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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Id no | Aklima khatun koly | F21321111126 | Amena sultana adar | F21321111111 | Musratjahan | F21321111119 | Jarin khan | F21321111107 | SUBJECT – IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISG IN TOURISM The history of tourism The tourism industry is fast becoming an important revenue gene rator for Malaysia. It was another record breaking year as Malaysia registered 17.54 million visitors (17‚546‚863) in 2006‚ slight ly surpassing the target of 17.5 million. This
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Below is a free essay on "Tourism in Nepal" from Anti Essays‚ your source for free research papers‚ essays‚ and term paper examples. Tourism in Nepal | | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Tourism in Nepal Nepal is a landlocked country located between the two giant countries‚ People’s Republic of China at the north and Republic of India at the south‚ east and west. With an area of 147‚181 square kilometers and a population of approximately 30 millions‚ Nepal is the
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Public Space Tourism “The idea gradually dawned around the turn of the twentieth century that the rocket was the key to space travel.” (History of Rocketry and Space Travel) Then in 1969‚ Lance Armstrong and Apollo 11 landed on the mood for the first time. Now over 40 years later‚ the thought of public tourism into outer space has become a reality. A big turning point in public space tourism was the SpaceX competition‚ which was held on October 4‚ 2004. There was a $10‚000‚000 prize to the
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Tourism 1) Background and Trends 2) Reasons for growth in Tourism 3) Impacts of growth in Tourism 4) Sustainable Tourism 5) Approaches to Sustainable Tourism 1) Background and Trends Tourists: Persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes. Tourist destination area: A place that tourists travel to Tourists generating area: A place where tourists come from (source) Tourism:
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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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Unit 1- Task 3 Interrelationships in Travel and Tourism Individual businesses must work in partnership with other organisations in order to be successful. Tourism is a very competitive and complex sector and many companies develop links with other businesses as a way of maximising profits. If for example Thomas cook didn’t work with other hotels‚ insurance companies‚ company picks up on arrival‚ Thomas cook wouldn’t make any profits‚ as customers wouldn’t want to book a holiday with a company who
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Sports Tourism Sports Tourism is viewed as international trips that are made to watch sporting events. There is no universally accepted definition of sports tourism‚ but the terms ‘sport tourism’ and ‘sport tourist’ are often found in literature review. Stuart Hall‚ a cultural theorist and sociologist from Kingston‚ Jamaica is one of the many theorists that have formulated an opinion of the definition of sports tourism. Hall is under the belief that sports tourism falls into two categories
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Promotion of Health Tourism in India The global growth in the flow of patients and health professionals as well as medical technology‚ capital funding and regulatory regimes across national borders has given rise to new patterns of consumption and production of healthcare services over recent decades. The free movement of goods and services under the auspices of the World Trade Organization and its General Agreement on Trade in Services has accelerated the liberalization of the trade in health
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Tourism is a complex product. Many suppliers and stakeholders are involved in supply chain. For the customers‚ it cannot be tested it beforehand. There is a distance between the time of purchase and the place when it is utilised. Therefore information is intensively required at the point of planning travel before purchase. Tourism products are dominated by information. Information technologies have accelerated changes in tourism of consumer behaviour and industrial structure.
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