Introduction Tourism is traveling for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes or the provision of services to support this leisure travel. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited". Tourism has become a popular global leisure
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INTRODUCTION: Tourism is no more an occasional past-time for wealthy and adventurous people. Nowadays‚ everyone is participating in the tourism industry‚ may it be a catering company‚ a hotel or an entertainment business. In fact‚ tourism has an impressive impact on its host country’s economy. It increases growth rate‚ national profit‚ investment and country celebrity as well‚ going from short term to long term improvements. However‚ it has crucial negative impacts on other sectors‚ mostly‚
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Tourism Sector in the Maldives Tourism industry is the largest sector in which foreign investment is common. The Maldives in the early days of tourism had a relaxed policy to attract investments. This has facilitated private sector involvement and rapid growth in the sector based on market forces. All the islands used as resorts are leased by the government for private individuals or companies. Multinational companies and hoteliers like Hilton Hotels‚ Club Med‚ Four Season and One and Only etc…
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development of tourism in Brazil. It includes information what marketing and sustainability issues are and how they are addressed‚ the extent of the different stakeholders in the development of the country and also how they affect the national tourism policy and other actions that have developed the different business within Brazil. In order to produce this critical report academic and non-academic resources have been used. The research draws attention to positive and negative impacts of tourism development
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Write an essay that 1) critically discusses the available definitions of Sustainable Tourism Development; 2) provides a list of possible policy interventions and guidelines designed to induce the tourist industry to adhere to the principles of Sustainable Development; 3) illustrates‚ using real world examples‚ the practical implementation of such policies and guidelines. Tourism is one of the world ’s largest industries and has a multitude of impacts‚ both positive and negative‚ on people ’s lives
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Sustainable tourism is an industry that attempts to make a low impact on the environment and local culture while helping to generate income‚ employment‚ and the conservation of local ecosystems. It is responsible tourism that is both ecologically and culturally sensitive. Meaning‚ sustainable tourism activities have minimal impact on the environment and culture of the host community. It aims to meet the needs of the present tourists and host communities whilst protecting and enhancing needs in the
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1 tourism impacts The impacts of tourism can be sorted into seven general categories: 1. Economic 2. Environmental 3. Social and cultural 4. Crowding and congestion 5. Services 6. Taxes 7. Community attitude Each category includes positive and negative impacts. Not all impacts are applicable to every community because conditions or resources differ. Community and tourism leaders must balance an array of impacts that may either improve or negatively affect communities and their residents
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Expanded explanation of tourism industry and its scope. Tourism industry is the main influential type of industry in the world. It is not just hundreds of thousands of business but a global industry with major policy implications (Smith‚ 1995). It is based on different components and interrelated parts. For example‚ transportation‚ accommodation‚ attractions‚ activities‚ marketing and government regulation. Government in all levels encourage tourism development because it generates new wealth through
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Seminar Discover Malaysia : Your Muslim Friendly Destination organized by Tourism Islamic Malaysia. The seminar attract me because there is many Muslims travelers looking a travel destination that can give them a halal food to eat and facility for them to pray such as mosque. This seminar promote Malaysia as a destination for a Muslim travelers and this is what attract me the most. ABOUT SEMINAR Islamic tourism in Southeast Asia is steadily increasing in popularity especially with
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