The tourism industry often needs a various range of information to satisfy and attracts its consumers and most of this information is delivered promptly to the customers with the help of the information and communication technologies (Poon‚ 1993). And as result‚ the global tourism industry is rapidly changing and the information and communication technologies ( ICTs) such as the internet is altering the structure of tourism industry and how it market his products and conducts its promotion. In order
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targeting civilians. That morning‚ 19 men associated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist group hijacked four commercial airlines and each team consisted a well-trained pilot. Two of these planes were directed towards the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York‚ the pilot of the third plane crashed the plane into the Pentagon in Virginia and the fourth team crashed the plane into a field near the town of Shanksville in Pennsylvania. Due to these attacks 2973 people died whereas 24 still remain missing
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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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products in other industries. To the economist‚ a threat of substitutes exists when a product’s demand is affected by the price change of a substitute product. A product’s price elasticity is affected by substitute products - as more substitutes become available‚ the demand becomes more elastic since customers have more alternatives. A close substitute product constrains the ability of firms in an industry to raise prices. The competition engendered by a Threat of Substitute comes from products outside
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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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Supplemental Reading: Stereotype Threat In the article “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance‚” Claude Steele discusses the empirical methods used to test a psychological theory called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat offers a new method for interpreting “group differences in standardized test scores‚” particularly for African-Americans taking standardized verbal tests and for women taking standardized math tests (p. 613). It states that if someone is
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Introduction New Orleans‚ also known as the Crescent City which lies along the course of the Lower Mississippi River is one of the main tourist attraction spot in America. Lying at the southern part of America‚ New Orleans had a deep and long history in being involved in wars where it has been conquered by the French‚ Spanish and lastly the American which had left diversity in culture and also heritage buildings. Map of New Orleans: Famous tourism spots in New Orleans (USA Maps‚ 2012) The different
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is the second smallest state after Perlis state in Malaysia. Malacca covered an area of 1650 sq km which only takes a percentage of 1.3% of the whole Malaysia. Malacca can be divided into three parts which included the Central‚ Alor Gajah and Jasin. From the 13th century to the 14th century‚ Malacca has been one of the world greatest trading cities and it has been developed for more than 500 years in trading and cultural exchanges between East and West in the Straits of Malacca which made Malacca state
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Tourism: Principles‚ Practices‚ Philosophies Part Five: Essentials of Tourism Research and Marketing Learning Objectives • Become familiar with the marketing mix and be able to formulate the best mix for a particular travel product. • Appreciate the importance of the relationship between the marketing concept and product planning and development. • Understand the vital relationship between pricing and marketing. • Know about distribution systems and how this marketing principle can best be applied
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BSHRM2y1-2 1.1Tourism as an academic field of study a.) Obstacles development: The emergence of tourism as a legitimate area of investigation within the university sector is a recent and ongoing development‚ and one that has encountered many obstacles. 1.2Tourism as an academic field of study >Tourism perceived as a trivial activity >Large-scale tourism as a recent activity >Tourism perceived as a vocational field of study >Lack of clear definitions and reliable data >Lack of indigenous
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