CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM Task 1: Sharm El-Sheikh of Egypt‚ is the biggest and most important city of Sinai‚ lies at the southern side of the Peninsula where the two gulfs of Aqaba and Suez meet with the Red Sea. With its unique location in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt‚ it is considered the strategic passageway‚ the meeting point between Asia and Africa‚ and the base of great civilizations. With its diverse features of environment
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Travel and Tourism in Thailand to 2018 Published on 02nd APR. 2014 The Thai travel and tourism sector posted growth during the review period (20092013)‚ despite the global financial crisis. The growth can be attributed to the increasing number of tourists from emerging countries such as China‚ India and Russia; international tourists to the country reached 26.7 million in 2013. While forecast-period growth is expected to be undermined by political instability‚ the countrys tourism sector has
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Unit 1 – the business environment Stakeholders are extremely important to a business. A stakeholder is basically a group of individuals or a particular organisation that have an interest in the company’s decisions. Stakeholders can be categorised into two sections; internal and external. Internal stakeholders for example are employees within the company whereas external stakeholders are customers‚ suppliers‚ trade unions and much more.an example of a stakeholder is in KFC. Their job is to work
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In this assignment I am going to explain how Waitrose uses marketing research for its marketing planning. I will look at the following information for marketing planning: Marketing planning process model‚ SWOT and PESTLE analysis and SMART objectives. Marketing Planning Process Marketing planning process involves both the development of objectives and specifications for how they will be accomplished. There are five basic steps in this process. PESTLE Analysis Political factors: Political
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Introduction For this task the author will be discussing the factors which influence the travel and tourism industry and defining the marketing mix. Marketing; The term marketing is a complex management tool and can be defined many ways. Marketing can be defined as being all about getting the right products to the right customer at the right time; in general the term marketing is the action or business of promoting and selling products and services. Marketing is based on thinking about
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quickly but thoroughly with enthusiasm. I like to be part of a team and working together‚ although I am very capable of working independently. I’m very polite and sociable; I also like to meet new people‚ which is why I have chosen to go into the travel and tourism sector. It is a very diverse‚ dynamic‚ wide-ranged and rapidly growing industry‚ which creates job opportunities for many whether young or aged. There is an increasing range of jobs and career prospects for suitably qualified people. I believe
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their dollar‚ but also feel valued and respected by the workers providing the service (Kernbach & Schutte‚ 2005; Langhorn‚ 2004; Varca‚2004; Winsted‚ 2000). World travel and tourism as one of the world’s largest industries‚ supporting 266 million jobs and generating 9 per cent of the World GDP. Each year the global travel and tourism industry generates several thousand billions U.S. dollars in revenue. According to UNWTO the number of International tourist arrivals worldwide exceeded the one billion
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Unit 16 P1 Internal factors for HR planning: Organisational needs: A demand for goods and services in an organisation needs to be considered. If there is a high demand of good/services‚ the organisations’ staffs have to cope with the demand or they need to employ more staff. The organisation can use sales trends to help in planning. Technological changes: Where there is technology available‚ organisations can increase production without necessarily increasing in staff. Staff can be re-trained to
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Development of Visitor Management Strategies Based on Visitors’ Leisure Lifestyle - A Visitor Sample of Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area‚ Taiwan Su-Hsin Lee Jing-Shoung Hou Chang-Chan Huang Wei-Chen Li 【Abstract】 Visitors’ depreciative behavior can be seen quite often in outdoor recreation settings. Their improper behavior brings not merely negative effects on other visitors but also major maintenance issue to recreation resource management. Therefore‚ recreation resource management authorities
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Summary India’s travel and tourism sector performed well during the review period (2009–2013)‚ with growth recorded in both domestic and international tourist volumes. The main factors for tourism growth were government initiatives and continuous efforts to promote the country’s travel and tourism sector on an international level. Timetric expects growth to continue over the forecast period (2014–2018)‚ driven by government initiatives to promote tourism through participation in international events
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