Concurrent Session: Policy and Planning of Tourism Product Development in Asian Countries POLICY AND PLANNING OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA ___________________________________________________________ Amran Hamzah Course Coordinator‚ Tourism Planning Programme Department of Urban and Regional Planning‚ Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia‚ Skudai‚ Johor MALAYSIA ABSTRACT Tourism is currently the second highest contributor to Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after
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Latin American Perspectives http://lap.sagepub.com/ Tropical Blues : Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic Amalia L. Cabezas Latin American Perspectives 2008 35: 21 DOI: 10.1177/0094582X08315765 The online version of this article can be found at: http://lap.sagepub.com/content/35/3/21 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Latin American Perspectives‚ Inc. Additional services and information for Latin American Perspectives can be found at: Email
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The social and economic significance of tourism development on a global scale After studying and understanding how deeply tourism development has significantly impacted on the world‚ I have noticed how closely that the social and economic factors are related‚ and how both of these aspects have direct effect on both tourists‚ and the people that permanently reside at destinations that have been extremely popular amongst tourists. The understanding of how economic and social factors interrelate
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assess the impacts on society of certain development schemes and projects before they go ahead - for example‚ new roads‚ industrial facilities‚ mines‚ dams‚ ports‚ airports‚ and other infrastructure projects. It has been incorporated since into the formal planning and approval processes in several countries‚ in order to categorise and assess how major developments may affect populations‚ groups‚ and settlements. SIA is often carried out as part of‚ or in addition to‚ Environmental Impact Assessment
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CHAPTER 3 FORMS OF TOURISM Forms of tourism can be discussed in terms of the displacement of persons within certain conditions. These trips always take the visitors outside their usual environment‚ but might take them also outside their country of residence into another economy. Forms of tourism can also be discussed in terms of the different types of tourism in a particular country‚ i.e. ecotourism‚ sports tourism‚ health tourism‚ etc. FORMS OF TOURISM - DISPLACEMENT OF PERSONS In economic measurement
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The Impacts of The Media On Young Adults What is the media? The media is “the means of communication‚ as radio and television‚ newspapers‚ and magazines‚ that reach or influence people widely.” (Media‚ Dictionary.com). In other words the media is every thing that communicates something. TV shows‚ commercials‚ ads‚ and movies are all part of the media. Once the internet got more accessible‚ the birth of another kind of media happened: Social media. Social media is “Web sites and other online means
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In 2011‚ what are social‚ political‚ and economic impacts of slavery in the U.S.? To review American history‚ “American Dream” is encouraging a lot of foreigners to immigrate to America where can let these immigrates willing to the better life which refers to the success of economy through individual efforts. However‚ there is a dark side‚ namely the slavery‚ in American history that should not be neglected. The impact of slavery can be recognized in three fields‚ namely the economic field‚ the
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Community and Family Studies HSC COURSE Social Impact of Technology Assessment Task Annalise Wood Due: Friday 17 August‚ 2012 ‘Technology has positive and negative effects on the satisfaction of individual needs.’Discuss the statement using examples to illustrate your answer. Technology is the study‚ development and application of devices‚ machines and techniques to manufacturing and productive processes. Technology is developed in response to a human want or need. The acceptance of technology
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Social Impact of Technology Technology can be defined in two ways; the social definition – ‘Technology is defined as specific information and know-how related to development or production that is used to improve efficiency and communication’. Also UNESCO’s 1985 definition of technology – ‘Technology as ‘the know-how and creative processes that may assist people to utilise tools‚ resources and systems to solve problems and to enhance control over the natural and man-made environment in an endeavour
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Social media and the internet have had the most impact on my life; whether it is communicating with people around the world‚ making life-changing decisions‚ or reading and listening to celebrities’ personal and professional life gossip. Nowadays‚ people of all ages are completely relying on the social media and the internet for their day-to-day needs. Whether it is social media or the internet‚ they both have had positive and negative impacts on my life. Social media and the internet have had positive
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