3 1 Tourism in Singapore: An Overview of Policies and Issues Brenda S.A. Yeoh‚ Tan Ern Ser‚ Jennifer Wang and Theresa Wong The management of tourism in Singapore has undergone various changes over the decades. The adoption of different policies and strategies aimed at promoting and championing tourism in Singapore has been subject to socio-economic changes on the local and global fronts. A deeper understanding of the issues pertaining to tourism development in Singapore necessitates
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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". 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 end
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SESSIONS th 19 – 20th October‚ 2012 Export Growth for Sustained Development TECHNICAL SESSION IV: SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT 2: Services Tourism and Entertainment Srilal Miththapala BSc (Eng) ;CEng; FIEE; FIH; Project Director‚ E U Switch Asia Programme Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project‚ Past President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka World Tourism Tourism is referred to by many as the world ’s largest and fastest growing industry. It accounts for over 9% of global GDP‚ and in spite
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of tourism combine tourist products or separate tourist services different from the mass tourism by means of supply‚ organization and the human resource involved. These are rural‚ ecotourism‚ adventure (biking‚ horseback riding‚ snowshoeing‚ ski mountaineering‚ rafting‚ diving‚ caving‚ climbing)‚ thematic tourism – connected with the cultural and historical heritage‚ the esoteric‚ religion‚ wine‚ traditional cuisine‚ ethnography and traditional music and handicrafts. Sustainable tourism is
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Contribution to GDP above world average • In India‚ the sector’s direct contribution to GDP is expected to grow at 7.8 per cent per annum during 2013–2023 vis-à-vis the world average of 4.2 per cent Create higher employment • The travel & tourism sector in India is estimated to create 78 jobs per USD18‚366 of investment compared to 45 in the manufacturing sector Higher investments • Travel & tourism’s contribution to capital investment is projected to grow at 6.5 per cent per annum
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After 1989: Hungarian Tourism in Transition Period Tourism is one of the most important industries in the Central and Eastern European transition economies. Tourism does not only bring in massive hard currencies‚ which transition economies desperately need‚ but also receives tremendous foreign direct investment (FDI)‚ which transition states could possibly benefit from the spillover effects. This paper examines the tourism industry in Hungary after the collapse of Communism in 1989. Firstly‚
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The Economic and Social Impact of Tourism Today‚ tourism is one of the largest and dynamically developing sectors of external economic activities. Its high growth and development rates‚ considerable volumes of foreign currency inflows‚ infrastructure development‚ and introduction of new management and educational experience actively affect various sectors of economy‚ which positively contribute to the social and economic development of the country as a whole. Most highly developed western
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ~ ELIMINATING POVERTY (ST~EP) INTRODUCTION : At the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg‚ South Africa in August 2002‚ the World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ supported by UNCTAD‚ took a global lead in this field‚ launching the concept of ‘Sustainable Tourism as an effective tool for Eliminating Poverty’ (ST~EP)‚ and beginning the process of putting a program in place to implement the concept. This initiative linked the longstanding WTO pursuit of Sustainable
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Some people think tourism is just going to a travel agency and buying a tour to visit a place. However‚ there are more issues involved with this field than people can imagine. According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) tourism represented 5% of the direct global GDS‚ offering 235 million jobs worldwide and generating more than US$ 1 billion for local communities where it is developed. It is clear‚ therefore‚ that tourism brings advantages to a country‚ but there are obviously disadvantages
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8 DOI: 10.2298/IJGI1203081M DEVELOPMENT OF „DARK“ TOURISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Natalija Minić *1 * University of Belgrade‚ Faculty of Geography Received 13 July 2012; reviewed 4 October 2012; accepted 12 December 2012 Abstract: The paper focuses on the development of „dark“ tourism as a type of special interest tourism. The study included analysis of the definition of „dark“ tourism‚ tourist motivations for this type of tourism‚ Stone ’ s typology of dark destination offers‚ and a
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