Technology and tourism Anna Baines The author Anna Baines is a freelance journalist. Abstract The travel and tourism industry is starting to exploit technology. This is going to change the nature of the services offered‚ and the nature of work within the industry. Employers and employees may have different perceptions about the likely benefits of technology. Discusses the changes at the “higher” and “lower” organisational levels and suggests that the industry is only partially prepared for the
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Introduction - What is Tourism? Online Lesson Since the beginning of time humans have traveled. Food‚ water‚ safety or acquisition of resources (trade) were the early travel motivations. But the idea of travel for pleasure or exploration soon emerged. Travel has always depended upon technology to provide the means or mode of travel. The earliest travelers walked or rode domesticated animals. The invention of the wheel and the sail provided new modes of transportation. Each improvement in technology
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1.0 Tourism Industry in Sabah The tourism industry‚ especially in Sabah‚ has been booming despite the natural disaster tsunami and bird flu. Tourists have been flocking to Sabah due to its unique eco-related places that had generated a lot of interests among foreign visitors. Kota klias is one of the many interesting sites in Sabah and in recent years the area has been gaining popularity among foreign tourists due to the presence of the unique and proboscis monkey. 2.0 THE TOURISM INDUSTRY
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Tourism in LEDCs- Gambia Gambia is described as ‘The Smiling Coast of Africa’ and despite being one of the smallest countries within Africa‚ it is quite a stable place. However‚ the level of stability within the country is much higher than that of wealth or prosperity as the soil quality mainly only allows the growth of peanuts‚ which Gambia highly relies upon the export of. In recent years there have been attempts to generate oil from Gambia‚ but there has been no successful attempts at striking
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of tourism combine tourist products or separate tourist services different from the mass tourism by means of supply‚ organization and the human resource involved. These are rural‚ ecotourism‚ adventure (biking‚ horseback riding‚ snowshoeing‚ ski mountaineering‚ rafting‚ diving‚ caving‚ climbing)‚ thematic tourism – connected with the cultural and historical heritage‚ the esoteric‚ religion‚ wine‚ traditional cuisine‚ ethnography and traditional music and handicrafts. Sustainable tourism is
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IMPACT OF TOURISM ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Fe Zuly 2011 Abstract Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity in 2008‚ there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals‚ with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US$944 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008‚ corresponding to an increase in real terms of 18%. This paper is purposed to explain about impact of tourism including advantages and disadvantages. This impact
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Tourism Management 31 (2010) 1–12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tourism Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman Progress in Tourism Management A review of innovation research in tourism Anne-Mette Hjalager University of Southern Denmark‚ Niels Bohrsvej 9-10‚ DK-6700 Esbjerg‚ Denmark article info abstract Article history: Received 27 January 2009 Accepted 31 August 2009 Over the past two decades‚ there has been increasing focus on the topic
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current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm Progress and development of information and communication technologies in hospitality Crystal Ip‚ Rosanna Leung and Rob Law School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hong Kong Abstract Purpose – In order to enhance operational efficiency‚ improve service quality and reduce costs‚ practitioners in the hospitality industry have widely adopted and implemented information
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How Important is Tourism to the Country St.Maarten? Kadija McClure English A 5A1 How does food taste without seasoning? Tasteless‚ uninviting‚ bland doesn’t it? Food without seasoning is like St. Maarten without tourism. What is tourism really? Tourism is the commercial organization‚ operation and travelling for recreation‚ vacation‚ business or visit to interesting places. As a small island in the Caribbean‚ St.Maarten is known for its beautiful white sandy beaches‚ friendly people
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Sustainable tourism is envisaged as leading to management of all resources in such a way that economic‚ social and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while maintaining cultural integrity‚ essential ecological processes‚ biological diversity and life support systems." (World Tourism Organization)[29] Sustainable development implies "meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs." (World Commission on Environment and Development‚ 1987)[30]
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