HISTORY OF TOURISM → EARLY TRAVEL Earlier travel was essentially to seek food or to escape danger. Travel was also undertaken for trade. Growth of cities along fertile river banks like Nile etc. encouraged water travel. Ancient empires like the Romans helped shape modern travel. → THE EMPIRE ERA THE EGYPTIANS As its peak the travel for business and pleasure flourished. Travel to outlining cities was necessary. Various amenities were offered to travelers. They travelled for pleasure
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of the International Advisory Editorial Board of Society‚ is Professor of Sociology in the Asian Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. Among his many publications are the Penguin Dictionary of Sociology‚ Blackwell Companion to Social Theory‚ and The Sage Handbook of Sociology. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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IMPACT OF SOCIAL ADVERTISING IN INDIA [1]J.Sindhuja‚ [2]K.Parthiban SCHOOL OF MANAGEMANT SASTRA UNIVERSITY THANJAVUR Social Advertising is the first form of advertising that systematically leverages historically "offline" dynamics‚ such as peer-pressure‚ friend recommendations‚ and other forms of social influence. Social media has the power to transform a campaign into a religion. Social Advertising is the media message designed to educate or motivate the Indians to engage in voluntarily social
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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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Tourism: Principles‚ Practices‚ Philosophies Part Five: Essentials of Tourism Research and Marketing Learning Objectives • Become familiar with the marketing mix and be able to formulate the best mix for a particular travel product. • Appreciate the importance of the relationship between the marketing concept and product planning and development. • Understand the vital relationship between pricing and marketing. • Know about distribution systems and how this marketing principle can best be applied
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Dyer‚ Gursoy‚ Sharma & Carter (2007‚ p. 409) argued that tourism is prominent in Australia’s economic restructuring‚ particularly in regional and coastal areas. There are many aspects such as history‚ attitudes and culture to contemplate when defining the meaning of leisure‚ though it is essential the participation of recreational activities free from any other obligations or responsibilities (Lynch & Veal 2006‚ p. 25). The issues statement provided for discussion through this essay is: “Australian
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status. A country that is greatly affected by the economic system is North Korea. Statistically shown‚ Its GDP is about 40 billion dollars and the growth is only 3.9% in 2009. It is 1/30 of South Korea’s GDP which is 1164 trillion and the population of North Korea is 24 million which more than half of South Korea’s population. North Korea’s communism is the biggest push factor for illegal emigrants. Communism is a social system to create classless and fairness among the citizens. The basic form
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Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism Economic impact 2012 WORLD WTTC Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2012 1 For more information please contact: Olivia Ruggles-Brise Director‚ policy & Research olivia.rugglesbrise@wttc.org Eva Aimable manager‚ policy & Research eva.aimable@wttc.org © 2012 World travel & tourism council Foreword For more than 20 years the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has been investing in economic impact research‚ which assesses
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The Ten “P’s” of Travel‚ Tourism and Hospitality Marketing* * From Best Practices for International Tourism Development for Rural Communities (2002) by David L. Edgell‚ Sr.‚ PHD Marketing… “…. to design a product/service combination that provides real value to targeted customers‚ motivates purchase‚ and fulfills genuine customer needs.” -James Makens et al.‚ Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism‚ 1999 Ten “P’s” 1. Product The tourism product differs from other products due
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BSHRM2y1-2 1.1Tourism as an academic field of study a.) Obstacles development: The emergence of tourism as a legitimate area of investigation within the university sector is a recent and ongoing development‚ and one that has encountered many obstacles. 1.2Tourism as an academic field of study >Tourism perceived as a trivial activity >Large-scale tourism as a recent activity >Tourism perceived as a vocational field of study >Lack of clear definitions and reliable data >Lack of indigenous
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