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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Tourism is traveling outside one’s normal environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ recreational or business purposes. It is important for income within a country‚ providing jobs and it may also raise the standard of living within a country but there are few disadvantages like pollution and disruption of natural habitats which may lead to climate change affecting tourism. Small islands which include the Caribbean‚ Pacific‚ Mediterranean islands‚ just to name some‚ are beautiful
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Tourism Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business‚ and the provision of services for this act. Tourists are persons who are "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited" (official UNWTO definition). A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry. Many
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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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ES 1 PREAMBLE This document serves as an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the proposed road to Fatima in Chikwawa district. The project runs from Thabwa (near Shire River) to Fatima. The road has a lot of bridges and culverts since it is near the Shire River. The project proponent is Chikwawa Town Assembly with Asian Grant Aid estimated at US$ 7Million. The total length of the road is about 22 Km and is a dusty road. There are 25 bridges and culverts
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ABSTRACT: This paper presents the findings of a study on the environmental impacts of the Manila Bay reclamation project. The study area is at the coastal area of Pasay‚ a city of roughly 400‚000 people. The focus of the study was on the changes in the environment that will be brought about by land reclamation. Qualitative descriptive analysis was used as an approach. Data were gathered from government institutions and comparative studies‚ and from a set of questionnaires handed out to a total of
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Celeste Armbrister Mrs. McFarlene-Bain English 119 Section 21 November 11‚ 2016 Phobias and Fear and how they affect The Bahamas On television‚ today a show call “Fear Factor” displays fears as a joke or some form of entertainment where people were challenged to perform many of terrifying and/or disgusting stunts‚ from driving a dangerous course to eating something nasty. On social media people‚ also display acts of frightening someone with something they are afraid of as joke. Everyone is afraid of
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By: Anne Vilagut Tourism The French define tourism as "the art to satisfy the most diverse aspirations which invite man to move out of his daily universe." The Webster’s dictionary defines tourism as "the guiding or managing of tourists; the promotion or encouragement of touring: the accommodation of tourists." Both definitions are apt for tourism. The private sector of tourism includes lodging‚ food‚ transportation‚ recreation facilities‚ attractions‚ travel agents‚ and tour operators. These
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In the morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ a Category 3 hurricane‚ named Hurricane Katrina‚ hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. It started forming over the Bahamas on August 23 and peaked at a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina had winds up to 140 miles per hour. It went on for 400 miles. It’s force was felt in 5 states‚ such as Mississippi and Alabama‚ but the biggest hit was to Louisiana. More specifically‚ New Orleans. New Orleans has an average elevation of six feet below sea level. Since many neighborhoods
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Impact of Ecotourism on Local Communities Table of Contents Table of Figures Section1: Introduction With the main objective of promoting responsible travel to natural areas‚ the well-being of communities and the environmental conservation‚ ecotourism is presented as an alternative type of tourism which is growing incredibly fast (Scheyvens‚ 1999). One of the objectives of ecotourism is to bring benefits to local communities. The important relationship between ecotourism
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