Tourism Tourism is defined as a composite of activities‚ services‚ and industries that delivers a travel experience to individuals and groups travelling fifty miles or more from their homes for purposes of pleasure. The business sectors comprising the tourism industry include: transportation‚ accommodations‚ eating and drinking establishments‚ shops‚ entertainment venues‚ activity facilities‚ and a variety of hospitality service providers who cater to individuals or groups travelling away from
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Vesuvius and St. Helens are volcanoes‚ they both erupted . Nonetheless‚ these volcanoes did damage to land and loss of life. Some people even lived by these volcanos‚ it may awesome to live by a volcano‚ or it may be terrifying. Nonetheless‚ if you were to live by a volcano while it was erupting‚ the event would be terrifying from the tremors of a volcano‚ moreover‚ many years ago St. Helens erupted‚ the tremors were horrific‚ people who lived by this volcano were terrified they probably had to
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art or literature in the conventional sense of the term‚ but it is an expression of people’s inner feeling‚ and therefore just as expressive and even more raw‚ than polished art. Graffiti existed in the Greek and Roman Empires of ancient times. "Pompeii Hadrians Villa at Tivoli‚ The Doums Aurea of Emperor Ner In Roma‚ which have been inherently known for their beauty and novelty‚ yet graffiti exists there." Although‚ most people misunderstand graffiti‚ absolutely‚ it is a form of art‚ and it can
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as shown by Mildred-- “... Mildred ran from the parlor like a native fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius.” (Bradbury 89) The cataclysmic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. was an incredibly perilous and disastrous event‚ forcing the residents of Pompeii to flee from every which way as their life was on the line. It was obvious to the reader that she was quite on edge due to her hasty manner that she had as she went to greet Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Phelps when they arrived. Mildred jumped to answer the
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AP EURO ART MOVEMENTS Overview: Page # • Italian Renaissance (1400s-mid1500s)………….1-2 • Northern Renaissance (1500s-late1600s)…………3 • Mannerism (Mid-Late 1500s)………………………..3-4 • Baroque (1600-1750)…………………………………...4-5 • Rococo (1700s)…………………………………………….5-6 • Neoclassicism (1750-1850)………………………..........6 • Romanticism (1800-1850)…………………………........7 • Realism (1850-1900)…………………………………....7-8 • Impressionism
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Professor of English Literature. First of all‚ even though I am not a Native American‚ I can sympathize with the feelings of desecration someone must feel upon learning that their relatives have been ‘dug up’ with no way of stopping the excavation. I know that I would not like to have my own family’s graves dug up‚ even in the name of science or research. I cannot think of a reason‚ short of requiring DNA evidence to solve a murder‚ which could justify that. I have always experienced feelings
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Exploration Society who was so impressed with Boyd’s work she offered the societies financial backing for her to continue her work in Crete (Zogby 1987). It was due to this that Boyd made her greatest discovery. In 1901‚ whilst carrying out excavation work in Crete‚ Boyd discovered a Bronze age site which is thought to have been occupied from as early as 3rd millennium BC to 1000 BC‚ thriving in the period 1800BC-1600BC (Zogby‚ 1987). This was to be the first Minoan town site uncovered. Discoveries
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Harbour element of the project is proposed to be developed in three stages and includes an Inner Harbour‚ Outer Harbour‚ Entrance Channel linking the Boat Harbour to the sea across Shellharbour South Beach‚ a Breakwater and a Groyne. Substantial excavation/dredging is required to create the Boat Harbour‚ much of which is within an area of actual and potential acid sulfate soils. A
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"There is no historical basis for the Trojan War‚ the location of Troy is debatable and therefore there is little conclusive evidence to support the Iliad" For years the ancient story of Troy and the epic Trojan War has sparked dispute among archaeologists. Did it really happen? Was there a troy like the one Homer describes? What caused it? Historians are today still trying to prove the existence of troy and the Trojan War. Our main source of interest in troy and the Trojan War is the Iliad
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finds support the existence of Homer’s troy? The criticisms of Schliemann are numerous; however‚ despite his faults and his overzealous approach to his excavations at Troy‚ he did lead the way and‚ in some respects‚ make possible the overwhelming amount of valuable research conducted at Troy since. Schliemann began his preliminary excavations on the Ancient site of Hisarlik‚ Turkey in the April of 1870‚ an ancient high plateau that archaeologist Frank Calvert had already formulated as being ‘an
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