www.elsevier.com/locate/atoures Annals of Tourism Research‚ Vol. 28‚ No. 2‚ pp. 360–377‚ 2001 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0160-7383/01/$20.00 PII: S0160-7383(00)00051-7 OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TOURISM A Review of Research Approaches Karin Weber La Trobe University‚ Australia Abstract: A review of the existing literature on adventure tourism reveals that research on this subject has so far focused mainly on preconceived notions of scholars and
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Writing Seminar 25th September‚ 2015 Why RIT Dubai? Enrollment into a university is a huge turning point in one’s life and could have a massive impact on a person’s life. A University or a College forges the student’s occupation for the rest of his or her career life therefore‚ it is not an easy decision to make and this decision should not be made carelessly. There are thousands of colleges and universities across the world‚ so why would you choose RIT Dubai over all of them? I will not try to persuade
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MBA PROJECT MANAGEMENT STUDENT NAME: HARRIET OBINYAN STUDENT ID NUMBER: EAC 0911631 ESTABLISHMENT OF CATERING/ LAUNDRY UNIT FOR FLY DUBAI LECTURER: DR DAVID CHAPMAN (JANUARY 2012) LIST OF FIGURES Chapter 1 - INTRODUCTION 3-4 Chapter 2 - BUSINESS CASE 5-8 2.1 Project Objectives 2.2 Behavioural Techniques Chapter 3 - TOOLS AND TECHNIQUE 9-11 3.1 Gannt Chart 3.2 Work Breakdown Structure Chapter 4 - MONITORING AND
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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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Microeconomic and Tourism I. Introduction …………………………………………………………………………. II. The significance of tourism to economic. ………………………………………… III. The impact of tourism on local society. …………………………………………... IV. The effects of tourism on microeconomics……………………………………….. V. UAE as an example for the subject. ………………………………………………. VI. Clusters and competitiveness of the UAE. ……………………………................ VII. Conclusion. ………………………………………………………………………… VIII. List of figures. ………………………………………………………………………
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B. A. PROGRAMME APPLICATION COURSES TOURISM Convenor & Coordinator : Prof. K.V. Bhanumurthy Joint Coordinator : Dr. Abha Mathur 1 Tourism Course Objective The application course aims to familiarize the students with a brief background of tourism‚ its concepts‚ development and scope with special reference to India. Expected Learning Objectives Considering that Tourism Industry is experiencing a phenomenal growth world over‚ a student who has studied this course would
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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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commissioner of police (crime)‚ Himanshu Roy‚ said‚ "After conducting initial inquiry on their complaint‚ prima facie we found about the cheating. We registered the case for further investigation." A Mumbai based company‚ which has a branch in Dubai‚ had approached HSBC for the money in 2010. The accused allegedly even arranged the bank representative’s meeting with an executive who claimed that he was representing BBC. It’s not clear where the meeting took place and how the bank was convinced
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culture‚ Malacca has a huge achievement in year 2008 – Malacca has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site together of Georgetown‚ Penang‚ Malaysia. The declaration has brought a big impact to Malacca in term of tourism where the tourist flow into Malacca has been increased. The tourism attractions of Malacca included Al Azim Mosque‚ Portuguese Square‚ A’Famosa Water World‚ Crocodile Farm‚ St Paul’s Church‚ Poh San Teng Remple and Perigi Rajah Well and more. (http://www.malaccaguide.com)
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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".[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the
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