Dusbai international airport. Dubai international airport was built in 1959‚ when Sheik Rashid bin Saeed Maktoum first ordered construction. It was inaugurated in 1960 with Dc-3 plane flights and was home to nine airlines. Today the airport accepts all kinds of jets. On 3 July 1988‚ Iran Air Flight which was on a Tehran-Bandar Abbar-Dubai route was shot down by USS Vincennes between Bandar Abbas and Dubai due to the aircraft overflying a combat zone. An estimated 300 people were killed in the incident
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19TH FEBUARY 2013 Tourism is a social‚ cultural and economic trend which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business purposes. These people are called visitors and tourism has to do with their activities‚ some of which imply tourism expenditure (UNWTO 2007). According to Mowforth and Munt (1998)‚ “it is an industry that facilitates not just the movement of people going from one country to another‚ but the accompanying mass displacement
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Tourism is an activity done by an individual or a group of individuals‚ which leads to a motion from a place to another. From a country to another for performing a specific task or it is a visit to a place or several places in the purpose of entertaining which leads to an awareness of other civilizations and cultures‚ also increasing the knowledge of countries‚ cultures‚ and history (Central Department of Tourism & Summer Resorts 2006). Tourism is an important industry that depends on culture and
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IMPACTS OF FOREIGN TOURISM TO INDIA POSITIVE IMPACTS 1. Generating Income and Employment: Tourism in India has emerged as an instrument of income and employment generation‚ poverty alleviation and sustainable human development. It contributes 6.23% to the national GDP and 8.78% of the total employment in India. Almost 20 million people are now working in the India’s tourism industry. 3. Source of Foreign Exchange Earnings: Tourism is an important source of foreign exchange earnings in India
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References: Ahmed‚ A. (2013‚ April 28). The National . Retrieved May 19‚ 2013‚ from The National : http://www.thenational.ae/news Badam‚ R Corder‚ R. (2008). Dubai ’s traffic pollution among world ’s worst. ARABIAN BUSINESS. Retrived May 21‚ 22013‚ from Arabian Business GulfTalent.com HOTZ‚ R. L. (2011). The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams. THE WALLSTREET JOURNAL. Retrieved May 21‚ 2013‚ from The wall street journal
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IMPACTS OF TOURISM IN HOST COMMUNITIES Tourism is one of the most important worldwide activities; it is also of great importance to the socio-economic and cultural development of a country. Tourism is a vital tool for conservation of natural systems‚ contributes to sustainable development of local communities and creating communities about sharing experiences. But if this activity is disorganized‚ uncontrolled and poorly planned can cause damage to both‚ environmental and cultural. People started
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The Impact of Tourism on Economy of Singapore Introduction Located in the southern tip of Malay Peninsula‚ Singapore is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. By 2012‚ the population of the country was 5.3 million‚ composed by 62 percent citizens and 38 percent permanent residents or foreigners. As a small country with limited resources‚ it is strategized to develop itself as a trading-based and tourism-based country. In 2013‚ there were 15.6 million tourists visited the country
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people travel to Vienna is for The Prater. It is an amusement park that dates back to the 1700s. In The Prater‚ the main attraction is the Giant Ferris Wheel which brought in about 660‚000 visitors in 2008. Positive Impacts Local Economy Vienna brings in a massive amount of tourism money into both the city and its surrounding areas‚ causing this region to have secure and stable economic growth. Vienna is recognized as one of Europe’s most successful city destinations by adding an approximate four
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Tourism has several impacts on many different aspects of Bali’s society. Tourism has impacted on the already existing‚ social‚ economic‚ cultural and environmental processes of the island. For example‚ as a result of tourism the pace of urbanisation has rapid increased and tourism has sped up the process of economic development. There are large economic consequences on the economy of Bali. One significant impact on Bali is the foreign exchange earnings. Tourism is the fourth-largest income earner
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awareness is quite high that tourism has a general impact on the destination. Many times it is talked about the economical impact which is mainly considered positive as it creates jobs in that area and brings people to the destination that spend money there etc. The environmental impact is a popular topic as well that is covered continuously in the news mainly by claiming the airplanes for their carbon emissions but also stating the destroying impact of mass tourism because of littering‚ over visitation
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