INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH Int. J. Tourism Res. 8‚ 87–99 (2006) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/jtr.557 Tourism in Dubai: Overcoming Barriers to Destination Development Joan C. Henderson* Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Nanyang Avenue‚ Singapore 639798 ABSTRACT The Middle East as a whole attracts comparatively few visitors‚ and political events in the current century have generated new uncertainties and
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WAR AND AFTERMATH OF WAR IN THE ENGLISH PATIENT BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE Abstract War and aftermath of war is a paper which talks about the various aspects of war and its outcomes as discussed in the novels of Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje takes war as a major theme in his two most famous novels: The English Patient and Anil’s Ghost. The present paper discusses the treatment of war in the hands of Ondaatje in his Booker winning novel The English Patient. The treatment of the sensitive topics of war gets
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Dubai is currently one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Urban sprawl is becoming the subject of analysis through modern decades concerning the management of urban growth. It described the expansion of human populations away from central urban areas into rural areas‚ following the outward expansion of cities; it is believed that the city of Dubai has followed this method. Each city has shaped its own settlement patterns over time‚ either through the oldest and most widely quoted models
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Ports There are various ports spread across the 7 emirates. Each emirate has port of different sizes catering to various types of businesses with somewhat different policies and tariffs. DP World is the largest marine terminal and port operator in the Middle East. Its portfolio includes Jebel Ali port‚ Mina Rashid‚ Fujairah container terminal and Mina Al Hamriya. Jebel Ali It has been named as the world’s most productive port in the latest report from the US-based Journal of Commerce (JOC).The
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Essay on Port of Yokohama Introduction The Port of Yokohama is geographically located in the Tokyo Bay area which is one of the major bays in Japan. The port is within the city of Yokohama and are neighboured by Port of Kawasaki and Port of Yokosuka. It is managed by the Yokohama Port Authorities and major operations are dealt with by the Yokohama Port Development Public Corporation. It is renowned as one of the leading international trade ports in Japan and supports not only the population in
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FINS5530 HBS Case Assignment Semester 2‚ 2013 Instructor: Lixiong Guo Readings: 1. Note on Bank Loans. 2. US Bank of Washington case. Assignment: Please prepare a Credit Proposal Memo similar to the one shown in Exhibit 1 of “Note on Bank Loans”. Given the limited information you have from the case‚ you are not expected to include all components of Exhibit 1. The following is a suggested structure of your report: Purpose of the credit extension o Keep this part short
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------------------------------------------------- Research Analysis The Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Durban Gerard de Vries & Eder Mufunko Inhoudsopgave 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 Facts and Figures 5 2.1 Description type of goods port of Rotterdam 8 2.1 Description type of goods port of Durban 12 3.1 Daily Routine in the Port of Rotterdam 14 3.2 Daily routine in the Port of Durban 20 4. Economic analysis of the Port of Rotterdam and the Port of Durban 23 5. Analysis of all important actors
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1. Citing pertinent examples describe the roles of an environmental health officer/PHO in ports of entry. The roles of a public Health Officer in the ports of entry are many but they all fall under or rather are there for the implementation of the International Health Regulations (IHR).It is also the most important role of a PHO in ports of entry or of exit. • Ensuring compliance to Public Health Laws‚ Standards and requirements. Some of the roles they play include; * Implementation of the international
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Sea Port in India India has a long coastline‚ spanning 7516.6 kilometres‚ forming one of the biggest peninsulas in the world. It is serviced by 13 major ports (12 government and 1 corporate) and 187 notified minor and intermediate ports.[1] The latest addition to major ports is Port Blair on June 2010‚ the 13th port in the country.[2] Major ports handled over 74% of all cargo traffic in 2007. . Cargo handling is projected to grow at 7.7% until 2013-14.[3] Some 60% of India’s container traffic
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container tonnages of each port Port of Melbourne The Port of Melbourne is the largest container and general cargo port in Australia and one of the top four container ports in the southern hemisphere. The port now has around 3‚400 commercial ship calls per year and handles more than 2.5 million twenty foot equivalent units annually and around 1‚000 motor vehicles and 7‚000 containers per day on average. In the 2011 to 2012 financial year‚ the total trade of Melbourne Port increased to a record 87
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