand how tourism works and how it can be made to work
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Tourism Pre- Industrial Revolution As early as 300 BC the Phoenicians also called the Canaanites or Sidonians were one of the first real travelers. Trade‚ Commerce and food supply were what motivated them to travel. Also the Romans travelled to Shrines‚ seaside resorts and different attractions of their time in Egypt and Greece. Most medieval travel was religiously related. They also travelled to visit the pyramids‚ sphinx and the valley of kings. The Roman Empire provided a safe passage for travelers
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current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm Progress and development of information and communication technologies in hospitality Crystal Ip‚ Rosanna Leung and Rob Law School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Abstract Purpose – In order to enhance operational efficiency‚ improve service quality and reduce costs‚ practitioners in the hospitality industry have widely adopted and implemented information
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Microeconomic and Tourism I. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………. II. The significance of tourism to economic. ………………………………………… III. The impact of tourism on local society. …………………………………………... IV. The effects of tourism on microeconomics……………………………………….. V. UAE as an example for the subject. ………………………………………………. VI. Clusters and competitiveness of the UAE. ……………………………................ VII. Conclusion. ………………………………………………………………………… VIII. List of figures. ………………………………………………………………………
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Public Space Tourism “The idea gradually dawned around the turn of the twentieth century that the rocket was the key to space travel.” (History of Rocketry and Space Travel) Then in 1969‚ Lance Armstrong and Apollo 11 landed on the mood for the first time. Now over 40 years later‚ the thought of public tourism into outer space has become a reality. A big turning point in public space tourism was the SpaceX competition‚ which was held on October 4‚ 2004. There was a $10‚000‚000 prize to the
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Technology and tourism Anna Baines The author Anna Baines is a freelance journalist. Abstract The travel and tourism industry is starting to exploit technology. This is going to change the nature of the services offered‚ and the nature of work within the industry. Employers and employees may have different perceptions about the likely benefits of technology. Discusses the changes at the “higher” and “lower” organisational levels and suggests that the industry is only partially prepared for the
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Tourism Destinations Assignment for 14th July 2013 Student name: Ciprian Ovidiu Golache Id number: 4068835 Contents Introduction 2 The appeal of current leading tourist destinations compared with that of currently developing tourist destinations and evaluation of how characteristics of a tourist destination affect its appeal 3 Economic characteristics 3 Physical characteristics 4 Social characteristics 5 Political characteristics 6 Destinations 6 Appeal 7 Issues that affect the popularity
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HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Impact of Internship on Hotel Operation Thesis CENTRAL OSTROBOTHNIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES Degree Program in Tourism June 2012 ABSTRACT CENTRAL OSTROBOTHNIA Date UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES May 2012 Unit for Technology and Business‚ Kokkola-Pietarsaari Degree programme Degree Programme in Tourism Name of thesis HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT Impact of Internship on Hotel Operation Instructor Author Pankaj Diyas Sharma Pages 52 + 5 Supervisor
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Tourism Industry of Bangladesh Term Paper International Business BUS 301 Submitted on: 20th July 2014 Letter of Transmittal 20th July 2014 Sub: Submission of term paper for completion of academic course Dear Madam‚ This is to inform you that we have completed our term paper on Tourism Industry of Bangladesh for the Summer 2014 semester as a requirement of our academic course International Business (BUS 301). The report encompasses on the functioning‚ organization
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Introduction Tourism is the largest foreign currency-earner in Peru‚ which affecting the lives of million people. Tropical rainforests and jungles are always important ecosystem in the world‚ but now most of them are damaged by people. In Peru‚ many rainforests were demolished by humans‚ thus‚ Peru government has made numerous methods to save the current environment‚ and one of the methods is ecotourism. In order to protect Peru’s nature based environment‚ generate money for local economic‚ achieve
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