Will banning marijuana in Amsterdam affect the tourism industry? Amsterdam is known to be the liberal city of the world and the capital of the Netherlands. The 1970’s saw the Dutch government change drug policy and categorise marijuana as a ‘soft drug‚’ as a result coffee shops were born. Coffee shops allowed locals and tourists to smoke small amounts of cannabis with a wide range of variety and strengths. Coffee shops have since become part of Dutch culture and Amsterdam’s identity. Fast forward
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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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Industry & Competitive Analysis of Tourism Industry in Bangladesh for BPC (Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation) The Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) (বাংলাদেশ পর্যটন করপোরেশন) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Civil Aviation & Tourism of Bangladesh‚ established in 1973‚ tasked to promote the tourism industry of the country. It is the National Tourism Organization of the country. Here in this paper I will be focusing on the tourism industry of Bangladesh as overall and will
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The Ten “P’s” of Travel‚ Tourism and Hospitality Marketing* * From Best Practices for International Tourism Development for Rural Communities (2002) by David L. Edgell‚ Sr.‚ PHD Marketing… “…. to design a product/service combination that provides real value to targeted customers‚ motivates purchase‚ and fulfills genuine customer needs.” -James Makens et al.‚ Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism‚ 1999 Ten “P’s” 1. Product The tourism product differs from other products due
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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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Journal of Hospitality Financial Management The Professional Refereed Journal of the Association of Hospitality Financial Management Educators Volume 13 | Issue 1 Article 26 1-1-2005 Ratio Analysis for the Hospitality Industry: A cross Sector Comparison of Financial Trends in the Lodging‚ Restaurant‚ Airline and Amusement Sectors Woo Gon Kim Baker Ayoun Recommended Citation Kim‚ Woo Gon and Ayoun‚ Baker (2005) "Ratio Analysis for the Hospitality Industry: A cross Sector Comparison of
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UK COLLEGE OF BUSINESS & COMPUTING Travel & Tourism Management Learner`s Declaration I certify that the work submitted for this unit is my own Student name: Ciprian Barbulescu Signed and submitted by: Student ID: HNDTTM5238 Lecturer: Mr. Nikola Naumov Verifier: Sunita Kotta Module unit: Contemporary issues in T & T UK College of Business and Computing – batch 1
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adopted a multi-pronged approach for promotion of tourism‚ which includes new mechanism for speedy implementation of tourism projects‚ development of integrated tourism circuits and rural destinations‚ special capacity building in the unorganized hospitality sector and new marketing strategy. A nation wide campaign‚ for creating awareness about the effects of tourism and preservation of our rich heritage & culture‚ cleanliness and warm hospitality through a process of training and orientation
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savings in the tourism division of Malaysia. The Malaysia government is totally dedicated to the development of this division. Over the last 12 years‚ wide promotional campaigns have been engineered both locally and overseas to attract tourists from around the world. Even though the economic slowdown‚ the tourism industry is still remains strong. Today‚ Malaysia is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia. Malaysia’s continuous efforts to improve the quality of tourism services and communications
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RUPEE DEPRECIATION – INDUSTRY IMPACT January 9‚ 2012 Backdrop The rupee has‚ between August and December 2011‚ depreciated by 21%. This depreciation has caused much concern among industry groups as imports have become expensive‚ thereby amplifying costs of production and operation‚ and ultimately profitability. Given that India is a net importer with a sizable trade deficit‚ the net impact has to‚ a priori‚ be negative. Objective The aim of this study is to identify vulnerabilities on
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