What is Tourism? Tourism includes several social practices. All these have the small common characteristic that they are different and they are a ’departure ’ from normal life. These characteristics help us to define tourism‚ which according to the W.T.O (World Trade Organization) is the movement of people away from their normal routine of residence and work for a period of not less than 24 hours and not more than 1 year. Tourism is a free time activity because it gets along with its opposite
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Relationship between financial distress and phase of the business cycle Every time a financial crisis breaks there are many interpretations from economists about the reasons of it and how it is affects output. Is there a relationship between a financial distress and real output? This approach is interesting because allows the compare of impacts of financial variables and financial incidents such as banking crises‚ stock markets crashes‚ money supply‚ interest rates and credit spreads on output
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Marwell Zoo | Medium | Independent | Over the phone | Aspersion Guest House Surrey | Small | Independent | Face to face | Anis Louise Guest House chesterfield | Small | Independent | Face to face | Lots of companies within the travel and tourism sector have mission statements. A mission statement is a summary of the aims and values of a company or an organization. An example of a mission statement is “To grow a profitable airline where people love to fly and people love to work”‚ this
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activities‚ developing strong relationships‚ which results in improved performance Without effective inter-organizational communications‚ learning among workmates is diminished and the long-run effectiveness of the relationship may be damaged. Communication presupposes that there is a particular cultural framework that allows "translation" of the meaning embedded within communication by the recipient to maintain the true intent of the communication (Blalock‚ 2005). When business partners emanate from different
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Impact of Tourism: An Economic Analysis Executive Summary The main purpose of this report is to show the importance and the role of the indirect economic effects of tourism on growth and GDP‚ employment and foreign trade. Tourism’s role in the economy is often perceived as being limited to the hospitality industry (cafes‚ hotels and restaurants) and outbound and inbound travel agencies and carriers‚ which form the leading service sector in many countries. However‚ the economic impact of tourism is much
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sacrificial tributes to the Gods. Unlike today’s modern society‚ methods of travel were very limited in the 1600s. Mycenaeans’ relied on sea travel as their main way of transportation. Due to this‚ journeys were much more lengthy and dangerous; therefore‚ travellers depended on the hospitality of others during their long nights away from home. Hospitality‚ otherwise known as xenia‚ was the stranger-host relationship between members of different regions. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the poet shows that
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Basically‚ the role of business is to produce goods and services which consumers need. The business firm produces goods and services from the factors of production provided by society. Consumers in turn‚ buy these goods and services. Business firms thus contribute to the country’s economic growth. One measure of economic growth is the Gross National Product (GNP)‚ defined as the total market value of goods and services produced by a country in any given period. Consequently‚ to produce goods
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Business Ethics in Hospitality Brian Scott Angerer University of Phoenix In the hospitality industry ethical issues abound both for the business itself and the community at large. Business ethics is a complicated subject that can be described as‚ the behavior that a business
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Tourism is defined as people traveling and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not interrelated to the exercise of an activity rewarded from within the place visited. Tourism is mainly popular as a global freedom activity. Tourism can bring many economic and social benefits. Countries can promote their self internationally by making their environment pleasant for tourist to appreciate. Promotion of tourism
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Hospitality Industry is now-a-days‚ one of the major industries in many countries of the world. This comprises operation of hotels‚ motels‚ resorts‚ guesthouses‚ rest houses‚ picnic and recreation spots etc. while industrialists‚ businessmen‚ professionals‚ working people and of course tourists are the principal customers. In fact in many countries‚ hospitality industry is the principal source of foreign exchange earning. Tourism indicates touring activities by local inhabitants and foreign visitors
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