Nowadays‚ international tourism is the biggest industry in the world. Unfortunately‚ international tourism creates tension rather than understanding between people from different cultures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this opinion? Globalization makes the world seem smaller and encourages people’s mobility on a global scale. International tourism which becomes increasingly popular‚ is considered both vitally important for a better mutual understanding between nations and harmful
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN KERALA INTRODUCTION Tourism is an economic activity of global importance. It is the temporary movement of people from one place to another mainly for pleasure. It is a rapidly growing industry which provides employment opportunities to millions of people‚ generates foreign exchange and promotes balanced regional development and revives the art and culture. It is one of the biggest industries in the world. Tourism is not a single industry‚ but a group
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Medical Tourism Medical tourism (MT) is patient movement from highly developed nations to other areas of the world for medical care‚ usually to find treatment at a lower cost. Medical tourism is different from the traditional model of international medical travel where patients generally journey from less developed nations to major medical centers in highly developed countries for medical treatment that is unavailable in their own communities. Services typically sought by travelers include elective
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Health Tourism A Boon or Curse? What is it? Medical tourism (also called medical travel‚ health tourism or global health care) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and themass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care. Such services typically include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeriessuch as joint replacement (knee/hip)‚ cardiac surgery‚ dental surgery‚ and cosmetic surgeries. However‚ virtually
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Some points on Domestic Tourism Submitted by fpierret on Wed‚ 06/01/2011 - 15:08 Difusion date: Mon 07 May 2012 Whether it is to rest‚ discover new things‚ meet others or to have a unique experience‚ everyone has a right to tourism; in short‚ there are not‚ there should not be‚ and there cannot be two categories of human beings‚ those who can be tourists and those who can only receive them. These two activities are‚ in fact‚ but two sides of the same human activity; both of them are noble
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Global Tourism By Kate Okoro Q) Write an essay which will critically assess the current relationship of tourism with one of the following key global issues and indicate the implications of future trends: Sex Tourism Introduction: Jafari (2003.p530) defines Sex tourism as: “Holiday making where the primary motive is to is to experience relatively short-term sexual encounters‚ it is linked to prostitution‚ here considered as a commercial and
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After more than a decade of spectacular growth‚ Tourism has played an important role in the development of Cambodia. It has brought employment‚ improvements in infrastructure‚ training and general education and living standards for many people‚ and raised the international profile of Cambodia. Its growth has helped diversify economic activity‚ and broaden the base of foreign earnings. Tourism statistics of Cambodia In recent years‚ the question of how to increase the yield from each tourist;
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1. Introduction The World Tourism Organisation affiliated to United Nations and recognised as the leading international body on global tourism states that tourism is “ the activities of person travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes” (WTO 2011). Travel and tourism is a very important economic activity around the world and it is the largest service industry in the world (WTTC 2011).
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Chapter 1 Objective: Tourism is a highly dynamic industry. Yet in spite of this‚ very little is understood and appreciated on how tourism can actually contribute to the social growth of any tourist destination. This chapter would provide the basic concepts of tourism. Tourism as defined by WTO (World Tourism Organization)‚ is the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other
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Tourism in the country of Jamaica has long since proven to be very popular ever since it was hyped up as a health spa in 1862. Since than mass tourism has taken full effect not only with its natural beauty and many attractions but with the work and development of the Jamaican Tourist Board it has become a favored tourist destination in the Caribbean region. Since tourism is Jamaica ’s primary foreign exchange industry the Jamaican government has continually invested in tourism development. While
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