Origins The earliest May Day celebrations appeared in pre-Christian times‚ with the festival of Flora‚ the Roman goddess of flowers‚ and the Walpurgis Night celebrations of the Germanic countries. It is also associated with the Gaelic Beltane. Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe. A more secular version of May Day continues to be observed in Europe and America. In this form‚ May Day may be best known for its tradition of dancing the maypole
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current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm Progress and development of information and communication technologies in hospitality Crystal Ip‚ Rosanna Leung and Rob Law School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Abstract Purpose – In order to enhance operational efficiency‚ improve service quality and reduce costs‚ practitioners in the hospitality industry have widely adopted and implemented information
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Muizenberg to Mowbray‚ with four on signal hill alone. The most visited by pilgrims is that of Sheikh Yusuf of Macassar in the dunes near Macassar Beach. He was the first to read from the holy Koran in South Africa‚ and is regarded as the father of local Islam. Other important Kramats are those of the last Malaccan sultan‚ Sheikh Abdurahman Matebe Shahnat‚ at the gates to Klein Constantia and of Sheikh Sayed Abdurahman Maturu of Jafet on Robben Island. Islam now has a substantial following‚ with most
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Malaysia: Tourism target hit by high costs‚ limited budget Malaysia will miss this year’s target of 22.5 million tourist arrivals because of the higher cost of promotions‚ stiff competition from other destinations and domestic uncertainties‚ reported local daily The New Straits Times on Monday. Tourism Malaysia‚ a government agency to promote the industry‚ plans to seek a revision of the target set by the government‚ its senior official said. The agency now expects that it will attract
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In this chapter I will discuss Rollo May and his theory of anxiety. There is no doubt that Rollo May is one of the most important figures in existential psychology‚ and‚ without question‚ one of the most important American existential psychologists in the history of the discipline. May breaks down specific applications of existential philosophy to psychology as: Human Dilemma: the fact that humans can view themselves as both the subject and the object at the same time. Humans can see themselves
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Tourism A Chance for Rural Development in Cyprus? I Table of Content II List of Figures 2 1. Definition of “Rural Areas” 3 2. Cyprus’ Rural Areas 3 3. Cyprus’ Rural Areas and their tourism potential 5 4. Tourism Impacts 8 5. Conclusion 10 II Bibliography 11 II List of Figures Figure 1: Dining terrace 5 Figure 2: Pieces of the workshop 5 Figure 3: Traditional pottery oven Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert. Figure 4: Traditional pottery Fehler! Textmarke
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crisis‚ health crisis‚ social changes‚ customer preferences‚ war/terrorism. Tourism market consists of all potential customers sharing a particular need/want‚ who might be willing/able to satisfy it by buying a tourism product. Sustainable development achieving growth in a manner that does not deplete the natural & built environment & preserves the culture of the local community. Sustainable tourism all forms of tourism development‚ management & operations that maintain the environmental‚ & economic
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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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| Tourism and Development | Individual assignment task: Why is tourism selected as development tool by so many developing nations? | | The introduction of this essay will be focus on tourism reality selected as a development tool by many developing nations. Development has usually been treated as a process‚ a particular kind of social change. Nevertheless‚ development is also a state or condition. Whenever a society is called developed or underdeveloped we refer to its present condition
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Key Notes: Space Tourism is the term that’s come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back. Many people find this idea futuristic. But over the past few years a growing volume of professional work has been done on the subject‚ and it’s now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today. But this idea of Space Tourism isn’t at all familiar to most people‚ including the space industry‚ who are used
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