Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".[1] Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the
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Introduction: Tourism means the principle of traveling for pleasure. Many people are in the habit of traveling over different countries in order to see the places of their respective interests like the structures of sculptural beauty‚ attractive spots of nature and so on. So‚ we find a lot of foreign tourists in different countries. The travels of the foreign tourist bring a lot of money to the countries where they travel. Hence‚ tourism has become a source of income for the countries to which
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Tourism has become one of the most appreciated sources of income for many countries of the world. Tourism is the fastest growing industry in the world because it is one of the best ways of earning foreign currency. Despite the many advantages of tourism‚ there a few disadvantages too as there are always two sides to everything. The few drawbacks highlighted are environmental pollution‚ cultural and social degradation and economic downturns. However‚ tourists cause environmental damage through forest
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In earlier days meaning of tourism was basic but now a day’s scenario is totally changed now as discussed by poon (1993) interest of tourists has diverted from popular destinations to more specific and virgin locations to meet their individual needs. These tourists are more adventurous‚ more experienced‚ travel for fun‚ independent and with more cash in their accounts. Special interest tourism is new concept of tourism where there are additions in the type of tourism. Now days it is being created
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www.elsevier.com/locate/atoures Annals of Tourism Research‚ Vol. 28‚ No. 2‚ pp. 360–377‚ 2001 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0160-7383/01/$20.00 PII: S0160-7383(00)00051-7 OUTDOOR ADVENTURE TOURISM A Review of Research Approaches Karin Weber La Trobe University‚ Australia Abstract: A review of the existing literature on adventure tourism reveals that research on this subject has so far focused mainly on preconceived notions of scholars 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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MALAYSIA THE IMPACT OF TRAVEL &TOURISM ON JOBSANDTHE ECONOMY CHAIRMAN: Sir Ian Prosser Chairman Six Continents PLC VICE CHAIRMEN: Donald Carty Chairman‚ President & CEO American Airlines Jean-Marc Espalioux Chairman of Management Board & CEO Accor S.A. André Jordan Chairman Lusotur S.A. Jonathan S. Linen Vice Chairman American Express Company Vincent A.Wolfington Chairman Carey International‚ Inc. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Peter Armstrong President & CEO Rocky Mountaineer
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ANALYSIS OF THE TOURISM DESTINATION – CONCEPTUAL–METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS. CASE STUDY: THE NORTHERN OLTENIA OR OLTENIA BENEATH THE MOUNTAIN FELICIA–AURELIA STĂNCIOIU‚ OCTAVIAN ARSENE‚ NICOLAE TEODORESCU‚ MIRELA MAZILU‚ IOAN COSMESCU‚ ROXANA CRISTINA MARINESCU Felicia–Aurelia STĂNCIOIU‚ Professor PhD Academy of the Economic Studies‚ Bucharest Octavian ARSENE‚ Director of the General Board for Development and International Relations‚ Ministry of the Small and Middle Enterprises‚ Trade‚ Tourism and liberal
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HISTORY OF TOURISM → EARLY TRAVEL Earlier travel was essentially to seek food or to escape danger. Travel was also undertaken for trade. Growth of cities along fertile river banks like Nile etc. encouraged water travel. Ancient empires like the Romans helped shape modern travel. → THE EMPIRE ERA THE EGYPTIANS As its peak the travel for business and pleasure flourished. Travel to outlining cities was necessary. Various amenities were offered to travelers. They travelled for pleasure
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Long-term effects of global tourism on economy Tourism is the travel tour activities which provides travelers leisure facilities and service industry. And it is also a kind of leisure entertainment that has complex social phenomenon‚ involves the politics‚ economy‚ culture‚ history‚ geography‚ law‚ and other social fields. Generally speaking‚ tourism has a profound impact for the country. Tourism gradually has become a prevalent activity all over the world. Compared to 2009‚ there were 1002
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