10c) Examine how tourism has had social and economic impact on one country. Case study of a national tourist industry Vietnam is located in south east Asia. It has land borders with China‚ Laos and Cambodia. The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi‚ but its principal city is Ho Chi Mich City (formerly Saigon). Vietnam is the 13th most populated country in the world with over 90 million citizens. In 2008 its GDP was $241 billion and its GDP per capita of $2‚800. It is one of the fastest growing economies
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HOST COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACT OF EVENTS A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT EVENT THEMES IN URBAN AND REGIONAL COMMUNITIES By Liz Fredline‚ Marg Deery and Leo Jago HOST COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS OF THE IMPACTS OF EVENTS TECHNICAL REPORTS The technical report series present data and its analysis‚ meta-studies and conceptual studies and are considered to be of value to industry‚ government and researchers. Unlike the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre’s Monograph series‚ these
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is important in preparing the community as a host as it will educate and prepare all community members to provide the best services. Through capacity building‚ skills are acquired. Training is given to increase the skill level and to strengthen the capacity of individuals and organizations to develop and support the program of CBT as a tourist activity. Capacity building for Kampung Sinaran Baru‚ Kempas homestay can be done based on study tour‚ where the community is learning to be better in Malaysia
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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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Topic: Negative Tourism Impacts Prediction * Risk factors of tourism * Disadvantages of tourism * Conservation of risk factors of tourism Check Prediction * List of tourism impacts * Side effects of tourism impacts * Conservation of natural resources Note Nowadays‚ tourism started to earn itself a very bad name due to thoughtless development‚ and disruption of local cultures‚ values and economies‚ during the birth of mass international travel. *
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be the solution to help meet Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? The purpose of this essay is to show and explain the reader what is happening all over the world amongst third world countries‚ but specifically‚ using Ethiopia as a case study. For many years‚ charitable organizations have been helping poor people‚ who have been struggling to earn enough money for a living. Many charitable organizations have been able to raise money to help and support these people by giving them
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Assignment Title: Tourism Impacts on New Cruise Terminal at Kai Tak TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Analysis 4. Conclusion 5. References Introduction Hong Kong in Chinese literally translates into “Fragrant Harbour”. Victoria Harbour is the heart and soul of Hong Kong‚ which is famous as being one of the world’s greatest commercial and trading centres. Its natural harbour is capable to support even the largest ships because of its natural depth
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and Tourism Advocates defines tourism as the activities of persons 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 and also refers to the sector of the national economy with complex functions that unites a number of goods and services‚ offer for consumption to those people. (IFTTA) 2.2 Interaction between host and
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Tourism can generate large amount of revenues and provide job opportunities globally. Tourism is often treated as means to develop the country and to make the country known worldwide. This leads to the construction of infrastructure and facilities which are placed in locations which has the tendency to generate revenue in conjunction to tourism. However‚ the environment‚ economy and socio-culture suffers from the acts of tourism due to the activities carried out by tourist‚ thus creating negative
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Sustainable tourism is an industry that attempts to make a low impact on the environment and local culture while helping to generate income‚ employment‚ and the conservation of local ecosystems. It is responsible tourism that is both ecologically and culturally sensitive. Meaning‚ sustainable tourism activities have minimal impact on the environment and culture of the host community. It aims to meet the needs of the present tourists and host communities whilst protecting and enhancing needs in the
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