1.1. Tourism: according to F.W. Ogilvie (1933)‚ tourism can be defined as ‘persons who go to somewhere rather than home or workplace for a period of time and spend money in that place’. But this definition has its limitations as it is too broad and it does not have specific standards or criteria to define tourism. Many organizations have been tried to come up with an accurate definition of tourism‚ but till now they only commonly accepted some factors that help to define tourism. Tourism is an
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Azarya‚ V. (2004). Globalization and international tourism in developing countries: Marginality as a commercial commodity. Current Sociology‚ 52(6)‚ 949-967. doi: 10.1177/0011392104046617 In this article Azarya discuss about the effects which were brought by globalization to international tourism that related to local culture and local economy. The writer use data mainly gained from World Tourism Organization to explained globalization made tourism grow rapidly in a decade and also use his own research
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GATT & WTO January 30‚ 2011 GATT & WTO People of the late 20th and 21st century understand world trade as a large part of the US economy and have not known a world without trade among many countries. This has not always been the case‚ however. Schaffer‚ Agusti & Earle (2009) explain that shortly after World War I‚ the Herbert Hoover administration passed the US Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. This act attempted to limit the importing of goods to the US by charging high tariff
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Usability Evaluation of Hong Kong Hotel Websites PhD Research Proposal Tom Au Yeung School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong 1. Problem Definition The Internet‚ especially the World Wide Web (WWW or Web)‚ has had a great impact on the hospitality and tourism industry in recent years. Many hotel organizations have been working hard to develop their own websites. These websites play an important role for mediating between hotels and
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Lancôme Secondary Research The aim of this report is to compare china’s travel retail behavior of students with the rest of the world. This will help us explore the various similarities and differences between countries with various cultures and travel industries. It is very necessary to understand the decision making process of the students in order to understand their travel behavior. Various desires and needs and range of personal ‚ social and market factors influence their decisions. Key Words-
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Max lamer 1990 The study of tourism geography is essential to the tourism industry as it illustrate ways in which man impact the environment and also how the environment influence man. According to wiki pedia ‚ tourism geography is that branch of science which deals with the study of travel and its impact on places This research seek to unfold how the knowledge of the sub sectors of tourism and geography can help the tourism and hospitality industry cater to the psychological
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mixed it follows that the results are often mixed too. The following article was originally published by USAID‚ an organization that helps fund various ecotourism projects in many developing nations. | Win Win Approaches to Development and the Environment‚ Ecotourism and Biodiversity Conservation.Center for Development Information and EvaluationWhether called nature tourism or ecotourism‚ recreational and educational travel based on natural attractions is a promising means of advancing social
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(Wikipedia‚ 2009) I chose Hawaii because it is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the world. Hawaii brings huge amounts of people to islands because of its amazing beaches‚ wildlife‚ and beautiful forests. All of the people that come to Hawaii are seeing the amazing sites but the endangered plants and wildlife are suffering because of it. In the past 40 years tourism to the area as jumped dramatically which is good for the people on the islands because with it brings jobs and
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Habitats: A Case of Kg. Kuantan 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Topic and background of the study Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world which contribute to the growth of the economic in some of the country. According to Sindiga (1999) tourism is used as a development strategy due to its economic effects such as generating foreign exchange‚ creating employment and stimulating local economies. The tourism activities also would cause direct and indirect pressures on species and habitats and thereby
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10 Current Trend in Hospitality and Tourism 1. Economic impact and leakage from tourism Set to become probably the most significant hot-potato issue in the early 21st century. Asian governments will be seeking to maximise that economic impact by first keeping more earnings at home and after that‚ within the region. That will run up against the increased advances of global multinational groups which will be sending more and more money out in the form of franchise‚ distribution‚ management fees and
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