| Unit number and title | Unit 9: Tourist Destinations | Qualification | HND Hospitality Management | Start date | | Deadline | | Assessor | | | | LO1 Understand the scope of key UK and worldwide tourist destinationsLO2 Understand the cultural‚ social and physical features of tourist destinationsLO3 Understand how the characteristics of destinations affect theirappeal to touristsLO4 Understand issues likely to affect the popularity of tourist destinations | Unit content1 Understand
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rapid development‚ rising disposable incomes and relaxation of restrictions on foreign travel‚ the volume of international trips by Chinese travellers has grown from 10 million in 2000 to 83 million in 2012 (Cripps‚ 2013). Expenditure by Chinese tourists abroad has also increased almost eightfold since 2000. Boosted by an appreciating Chinese currency‚ Chinese travellers spent a record US$ 102 billion in international tourism in 2012‚ a 40% jump from 2011 when it amounted to US$ 73 billion (UNWTO
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John Urry’s‚ The Tourist Gaze (1990)‚ interpolates the discussion of tourism in pleasure sought in environments outside the “normal”. The intersectionality of cultural discourse and the interoperability of socioeconomic tourism act‚ in part‚ of “consuming goods and services which are in some sense unnecessary” (1). There is a corollary between “supposedly” generated forms of “pleasure experiences” which are desired for their atypical “set of different scenes” (1). “landscapes or townscapes [which]
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Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats and derives its name from the deity at the Sree Anantha Padmanabhaswami Temple‚ one of the major landmarks of the city. Besides this magnificent temple‚ Thiruvananthapuram or Trivandrum offers a great deal more to tourists wishing to holiday in Thiruvananthapuram. There is the Observatory to start with‚ established over a hundred years ago in Thiruvananthapuram. Several kings have also built their palaces in and around Thiruvananthapuram‚ each more impressive than
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Hand washing is the most important method of controlling infection. It is important that ALL staff and ALL service users practice good hand washing‚ in and out of homes. Washing hands with soap and warm water will remove the majority of the germs. The effective use of Alcohol- based hand rubs will also result in reduction of micro-organisms. Infection Control. Studies show that hand washing techniques are often poor and that the most commonly neglected areas are the tips of the fingers‚ palms
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destination chosen for any of a number of reasons. Although the question of what motivates tourists to travel is not an easy one to describe and understand‚ there are other factors which help break down the complexity of this question. In order to understand exactly why tourists feel the need to travel‚ it is ideal to understand why it is important for tourist destinations and companies to know what motivates tourists and to determine their market respectively‚ the techniques and theories used to identify
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Definitions of ‘Tourism’ & ‘Tourist’ Many studies on tourism and tourists have been conducted yet there is not one single definition on ‘tourism’ or ‘tourists’ that everyone complies with. Many researchers and academia writers have many concepts in defining tourism and tourists‚ some factors they consider are similar and some are different. This essay will attempt to illustrate the differences between the definitions of tourism & tourist‚ and also outlining the strength and weaknesses of
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604 PUBLICATIONS IN REVIEW The Tourist Gaze By John Urry. Sage Publications (28 Banner ISBN o-8039-8182-1‚ 1990‚ 176 pp. (photos‚ (cloth). Massey Street‚ London EClY 8QE) bibliography‚ index) $45.00 University‚ Neil Leiper New Zealand Readers might infer a double meaning from this book’s title. It could refer to the gaze of tourists and also to the tourist‚ Gaze. This would be Henry Gaze‚ a tourist who went into business and helped pioneer the modern form of tour
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Managing tourist experience is a major key to success and also a difficult task for all tour operators. Tourist experience is measured by the whole process‚ from the beginning such as counselling to the very end‚ which is a happy and safe returning home. Explore! has taken this into account by putting tourist experience on the first priority to be considered and managed. It’s policy clearly shows the importance of tourist and how they try to look after roughly 30000 travellers per year in term of
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The poem ’I Am Tourist’ deals with the meaning and significance of tourism; particularly focussing on the modern take on what is a tourist. Adrian Mitchell presents the point of a ignorant tourist‚ and shows their lack of connection to the foreign land through the use of various literacy techniques such as imagery. The poem’s purpose is to let us witness the typical tourists’s shallow mindset‚ lack of respect to the culture and misplacing of priorities. It is written in first person narrative which
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