native sites. Today‚ tourism is an effort to diversify and help boost the economy. So promoting tourism in Malaysia is really important! As I’ve mentioned before‚ the Malaysian government is definitely putting in effort to diversify the economy with hopes that Malaysia’s economy will be less dependent on exports. As a result‚ tourism has become a source of income from foreign exchange which helps boost the country’s economy. Hence‚ it is absolutely important to promote tourism in Malaysia. Promoting
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Dhabi‚ Ajman‚ Sharjah and Umma al-Quwain. Advantages of tourism in Dubai Dubai is a well known country for their tourism and their oil. Their oil ran out a long time ago and now they are relying on the tourism industry so that they can increase their economy. 25% of Dubai’s economy is based on tourism. Tourism has brought growth to the construction of Dubai such as airports‚ amusement parks and the world’s best hotels and resorts. Tourism is also very good for Dubai because it brings loads of jobs
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which influenced modern travel was the creation of maps. The first map was made in the 6th century BC by the Greeks‚ with maps being developed over thousands of years to todays most advanced electronic maps on smartphones and GPS’s. Without maps‚ the tourism industry would not be as successful as it would be harder to find your way to and from your travel destination. Ancient Romans mostly travelled for leisure‚ the most common reason for today’s travel. They would visit historical wonders in different
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attitudes that young adults have towards dark attractions. by Alexandra Constantinescu Albert (1002430) Word count: 13‚109 A research project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of BA (HONS) International Tourism Management. 2014 Abstract This study tries to fill in the existent gap in the research of people ’s interest‚ attitudes and motivators for visiting dark and disaster sites and it also contributes to obtaining a better understanding of dark
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examines the current state of ‘volunteer tourism‚’ both as a field of study and modern phenomenon. The foundation of the review rests upon themes initiated over 10 years ago in Volunteer Tourism: Experiences That Make a Difference (Wearing‚ 2001). The review begins with a discussion of the explosive growth of volunteer tourism (research and practice) and continues with an analysis of the literature utilizing a multiphasic format that reflects the volunteer tourism process. Specifically‚ the paper includes
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Evolution of travel and tourism at PULAU LANGKAWI. The purpose we choose LANGKAWI as a tourism place for our group assignment because it’s smaller islands‚ has a legendary reputation‚ with many places where myth and natural beauty seem to coincide. Many of its legends are all the more real‚ simply because its people are convinced of their authenticity. Langkawi certainly has its own share of geological uniqueness‚ as the very landscape from which these legends are derived. Langkawi
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Concurrent Session: Policy and Planning of Tourism Product Development in Asian Countries POLICY AND PLANNING OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA ___________________________________________________________ Amran Hamzah Course Coordinator‚ Tourism Planning Programme Department of Urban and Regional Planning‚ Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia‚ Skudai‚ Johor MALAYSIA ABSTRACT Tourism is currently the second highest contributor to Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after
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According to Theobald (1998:411) authenticity means genuine‚ unadulterated or the real thing. In modern times tourism is frequently accused of destroying authenticity ((a notion which is problematic in its own term)‚ through commoditization of cultures‚ such as festivals‚ dance rituals and food which is produced for monetary gain. The definition of authenticity is debatable by many academics; I will try to explore their views on this subject in this essay. MacCannell‚ in The Tourist (1999)‚ portrayed
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commonly committed‚ as well as places that communication problems always occur. In the past few years countries that tourism rates declined are Hong Kong‚ Kuwait and Brunei‚ which caused by pollution problems and behaviors of people in those countries. While China‚ Russia and Japan are the first three countries that tourism rates gradually increase because these countries realize tourism problems‚ so they fix and protect them from happening. Pollution problems are caused by both tourists and people
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TITLE: Tourism Slogan It’s effectiveness in Marketing the Country A. Introduction In the past few months‚ news of the Department of Tourism’s (DOT) new slogan for attracting tourists into the country quickly spread. Apparently‚ the DOT’s replacement for “WOW Philippines” is “Pilipinas‚ Kay Ganda”. The tourism department received a lot of criticisms about the change. Critics questioned the rationale behind the change and whether using the local language will attract tourists. WOW Philippines
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