The Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism 2011 Travel & Tourism 2011 Foreword Chapter 1: why Travel & Tourism? Chapter 2: A decade of Challenge and Change Chapter 3: 2011; A Mixed Picture Chapter 4: The Next Ten Years Chapter 5: Making it Happen © Copyright World Travel & Tourism Council 2011 USE OF MATERIAL IS AUTHORISED‚ PROVIDED SOURCE IS ACKNOWLEDGED Foreword Travel & Tourism is a truly global economic activity – one which takes place in destinations across the
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Investigating travel and tourism industry There are 8 main components of travel and tourism industry. They are : 1- Accommodation- this is the most important component in the travel and tourism industry. Accommodation may include hotels‚ guest-houses‚ lodging-houses‚ bed and breakfast‚ inns and motels. 2- Transport- a good transportation system is very important for a travel and tourism industry‚ whether people are on business‚ travelling for leisure or visiting friends and
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------------------------------------------------- Tourism and Travel Distribution: the Travel Agent’s Perspective By Dr Marion Bennett and Dr Dimitrios Buhalis‚ Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR)‚ School of Management‚ University of Surrey‚ Guildford Jan 2003 Summary The Internet has revolutionised the tourism industry and has generated a number of challenges and opportunities for all players. For travel agents‚ in particular‚ the Internet is changing the industry structure and consumer behaviour
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Satire. Introduction. ‘Tomorrow is a satire on today‚ and shows its weakness.’ Edward Young. Satire is one of the genres of Greek origin (satyr) used in literature where there is a use of different elements like irony‚ sarcasm ‚ ridicule‚ parody‚ burlesque‚ juxtaposition‚ exaggeration and so on to simply
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STA Travel‚ the largest student travel agency in the world‚ needs to evaluate whether or not the company should establish a presence in Second Life‚ a growing role-playing game that many companies began to invest in around the world. STA Travel has the choice to develop a virtual marketing presence on the computer simulated virtual world of Second Life. The website would include information about destinations and help to promote events related to the real-world destinations that users will eventually
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think Americans spend on travel and leisure activities? Well‚ according to the U.S. Travel Association “the U.S. averaged $2.7 billion a day‚ $113.1 million an hour‚ $1.9 million a minute and $31‚400 a second” (U.S. Travel Association). It is no wonder then that Travel and Leisure digital magazine is so popular. But how exactly do they make people spend so much of their hard-earned money on travel? Travel and Leisure is able to capture the attention of thousands of travel enthusiast by including vibrant
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I chose two texts and a video to help me discuss their different opinions on accepting differences. I chose the text “American Flag Stands for Tolerance”‚ “The Wife’s Story”‚ and I chose the video My So Called Enemy. In these next few paragraphs I will discuss the diverse thoughts of the authors. In the story “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” the author is accepting of the differences from both
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1. The Travel Market can be segmented into 3 segments: Luxury travellers‚ Adventurers and Budget travellers. These segments are identified by demographics like age and income‚ psychological factors like personality‚ and benefits sought like needs and product features. Luxury travellers are usually older or middle-aged consumers who are already financially prosperous and look for relaxation and rejuvenation from their stressful positions. They can also be retirees. Luxury travellers will be willing
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The article “Why We Travel” by Pico Iyer talks about his opinion on why people travel to foreign places and what they expect to gain from their trips. He also mentions a few of his past experiences and his feelings and emotions based on them. Based on this article‚ we are able extract that traveling is not just the matter of going somewhere other than your home and coming back the same person. It is somehow a little more than that as it affects us in ways unexplainable. An interesting point brought
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2. Travel and Tourism industry: the structure and the three technology “revolutions” 2.1 Travel & Tourism industry in numbers and the main players: Travel & tourism industry is one of the largest and fastest growing industries in the world; globally‚ in 2012‚ it generated $2 trillion in direct GDP1‚ which corresponded to 2.9% of the world GDP. Also in terms of employment‚ its importance is highly pronounced‚ with a total contribution2 of 8.7% of world employment‚ the travel & tourism industry
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