P3 – In this task I’m going to explain how factors affect travel to long-haul destination. Time zones and length of flight There are many travel factors that tourists take into consideration when choosing a long haul destination. The term used for this world standard time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). This term evolved in 1884 and from that time each area of the world took on a time that was either behind or ahead. For example‚ Africa is two hours ahead of GMT‚ so we refer to the time as GMT+2.
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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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The typology that I received according to my results from this typology quiz was Next Generation Left. It is typically seen that those people who are a part of the Next Generation Left typically have liberal views‚ are supportive of an activist government‚ and wary of the growing social safety net. My results of this quiz surprised me in many different ways. When I saw what my typology was I was honestly very confused and do not agree with it. I do believe that there is an explanation for this result
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UNIT 1 The travel and tourism industry Introduction T he travel and tourism industry is one of the biggest and fastest growing industries in the UK. This unit will give you an introduction to the industry‚ providing a sound basis for further study. You will find out about the nature of the industry‚ its size and scale‚ and you will be introduced to the types of organisations that form its structure. In addition you will investigate the development of the industry and the factors
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Ideology and Typology According to The Advocates Quiz‚ my personal issues scored 70%. My economics issues score was 40%. The political group that I fell into was the Centrist group. Although‚ looking at the graph they showed‚ I was pretty close to (almost border lining) the left‚ or liberal‚ side of the chart. The results then went on to describe centrist’s tendencies and whatnot. I was slightly confused about what the percentages were saying‚ but overall‚ I definitely agree with these results.
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Examine the concept of “typology” and discuss its influence on early Christian thought. Identify key specific examples of the utilization of “typology”. Typology: is the study or systematic classification of types that have characteristics or traits in common.( Merriam-Webster 868) This system of groupings ‚usually called types‚ the members of which are identified by postulating specified attributes that are mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive groupings set up to aid demonstration
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industry Indian travel and tourism experienced a boom during 2004. There was a surge in arrivals and departures as well as robust expansion in domestic tourism. After growing by 15% in 2003‚ the number of incoming arrivals rose by a hefty 22% in 2004 over 2003. Not surprisingly‚ incoming tourism receipts also rose sharply by about 16% in 2003 and 32% during 2004. Strong government support The strong support provided by the government played an important role in boosting tourist arrivals. In particular
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GOVERNMENT Governments are involved with tourist organizations at both international and national levels. The role of government is an important aspect of tourism which involves policies and political philosophies. In the developing countries‚ where tourism is still new‚ the public sector controls tourism activities‚ where they have Ministry of Tourism (e.g. Embratur in Brazil)‚ which have the following duties: Licensing‚ supervision and control of the different components of the tourism industry
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SPACE TRAVEL 1. Only three nations have successfully put people into space: the US‚ Russia and China. All have been government programmes‚ developed at great expense. Now‚ a new era is beginning in which private enterprise will take people 100km or more above the Earth. _________________ 2. In 2001‚ an American‚ Christ Tito‚ became the first space tourist. He travelled to the International Space Station by Rocket and stayed there for ten days. A year later South African Millionaire
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