TOURISM IN THE PHILIPPINES Executive Summary Philippine Tourism indeed is one of the major contributors in our Gross Domestic Product. History shows that there are already long term developments of tourism in the Philippines that has been influenced by the interaction of both internal and external factors. Some of these factors include the relative attractiveness of the country over time‚ its proximity to markets‚ the availability of tourist infrastructure and superstructure‚ and the extent
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Information technology and tourism a theoretical critique Philip Alford a‚Â Steve Clarke b‚1 a b Bournemouth University‚ School of Services‚ Management‚ Dorset House‚ Talbot Campus‚ Poole‚ Dorset BH12 5BB‚ UK Business School‚ The University of Hull‚ Hull HU6 7RX‚ UK a r t i c l e in f o a b s t r a c t This paper aims to initiate a debate regarding the paradigms underpinning the planning and implementation of IT in multi-stakeholder scenarios in the tourism sector. The problem is stated
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The aim of this essay is to discuss the relevance of niche tourism and what facts may affect it. It discusses briefly what a niche market is and what role has in the tourism industry. Different facts are exposed during the essay in order to give a better understanding on how economy‚ politic‚ technology and social affect tourism in general and the construction of niche markets. In addition‚ other influences have been discussed to give more information on current facts affecting the industry. An interesting
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HOSPITALITY INDUSTY PROFESSOR: TANYA JOYNER DATE: MARCH22.2013 TEST: CHAPTER 9 NAME: LU QIONGQIONG(JENNY) 1 what can tourism be defined as? Tourism can be defined as the idea of attracting‚ accommodating‚ and pleasing groups or individuals traveling for pleasure or business. It is categorized by geography‚ ownership‚ function‚ industry‚ and travel motive. 2 business travels has increased in recent years due to what? Business travel has increased in recent years as a result of the growth
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would look like guiding the guests/tourists about the information that shows on the brochure and a further explanation of it. Theory of authenticity of tourism and tourist typology‚ motivation and determination are linked together with the brochure which would be expounded as well. Table of Content Introduction 1 Table of Content 2 Definition of tourism 3 Highlights and plans of the day tour 3 Theories link to brochure 3 Authenticity of the day tour 3 Theory of authenticity 3 Link to brochure 4
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Introduction Tourism has become one of the world’s main industries; both developing and extremely developed countries are now taking closer look. Tourism give a lot of foreign exchange to the country‚ it’s provides jobs directly in the same field (Tourism Industry) and indirectly in supporting industries for example‚ agriculture industry‚ guide to the development of main and important services‚ for example‚ roads‚ airports ‚ and in the same time it’s opens the country to the outside world. Tourism In Oman
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Introduction Sports have existed in our society for thousands of years; Ancient Greece introduced formal sports with the first Olympic Games in 776 BC. They have evolved over the years and will‚ without a doubt‚ always continue to be a part of society. The 204 nations who participated in the 2012 Olympics give a glance of how almost everyone in the world is exposed to sports. There is absolutely no doubt that the world’s society is affected by sports. However‚ the question at hand is not whether sports affect
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Tourism Policy‚ 2052 Preamble: Tourism has been competitively and rapidly developing in the world‚ and due to specific natural and cultural heritages there is a great possibility of tourism industry in Nepal. Hence‚ in order to increase national production and income‚ to expand the earning of foreign currencies to create opportunities for employment‚ to improve regional imbalance and to develop the image of Nepal in international community having developed and expanded tourism industry‚ this
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Evolution of travel and tourism at PULAU LANGKAWI. The purpose we choose LANGKAWI as a tourism place for our group assignment because it’s smaller islands‚ has a legendary reputation‚ with many places where myth and natural beauty seem to coincide. Many of its legends are all the more real‚ simply because its people are convinced of their authenticity. Langkawi certainly has its own share of geological uniqueness‚ as the very landscape from which these legends are derived. Langkawi
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DEFINITION OF CULTURAL TOURISM A review of existing definitions One of the research tasks undertaken for this report was to investigate the feasibility of establishing an agreed definition/definitional framework for cultural tourism research. This involved a review of definitions included in the culture and tourism literature‚ as well as discussion on this topic with cultural tourism stakeholders. The first question asked by those contacted about the collection of cultural tourism statistics invariably
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