growth and development‚ as well as a sector that has the potential to spur global economic recovery. Tourism can be defined as travel for different purposes which could be business‚ recreational or leisure. The world tourism organisation defines tourists as people who travel and stay in a place which is different from their environment for not more than one consecutive year for business‚ leisure and other purposes. Tourism can be recognised as early as Marco Polo and his grand adventures and the
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India: Railway experience and Historical Monumental Abstract: Today‚ India is home of many beautiful ancient monuments heritage and have historical places. It is attracting lot of tourist to come to India and experience it so it’s becoming most popular tourist destination worldwide for tourist to have luxury vacations and holidaying in india.The concept of luxury trains was derived from royal background which was originally meant for the rulers of the princely states of India like Rajputana
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marijuana as a ‘soft drug‚’ as a result coffee shops were born. Coffee shops allowed locals and tourists to smoke small amounts of cannabis with a wide range of variety and strengths. Coffee shops have since become part of Dutch culture and Amsterdam’s identity. Fast forward forty years later and the Dutch government is in the process of once again changing the drug policy. The aim is to ban tourists from coffee shops as well as making residents obtain a ‘weed pass’ and become members of the coffee
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employed. Total number of tourist arrival in 2011 was 736‚215 which is a significant increase as compared to previous years. Vision 2020 of the Nepal Tourism Board is to achieve the arrival of 2 million tourists and provide employment to 1 million people. As a touristic destination‚ Nepal has a competitive advantage in terms of natural assets and diverse and rich culture. Located between India and China‚ Nepal needs to take advantage of its location and attract more tourists from these countries.
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the desire to get away from the stress of their daily environments. This then caused there to be an increase in the number of people taking vacations and doing outdoor activities during their free time. Governments became aware of this increase in tourists‚ especially in national parks‚ and had to expand and built the parks so that they could accommodate the amount of visitors that had begun to visit the parks. Due to the increase in construction and maintenance costs for national parks‚ governments
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approach to satisfy the tourists and establish the competitive business (Oh‚ Fiore‚ & Jeoung‚ 2007).It is clear that tourism organizations should not be content to understand the importance of tourism experience. More importantly‚ the implement of effective methods which can create the memorable experience for tourists is critical to the successful business. In this essay‚ the Dreamworld would be used as a typical example of the tourism organization that endeavors to provide tourists with memorable experiences
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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 wish to actively participate
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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 simply escape from the pressures and stress of modern life or to seek the authentic‚ satisfying and meaningful experiences elsewhere‚ people increasingly believe that the only way to survive in modern society is to regularly
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Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Bhutan The concept of tourism development in Bhutan took place in post 1974 period during the reign of late majesty‚ King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk in national assembly. However‚ tourism business begun its operation with 274 tourist in 1974 at the time of coronation of fourth king‚ His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuk and since then tourism business started growing in Bhutan. Tourism is now recognized as having considerable potential as a tool for development and as a contributor
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of the country’s national income and employs fifty percent of the population. Therefore it must be evaluated‚ upgraded and planned carefully in order to complete and keep our number on industry‚ This paper will show when and who it recognized as a tourist destination and how it was developed and grew over the years. This would be the history aspect of tourism. The Bahamas is a beautiful country known for its beaches‚ sun and crystal clear waters. It is a chain of islands with much to offer especially
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