MACRO. POLITICAL In 1965‚ a group of local farmers from Yorkshire created ASDA. The company defines itself as “ Britain’s best value food and clothing superstore”. At its 245 stores and 19 depots across the UK‚ ASDA employs 109000 people and it sells mainly food but has started over the last years to sell not only groceries but jewerly‚ music and clothes. By building stores at areas built before‚ ASDA looks after its environment reducing building time keeping disruption to a minimum‚ they
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Prospects and Retrospect of Tourism Industry in Tamil Nadu M. Kannan Assistant Professor in Commerce‚ Kaamadhenu Arts and Science‚ Sathyamangalam. Introduction Tourism is travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes with a view to enhancing the knowledge and widening the wisdom of an individual. The World Tourism Organisation defines tourists as “people who travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty four hours and not
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The Size and Economic Impact of the Hospitality and Tourism industry: Tourism is a massive industry in New Zealand. It has a major consequence on the rest of the economy from the employment it provides to a major percentage of the workforce (9.6% of the total workforce in New Zealand)‚ thereby contributing to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The tourism growth in New Zealand is the outcome of the numerous of options that the hospitality industry offer visitors from all over the world. Some of the
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United Arab Emirates a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Home-stay accommodation entrepreneurs Motivation factors Push and pull factors Tourism management Service industry a b s t r a c t Tourism is an important industry for Malaysia‚ and home-stay accommodation businesses play a significant role in aiding the success of the tourism industry. The aim of this paper is to analyse the start-up motivation factors and business challenges for home-stay accommodation businesses. The data were
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Industry Analysis of the Airline Industry An Industry in which I have a potential future interest for an entrepreneurial venture is the ever changing airline industry. Although facing tough numbers after the 9/11 attacks‚ I have always held an interest for this industry. There are several basic economic characteristics for this industry. There are many opportunities‚ there are also many threats. The airline industry was heavily regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for close to
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Turkey Tourism Industry 2014 Q1 Report In BMI’s Turkey tourism report‚ we examine a range of key market indicators in this well established and popular market‚ including inbound and outbound travel‚ industry value and tourism related expenditure. We expect to see increases across the board; however‚ any escalation in regional and domestic tensions is likely to impact on growth. Indeed‚ domestic tensions remain a risk to the tourism industry‚ with the recent outbreak of widespread protests against
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Literature Review Sustainable tourism in the Bahamas Lino Brigulio‚ Richard Butler‚ David Harrison and Walter Leal Filho‚ authors of the book entitled Sustainable Tourism in Islands and small states defined Sustainable tourism as tourism development that avoids damage to the environment‚ economy and cultures of the locations where it takes place [ (Lino Briguglio‚ 1996) ]. Throughout the book the authors stresses that in order for a country’s tourism industry to be sustainable‚ developmental
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IN PRESS Tourism Management 27 (2006) 1373–1385 www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman The role of community involvement and number/type of visitors on tourism impacts: A controlled comparison of Annapurna‚ Nepal and Northwest Yunnan‚ China$ Gyan P. Nyaupanea‚Â Duarte B. Moraisb‚ Lorraine Dowlerc a Tourism Development and Management‚ School of Community Resources and Development‚ Arizona State University‚ P.O. Box 874703‚ Tempe‚ AZ 85287‚ USA b Recreation‚ Park‚ and Tourism Management‚
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Tourism has developed as a prevailing financial variable in United Kingdom as well as in global horizon. With its financial and all other business benefits‚ tourism and hospitality industry can absolutely assume a deciding part in the improvement of economies which experiences problems of an unfavourable parity of payment circumstance‚ a high level of social backwardness‚ other than the natural issues. Be that as it may‚ to make progress in tourism and hospitality there‚ organisations operating
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Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes" Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2011‚ there were over 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide‚ representing a growth of 4.6% when compared to US$ 940 billion in 2010.[2][3] International
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