Cultural differences and conflicts in tourism: a case study of Dubai: Culture determines human behaviour and shows differences on how people do things and receive world. People are not consciously aware of their culture before they come across foreign culture. Foreign culture set situations where people feel uncomfortable which helps them to understand cultural differences. Elements generating cultural differences are such as language‚ religion and economics (Reisinger & Turner‚ 2003). Two
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ~ ELIMINATING POVERTY (ST~EP) INTRODUCTION : At the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg‚ South Africa in August 2002‚ the World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ supported by UNCTAD‚ took a global lead in this field‚ launching the concept of ‘Sustainable Tourism as an effective tool for Eliminating Poverty’ (ST~EP)‚ and beginning the process of putting a program in place to implement the concept. This initiative linked the longstanding WTO pursuit of Sustainable
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Approach Of Ayurveda Based Wellness Tourism In Kerala RAMESH U *Assistant Professor‚ College of Engineering‚ Munnar‚ Kerala Tel: 04865 230606‚232989 (Off)‚ Mob: 094472 46162‚ Fax: 04865 232106 E Mail : rameshtrivandrum@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT Wellness‚ in general‚ is used to mean a healthy balance of the mind‚ body and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being. It is a multidimensional state of being‚ describing the existence of positive health in an individual as exemplified
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INTRODUCTION According to Collier (1997) tourism involves three aspects‚ it involves people(tourists) away from their usual habitat‚ the activities of people away from their usual habitat will normally give rise to an industry and the activities of both the people and the industry may or will have impact on the host community. 2.0 DISADVANTAGES OF TOURISM 2.1 THREATHEN INDIGENOUS IDENTITY Tourism gives positive impacts to a country but the impacts arise when tourism brings about changes in value systems
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Abstract With today’s complex tourism systems‚ the planning and management of these systems pose as a challenge to many. Tourist destinations‚ stakeholders and the tourists themselves play a part in working toward the sustainability of tourism. This article covers how the complexity of tourism has complicated the tourism industry and what new strategies can be implemented toward building a more sustainable tourism. Introduction The world today is a fast paced‚ ever growing economy and development
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How cultural environment impacts the marketing Culture Culture as described by Herks‚ M. cited by Rai University (n.d) “culture may be viewed as the sum total of man’s knowledge‚ beliefs‚ arts‚ morals‚ loves‚ customs and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”. It is the totality way of life for a man. The other definition by Hofstede (1980) cited by Jones‚ D. & McCarthy‚ J. (2004) states that “culture as the collective programming of the mind which distinguished
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Cross-cultural differences impact all interactions. Today we are going to look at how they impact the organization within a business. Many readers may not quite be here yet. But I thought this would be interesting to look at. Are There Differences? What makes an international business different? Does an international business function differently from one that is not international? Are there international growing pains? Apart from the legalities of operating an international company‚ it
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Task 3: Travel and Tourism‚ how it contributes to the UK Economy The importance of the UK tourism industry to the UK economy is often busy‚ yet it is the UK’s fifth largest industry and contributes £115bn to the UK economy. It has also been one of the rapidly growing sectors of the British economy over the past 20 years and employs around 2.6m people – around 8% of the total UK workforce. Inbound tourism Inbound tourism contributes to the UK economy as 29.8
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war/terrorism. Tourism market consists of all potential customers sharing a particular need/want‚ who might be willing/able to satisfy it by buying a tourism product. Sustainable development achieving growth in a manner that does not deplete the natural & built environment & preserves the culture of the local community. Sustainable tourism all forms of tourism development‚ management & operations that maintain the environmental‚ & economic integrity & well being of natural‚ built and cultural resources
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ABSTRACT: This paper is an exploration of the letter songs among the Mappilas of Kerala in the second half of the twentieth century. The letter songs are an indication of simultaneous deprivation and accumulation of power. On the one hand it displays a jealous guarding of boundaries‚ thus establishing the kernel of a capitalist economy‚ thus signaling a transformation from the earlier anti-capitalist ethic which characterized the community‚ and a newly acquired material prosperity. The locus
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