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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The Role of Genetics on Development PSY/104 Child and Adolescent Development The Role of Genetics on Development We all know that since the beginning time history has taught us that generations of human beings are born‚ molded‚ and changed from generation to the next through genetics. During that time people have always wondered how exactly this miraculous feat really works? Just from a quick observation you can always tell that a child may look more like one parent but after close observation
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EXAMINE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF NGO’s TO DEVELOPMENT NGO is an acronym which stands for “non-governmental organization. The UN defines an NGO as a kind of private organization that is independent from government control and is non-profit‚ non-criminal and simply an opposition party. According to professor Peter Willets‚ from the university of London ‚ argues the definition of NGO as an independent voluntary association of people acting together on a continuous basis for some common purpose other
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Malaysian Transportation History Transportation in Malaysia INTRODUCTION The purpose of this paper is to define the transportation system and its assets in Malaysia providing a brief history of the country’s transportation and examine the different means through which passengers and goods are moved from one place to another with emphasis on technology development and its overall impact on transportation. The paper will also explore the Malaysian culture looking at the origin of multiculturalism
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HISTORY OF TOURISM → EARLY TRAVEL Earlier travel was essentially to seek food or to escape danger. Travel was also undertaken for trade. Growth of cities along fertile river banks like Nile etc. encouraged water travel. Ancient empires like the Romans helped shape modern travel. → THE EMPIRE ERA THE EGYPTIANS As its peak the travel for business and pleasure flourished. Travel to outlining cities was necessary. Various amenities were offered to travelers. They travelled for pleasure
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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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HOW TOURISM CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSERVATION Negative socio-cultural impacts from tourism How tourism can contribute to socio-cultural development Tourism can contribute to positive developments‚ not just negative impacts. It has the potential to promote social development through employment creation‚ income redistribution and poverty alleviation. Other potential positive impacts of tourism include: Tourism as a force for peace Traveling brings people into contact with each other and
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Hospitality Management 18 (1999) 331}343 Life and tourism in the year 2050 Abraham Pizam* Department of Hospitality Management‚ University of Central Florida‚ P.O. Box 161400‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816-1400‚ USA Abstract This article is an essay that represents the author ’s personal vision of life and the state of the tourism industry in the year 2050. It describes the major expected developments in the areas of environment‚ demographics‚ economy and business‚ lifestyle and values‚ politics‚ housing
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Role of the PNP in the Development Peace is a pre-requisite for development as a whole because it creates an enabling environment for the fundamentals of a society’s progress: human capital formation‚ infrastructure development‚ markets subject to the rule of law‚ and so on. In the absence of peace‚ education and health structures break down‚ systems to provide infrastructure disintegrate‚ and legal commerce is crippled. Critically‚ peace also frees up resources‚ both financial and human‚ that
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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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