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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1. Research Title: Investigating destination attributes‚ tourist motivation and travel values of the Bengali community in London to Cox’s Bazar‚ Bangladesh 2. Introduction: Today tourism has been considered as a great phenomenon involving movement of millions of people all over the world as the largest and fastest growing single industry in the world. In tourism industry‚ more than 235 million people employment opportunities generating around 9.2% of global GDP (WTTC‚ 2010). The tourism is sharply
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KFNTravelGuide ONE STOP FOR TRAVEL RELATED INFORMATION 1.Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco‚ United States Opened on 27 May 1937 and was the longest suspension bridge span in the world at the time. This remained until Verrazano Narrows Bridge was built in New York in 1964‚ Golden Gate Bridge is now the seventh longest main span in the world. Construction of the 8‚981 feet or 2‚737 m bridge commenced on January 5‚ 1933. The projected cost was $35 million‚ however it was completed at
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Factors that Influence Tourist Traffic in Fort Santiago: A Basis for Promotion Strategy Improvement of Intramuros Administration John Kenneth H. Antonio1‚3; Kimberly E. Bata-anon1‚3; Jennifer B. Bonnit1‚3; Maria Kristina Casandra C. Dira1‚3; Joanna Fe F. Factor1‚3; Micah Marie P. Lanipa1‚3 Maria Paz T. Castro(c)1‚2‚3 1College of Hospitality and Institutional Management 2Research Development and Innovation Center 3Our Lady of Fatima University
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Chinese visitors to come‚ as well as both the legal and illegal attractions to Mainland China visitors. In the legal way‚ it can be viewed as the attractions of high quality goods (for example‚ luxury products‚ and infant formula); duty-free shops; and tourist attractions (for example‚ the Ocean Park and the Peak). In the illegal way‚ Hong Kong attracts numerous of traders coming here for buying goods and trade back to the Mainland. We will probe into these issues in the later
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University of Salford- Tourism industry operations | Kirsty White 2011 Evaluation of how airports are operated and their importance to tourists. Description of how airports generate their revenue. 1.0 Introduction The purpose of this report is to evaluate airports and their importance to tourists and how they generate their income. It will also identify the key components of the tourism industry‚ and recognise the upcoming trends and technology advancements that have recently influenced
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L – doctor S – husband O – wife O: Good morning‚ Mr. Brown! I’m Samantha and this is my husband Richard Thompson. May we come in? L: Surely‚ but before all tell me are you private patients or you have an insurance? S: What insurance? I’ve never heard about it. L: Oh‚ don’t worry. It seems to me that you’re not Americans. Am I right? O: Yes‚ absolutely‚ we’re from Britain. Could you‚ please‚ explain us what’s the problem with the insurance? L: There’s not any problem. Simply‚ most Americans
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MILLENNIUM HOTELS & RESORTS Established in 1996 and located on all over the World‚ Millennium Hotels &Resorts is a dynamic hotel ownership Group with over 100 hotels in locations attractive to business and leisure customers. This Group comprises: Millennium Hotels‚ Grand Millennium Hotels‚ Copthorne Hotels‚ Kingsgate Hotels and additional brands: M Hotels‚ Biltmore and Studio M. - Millennium and Grand Millennium Hotels: The hotels are from the largest part of the Group (44 hotels)
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Hong Kong‚ an increase of 4.8 per cent over the same period last year.(Tourism Fact Sheets‚ HKTB‚ 2012) The importance of events as an element of destination tourist offers is reflected in tourist‚ social and cultural functions. It is by means of tourist functions of events that many destinations widen the tourist market‚ attract tourists to destinations‚ build the destination image‚ promote the destination and stimulate the creation of economic benefits (Sherwood‚ Jago & Deery‚ 2005). With events
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tourism‚ but sufficiently limit the damage to the environment‚ all whilst protecting their own nation’s cultures‚ and in doing so; creating a more sustainable future. The WTO (1993) defines sustainable tourism as ‘meeting the needs of the present tourists and host regions whilst protecting and enhancing opportunity for the future.’ It also illustrates that sustainable development strategies must stress the need for due regard to be given to the ‘long-term appropriate use of natural and human resources’
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