CASE STUDY IN TRAVEL‚ HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM Tourism in Singapore 6 May 2013 Table of Contents 1 Introduction The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board was first established in 1964 with the mandate to promote Singapore as a tourist destination. We began work with a small staff strength of 25 and that year‚ we welcomed 91‚000 visitors. The Merlion was created as a symbol as part of marketing campaigns. (Anon.‚ 2013) Travel agent licensing and tourist guide training were
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IGNOU4Ublog.com TS-1: FOUNDATION COURSE IN TOURISM (TUTOR MARKED ASSIGNMENT) Course Code: TS-1 /Programme: BTS / Assignment Code: TS-1/TMA/2012-13 ------------------------------------------------- Total Marks: 100 PART-I 1. What are the threats and obstacles to tourism in India? (Marks:25) Answer: Tourism industry is one of the booming industries that bring in knowledge‚ social development and economic growth. “Incredible India” a tourism campaign by the Indian government and the information
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Health Tourism A Boon or Curse? What is it? Medical tourism (also called medical travel‚ health tourism or global health care) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and themass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care. Such services typically include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeriessuch as joint replacement (knee/hip)‚ cardiac surgery‚ dental surgery‚ and cosmetic surgeries. However‚ virtually
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Early History of Korea Korea’s early history can be traced from the Paleolithic period about 500‚000 years ago. It is believed that its history began in 2333 B.C.E. King Tangun‚ a legendary figure born of the son of heaven and a woman from a bear-totem tribe established the first kingdom named Choson which means “Land of the Morning Calm”. Characterized by clan communities that formed prefectures or provinces like in Japan‚ the country rose and fell so that by the first century B.C.E.‚ 3 kingdoms
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Social and Economic Impacts of Hurricanes on the Caribbean Hurricanes are powerful weather systems‚ which start as disturbances in the atmosphere over tropical oceans. There are many of these disturbances each year‚ but only a few become hurricanes. Most Atlantic and Caribbean hurricanes occur between June and November and have been known to have serious economic and social consequences. Some economic consequences include unemployment‚ loss of revenue‚ loss of foreign exchange etc. Social consequences
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telecommunications will reach $2.3 trillion in revenues [1]. The revenue from telecommunication services is projected to grow at the rate of 3.8 percent [1]. Not only is the telecommunications industry monetarily strong but also has a great impact on the social and economic development of the world. Telecommunications has changed the way people live‚ interact and conduct businesses. Rwanda‚ commonly known as “the Land of a Thousand Hills”‚ is a country in central Africa. This country faced a civil
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largest Christian non-governmental organization in the world. In Korea alone they have over 72 facilities. It is an international organization yet it functions as a partnership of independent national offices that are overseen by their own boards or advisory councils. Therefore‚ in this report‚ I am going to focus on the Korean office and their activities. Their main activities consist of domestic ministry‚ international ministry‚ North Korea ministry and emergency relief. 1They receive more than 50% of
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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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The comic‚ “Korea Unmasked” is sort of a helpful and animated way to understand the Chinese‚ Japanese‚ and Korean culture; the comic first introduces the three main nations and the value that each of these nations hold most dear or what value they had strived to keep and to uphold for the entirety of their nations existence. The Chinese hold the idea of “one” to be their most important value; this nation holds unity amongst other things to be the highest value. The Japanese believe that
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Contents: 1. Introduction 2 2. Social Media and Business 2 3. Types of Social Media and Their Importance for Companies 4 4. Social Media Functionality Blocks and Their Implications for Companies 7 5. Social Media and Information Half-life and Depth 10 6. LinkedIn Poll 12 7. Recruitment and Search for Talent 13 8. Advertising and Brands Enhancement 17 9. Customer Profiling and Customer Service and Realtionship Management 21 10. The Future of Social Media 25 11. Conslusion 28 12. References
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