The Travels of Sir John Mandeville was written in approximately 1357 and is an account of Sir John Mandeville’s 30-year odyssey throughout Europe‚ North Africa‚ the Far East‚ and Arabia. The Travels was originally written in French and because of its immense popularity was translated into all major European languages‚ of which three hundred survive today. The Travels became a major source for geographical information for the next two centuries. Two notable historical figures that relied upon
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The costs of international travel are decreasing and tourism is growing. What are the advantages and disadvantages of increasing tourism activity in different countries? Use our own ideas‚ knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence. Positives of tourism: 1. Personal perspective: Tourism is a popular leisure activity. Tourists can relax‚ have fun‚ ’recharge their batteries’‚ experience different customs and cultures (sight-seeing‚ sunbathing‚ visiting
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Durning this summer my parents and I decided to have a tour to travel around America. At the start of July a excited morning I woke up by myself and turn off the alarm i seted up last night. After we all been prepared my dad drave to the hotel where the trip will come. We had a little nice breakfast at hotel’s restaurant while we were enjoy the breakfast we heard a horn of bus that indicated that the bus has arrived‚ we qucikly finish the last bite then rushed into the bus. As the bus moved leisurely
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ONLINE BUS TRAVEL BOOKING ABSTRACT: The present paper deals with the Object Oriented designing through Unified Modeling Language (UML) for a Traveler Management System (TMS). The main aim of this paper is to provide a flexible and faithful environment for traveler‚ which wants to travel to see the sight scenes‚ shopping for business meetings‚ etc. The TMS provides the information to the traveler without losing the time when it needed & the system gives the proper and accurate information to
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Unit 1 UK Travel and Tourism Sector Three main types of tourism: Domestic tourism Domestic tourism is travelling in your own country for tourist purposes. For example a British couple going on a holiday in Brighton is domestic tourism. Organisations involved in domestic tourism are airlines such as Easy Jet and British Airways which often do discounts on domestic flights‚ also tour operators such as Contiki and Thomas Cook which are offering domestic holidays. Outbound tourism
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Online Travel Competitive Landscape AmericanAirlines.com‚ Priceline.com‚ and Kayak.com offer many different services in their online marketplace. American Airlines gives the consumer the option to book their flights directly through their website along with other services that they will need during their trip. This encourages the consumer to develop brand loyalty while allowing them to reap the benefits through competitive pricing. When booking directly through American Airlines‚ consumers are
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World II My name is Sihaam Ahmed; I am 23 years old and have graduated from Roehampton University studying Travel and Tourism Management. I had experience working in London’s busiest hotels Hilton Metropolitan as the assistant to the head of Human Resources. I left the hotel because I saw an opportunity work on cruise liner. Working on would cruise linerwould give me a chance‚to travel which has always been a dream of mine and gain tremendous amount of experience My ambition in life like many
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The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the relevant theory and the literature which surrounds the concept of VFR travel and the expenditure patterns. The chapter is divided into 3 sections. The first part discusses the theoretical framework of the study. The second part discusses the literature around the concept of VFR travel and the expenditure patterns. The factors which influence the expenditure patterns of tourists’ are discussed in relation to the independent and dependent variables. The
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NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE IN GULLIVER’S TRAVELS Jonathon Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels is an early representation of a novel‚ resonating both political and social satire. Despite the obvious satirical elements in this text‚ Gulliver’s unreliable narrative voice is a satire within itself. Mocking the travel narratives contemporary of his time‚ Swift utilizes the narration of Gulliver in order to criticize the naïve and gullible English men and women who read travel narratives as factual documents despite
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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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