Introduction According to World Travel and Tourism Council 1997‚ “Tourism Industry is the world’s prominent industries contributing $3.6 trillion to the global gross domestic product (GDP) and employing 255 million people”. (Apostolopoulos‚ Sonmez &Tarlow 1999). It is also considered one of the most exciting and progressive industries which has a big impact on all other industries. Although tourism industry has shown tremendous growth in recent years providing incredible experiences
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the Akha people based on my short stay with them and in Thailand; therefore I cannot conclude any particular analysis but instead present an objective truth based on facts that I gathered. The Tourist According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand‚ in 2011 there were 4.4 million foreign tourists who visited Thailand; 59.45% came from East Asia‚ 18.92% from Europe‚ 4.67% from The Americas‚ 7.34% from South Asia‚ 5.18% from Oceania‚ 3.64% Middle East and 0.80% are from Africa. Also‚ the statistics
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Culture and History and the major factor being Accommodation. Accommodation In Sauteurs there are only two hotels‚ Barris Resort and Petite Anse Hotel. Barris Resort is no longer active. It is now being used for the hosting of business meetings. Tourists do not come to the hotel because of the long drive from the town of Sautuers
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sanitized to conform to tourist expectations‚ resulting in what has been called "reconstructed ethnicity." Once a destination is sold as a tourism product‚ and the tourism demand for souvenirs‚ arts‚ entertainment and other commodities begins to exert influence‚ basic changes in human values may occur. Sacred sites and objects may not be respected when they are perceived as goods to trade. Standardization Destinations risk standardization in the process of satisfying tourists’ desires for familiar
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experts conclude in 1966 that there was no future for tourism in the country. Then in 1971 George Corbin‚ an Italian interested about Maldives met a Maldivian name Ahmed Naseem. Their efforts resulted the arrivals of first tourist group to Maldives. Now Maldives is a renowned tourist destination worldwide‚ entered the tourism industry with very humble beginning in the 1970s. Tourism is the largest economic industry in the Maldives‚ since it plays a vital role
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Conde Nast Traveler‚ one of the World’s most famous magazines on tourism ranked India among the top 10th tourist destinations in the world. Tourism is the third highest net earner of foreign exchange for the countryand also one of the sectors that employs the largest number of manpower. The growth in tourism industry has been about 230% since 1990 to 2000. It is estimated that the tourism industry could contribute about US $1.8 billion to the GDP by 2020. Indian tourism is one of the most diverse
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RACAP Series on Culture and Tourism in Asia CASE STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF TOURISM ON CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT INDIA Jaisalmer‚ Khajuraho and Goa Prepared by A.G. Krishna Menon UNESCO PRINCIPAL REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC BANGKOK‚ 1993 UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. Case study on the effects of tourism on culture and the environment: India; Jaisalmer‚ Khajuraho and Goa‚ prepared by A.G. Krishna Menon. Bangkok‚ UNESCO‚ 1993. 99 p. (RACAP Series
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In Verona‚ there is a church where lies Juliet’s tomb but to this day the church is a museum for tourists to see the tomb that “belongs” to Juliet. They say that the tomb really does belong to Juliet because her family built the church. Well I believe that the tomb belongs to someone else who could have been related to Juliet or just some random person. The Venetian government say that they took the remains and cleaned everything out from the tomb. They told the people that they took Juliet’s body
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features that differentiate this sector from the others. Like in the other service industries‚ in tourism the customers‚ that is‚ the tourists come to the destination where the tourism services are provided. As the matter of fact it is dificult to think of tourism sector without transportation. Transportation is the main mean to carry passengers‚ that is‚ the tourists to the actual site where tourism services are performed. In this article‚ the actual transportation situation of Azerbaijan and other
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SOCIO CULTURAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM The socio-cultural impacts of tourism described here are the effects on host communities of direct and indirect relations with tourists‚ and of interaction with the tourism industry. For a variety of reasons‚ host communities often are the weaker party in interactions with their guests and service providers‚ leveraging any influence they might have. These influences are not always apparent‚ as they are difficult to measure‚ depend on value judgments and are often
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