state-initiated plan for regional tourism development. Yu Hong (2011) The economic and tourism development story of Hainan has now been questioned and criticized with little involvement by the local minority community and their little gains from local tourism boom. “Under this top-down tourism planning‚ a triangular axis of the central government‚ various ministries and powerful external force such as property developers has overwhelmingly dominated regional tourism development in Hainan and enjoyed
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DARK TOURISM INAPPROPRIATE PRESENTATION OF TRAGEDIES AND HUMAN SUFFERING: A CRITICAL DEBATE STUDENT’S NAME COURSE DATE Abstract Over the last century dark tourism has grown in volume and has become more widespread. Visitors of today seem to be motivated by the same factors as in the ancient times‚ with many of them increasingly drawn to sites of atrocities‚ suffering‚ public figure executions‚ mass executions‚ torture museums and dungeons among others. The growth and consumption of dark
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Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Maameegate Zheng Jun Cheston Tay Kai Ren ENG114 – Section 1006 University of Nevada‚ Las Vegas / Singapore Campus Do the Benefits of Dark Tourism Outweigh the Morbidity Introduction Dark tourism encourages people to reflect on mortality‚ bringing them closer to death (Stone‚ 2010). It is a multitude of history‚ heritage‚ tourism and tragedy which plays an important role in delivering information by bringing the past to present (Niemelä
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Introduction Tourism‚ in particular mass tourism‚ is frequently described as a phenomenon of modern society (Sharpley‚ 1994). It is modern society‚ through the development of fast‚ efficient and economical forms of mass transport‚ increasingly high levels of disposable income and the provision of socially-sanctioned free time that has provided the means and the opportunity for people to participate in tourism. Additionally‚ modern society is a major factor in tourist motivation. Whether to
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Introduction Spa development in Tourism Industry Tourism as a tertiary economic activity gives more and more possibilities for countries to compete with each other in various tourist products and destination. New forms of travel‚ new tourist products and tourist destinations are the new facts of contemporary global tourism industry. Among the attractive tourist destination‚ spas get great significance and development of spa and wellness tourism is becoming an imperative for many countries that
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absolutely a fact that tourism has brought a variety of economic benefits to local communities. First of all‚ it creates employment from local people. According to Duval (2004b‚ 4)‚ Caribbean tourism is on the way of development‚ which accounts for over 15 percent of the region’s occupation and nearly 6 percent of its GDP. It can also be seen that the cost of setting up a new job in tourism sector is less than one-fifth of the one in the manufacturing field. Moreover‚ international tourism is also a directly
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Tourism in Africa | May 2011 | Do the positive effects of tourism in Africa outweigh the negative effects? | Jo-Anne Mc Alister Student Number: 11028468 Lecturer: Avasha Rambiritch | Tourism in Africa Tourism is a fast growing economic industry‚ particularly in Africa‚ which‚ as a developing continent‚ has a vast amount of potential. Studies done have shown that tourism is a growing industry worldwide. It grows at an average of 10%-15% annually (Miller quoted in Wikipedia-Ecotourism
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8 DOI: 10.2298/IJGI1203081M DEVELOPMENT OF „DARK“ TOURISM IN THE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY Natalija Minić *1 * University of Belgrade‚ Faculty of Geography Received 13 July 2012; reviewed 4 October 2012; accepted 12 December 2012 Abstract: The paper focuses on the development of „dark“ tourism as a type of special interest tourism. The study included analysis of the definition of „dark“ tourism‚ tourist motivations for this type of tourism‚ Stone ’ s typology of dark destination offers‚ and a
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DEFINITION OF CULTURAL TOURISM A review of existing definitions One of the research tasks undertaken for this report was to investigate the feasibility of establishing an agreed definition/definitional framework for cultural tourism research. This involved a review of definitions included in the culture and tourism literature‚ as well as discussion on this topic with cultural tourism stakeholders. The first question asked by those contacted about the collection of cultural tourism statistics invariably
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Sustainable Tourism Final Exam Questions Q1: Discuss roles of Information Technology Communication Technology in the development of sustainable tourism in a destination 1. Tourism Marketing 2. Local Communities Participation in Tourism Development 3. Education 4. Increased Customer Satisfaction 5. Staff Training Q2: (a) List 5 challenges to sustainable tourism 1. Reducing Tourism Seasonality 2. Improving quality of Tourism Jobs 3. Minimizing Resource use and
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