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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The word TOURISM refers tour which is derived from the Latin word "TORNUS" . It means a tool for describing a circle of turner’s wheel (Bhatia‚ 2002). It is very important pleasure activity where tourists travel from one to another countries and one region to another region as well.And Tourism also involves money for getting services and time.So‚ it basically result for temporary visit or move from their place to other places.Therefore facilities provided to visitors to satisfy their wants and needs
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Tourism in Pakistan has been stated by the Lonely Planet magazine as being the tourism industry’s "next big thing".[1] Pakistan‚ with its diverse cultures‚ people and landscapes attracted 1 million tourists in 2012[2] Pakistan’s tourism industry was in its heyday during the 1970s when the country received unprecedented amounts of foreign tourists‚ thanks to the Hippie trail. The main destinations of choice for these tourists were the Khyber Pass‚ Peshawar‚ Karachi‚ Lahore‚ Swat and Rawalpindi
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Tourism in Orissa‚ India has grown considerably in recent years due to the various attractions of Orissa‚ ranging from wildlife reserves and beaches to temples and monuments and the arts and festivals. One of Orissa’s major attractions is its 500 km long coastline and beaches and natural scenery such as Chilka Lake‚ Asia’s largest brackish water lake. Tharea is an important bird sanctuary for millions of birds‚ and is also noted for its population of Irrawaddy Dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris)‚ the
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2013.03.13. History of the tourism in Hungary Pannonia B.C. 60 – A.D. 405 § Built road system § Bath resort (warm springs in Aquincum) § Summer villas at lake Lacus Pelso 1 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.pdffactory.com 2013.03.13. 5th-16th century Mediaval period § Vivid trade between the East and the West § Vivid diplomacy § Studies abroad § Renessaince culture (Kings: Lewis (the Great)‚ Sigismund‚ Matthias) § Transportation: ØMainly on rivers
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Portuguese and the relics as well as live style they left behind. Besides that‚ everything available in Malaysia is economical. Hence‚ lowering the costs and expenses. Tourism is indeed a growing field in Malaysia and continuous efforts must ensue in order to encourage and catalyst the expansion of this industry. The success of tourism benefits not only the government but also locals as they create more job opportunities. Ergo‚ reducing the number of jobless people and consequently lifts the
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Assignment Title: Tourism Impacts on New Cruise Terminal at Kai Tak TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Analysis 4. Conclusion 5. References Introduction Hong Kong in Chinese literally translates into “Fragrant Harbour”. Victoria Harbour is the heart and soul of Hong Kong‚ which is famous as being one of the world’s greatest commercial and trading centres. Its natural harbour is capable to support even the largest ships because of its natural depth
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Jessica Thompson Steve - Distinction 2 Analyse the factors that contribute to an effective workplace‚ highlighting good practise from different travel and tourism organisations. There are many different factors that contribute to an effective workplace which I will talk about in this piece of distinction work. Laws are a very significant contribution to a positive workplace. The sex discrimination act was put into place to stop discrimination between men and women and make them equals. Also
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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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Tourism Promotion – stimulates sales through information dissemination Three Objectives of Tourism Promotion 1. Make the product widely known. 2. Make the product attractive to encourage people. 3. Make the product attractive without being dishonest. Three goals of Tourism Promotion 1. Informative promotion – used to inform the public of your product. 2. Persuasive promotion- devising persuasive message. 3. Reminder promotion – used to remind people of their positive experiences. Goals of Promotion
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