What is Tourism? Tourism includes several social practices. All these have the small common characteristic that they are different and they are a ’departure ’ from normal life. These characteristics help us to define tourism‚ which according to the W.T.O (World Trade Organization) is the movement of people away from their normal routine of residence and work for a period of not less than 24 hours and not more than 1 year. Tourism is a free time activity because it gets along with its opposite
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A. ROAD TRANSPORT- dominated by motor cars and coaches that provides door- to- door flexibility‚ gives view of the landscape and a means of transporting recreational equipment. B. RAIL TRANSPORT- provides examples of the specific development of a country. It competes with road transport in terms of time and distance- from city center to city center. C. AIR TRANSPORT- their main market is the visitors who give utmost importance to speed and range. This is available in scheduled and chartered
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Impacts From Tourism Change or loss of indigenous identity and values Tourism can cause change or loss of local identity and values‚ brought about by several closely related influences: Commodification Tourism can turn local cultures into commodities when religious rituals‚ traditional ethnic rites and festivals are reduced and sanitized to conform to tourist expectations‚ resulting in what has been called "reconstructed ethnicity." Once a destination is sold as a tourism product‚ and
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If Africa is to be successful in competing in the international tourism market‚ standards of excellence must be introduced. In order for Africa to facilitate progress in implementing good tourism development there are key issues facing the continent that need to be addressed. These issues are; Comprehensive government policies for tourism‚ Public health and safety‚ Capacity building‚ Infrastructure‚ Environmental mitigation and protection. State capacity-building is a critical aspect of
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Recently‚ Indian government adopted a multi-pronged approach for promotion of tourism‚ which includes new mechanism for speedy implementation of tourism projects‚ development of integrated tourism circuits and rural destinations‚ special capacity building in the unorganized hospitality sector and new marketing strategy. A nation wide campaign‚ for creating awareness about the effects of tourism and preservation of our rich heritage & culture‚ cleanliness and warm hospitality through a process
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Chhattisgarh Tourism Board appoints 20:20 MSL as strategic communications partner By Supreeth Sudhakaran on Oct 19‚ 2011 filed under Advertising‚ India A nationwide engagement campaign will be spearheaded by 20:20 MSL’s Noida office inShare Comment Now [pic] 20:20 MSL has been appointed by Chhattisgarh Tourism Board as its strategic communications partner in India. The agency will work with Chhattisgarh Tourism Board to build awareness of the region as a key Indian tourist
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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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of Intramuros perceive the negative impacts of tourism more than the positive ones. Why tourism has failed to create perceived ... 2. Top Philippine World Heritage Sites - Department of Tourism www.tourism.gov.ph › Site Pages - Isalin ang pahinang ito Department of Tourism > Site Pages > top10sitetogo ... Norte; Nuestra Señora dela Asunción in Santa Maria‚ Ilocos Sur; and San Agustin in Intramuros‚ Manila. 3. [PDF] R.A. 9593 - Department of Tourism www.tourism.gov.ph/.../RA%209593.pdf - Isalin
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TOURISM “…tourism should be defined conceptually as those aspects of leisure-time behaviour and their consequences which occur as a result of temporary trips away from the home environment and which are motivated exclusively by a concern for recreation matters.” (Heeley‚ 1980) 2. “…tourist as someone travelling for any purpose except commuting to and from work…” [ (Hunt & Layne‚ 1991) ] 3. “…Tourism appears to be becoming an acceptable term to singularly describe the activity of people
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Grade 11 Class: Civics Topic: Tourism Tourism - the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal places of work and residence Tourist- A person who travels away from home for leisure‚ Business or any other purposes for longer than a day Excursionist: Persons traveling for pleasure in a period less than 24 hours Types of Arrivals A foreign air arrival- arrives by scheduled or chartered airline or by a private plane. A foreign sea arrival- who arrives in The Bahamas
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