...HISTORY OF TOURISM IN THE BAHAMAS BEFORE 1945 In 1740, Peter Henry Bruce, a military engineer from England was sent to The Bahamas to make some repairs to forts in Nassau. He was so impressed by the Islands Of The Bahamas and the climate that he recommended that they would aid in the speedy recovery of persons suffering from illnesses. Mr. Samuel Cunard, a Canadian businessman, who owned a transatlantic fleet of ships, was contacted to provide a monthly service between New York and Nassau. Therefore, in 1859 the “Karnak”, a paddle wheel steamer, made the first trip between New York and Nassau. During the Civil War in The United States between the North and the South, Nassau experienced a boost to the tourism industry due to the blockage runners and affluent southerners who wished to exchange goods. This boost to Tourism caused a need for hotel accommodation. Hence, in 1861, The Royal Victoria Hotel was opened. With the increase in hotel inventory, there was now a great need to attract a tourists to fill the rooms. British Army Surgeon, Major Bacot, writing in 1869 pointed out that the climate and the healthiness of the Islands made them ideal for tourists. The greatest problem was getting or encouraging tourists to the islands. Acts passed in 1851, 1859, and 1879 to encourage the travel of tourists to The Bahamas by ships never really proved successful, as many sea disasters occurred. Encouraged by the arrival of 500 tourists to Nassau in 1875,...
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...Contents |Lo 1. History And Structure Of The Travel And Tourism Sector |3 | |Lo1.1 Key Historical Developments In The Travel And Tourism Sector |3 | |1.2 Early Travel |3 | |1.3 The Egyptians |3 | |1.4 The Persians |3 | |1.5 The Greeks |3 | |1.6 The Romans |4 | |1.7 Renaissance And Grand Tour (Ad 1763-1773) |4 | |1.8 Milestone |4 | |1.9 Earliest Tourism |4 | |2.0 Social Change In Victorian Society |4 | |2.1 Steamships ...
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...Southern & Eastern Part of India. | January 16 2014 | History of the evolution and emerging Trends of the Indian Tourism and lodging Industry. | | NAME | Student No | Sushil Gujar | 6894422 | Jacob Jose Moolan | 6908420 | Roshan Shetty | 6657332 | Abstract The hospitality and tourism industry in India has largely diversified and has greatly complimented to the GDP as well as employment in major parts of India. Due to its rich heritage and culture it has recorded tremendous growth over the past years thus making it global tourist destination. With development in major hospitality projects and international brands setting its business in India, has led to the prosperity of the Hospitality industry. By providing you a glimpse about major tourist destination and hotels that contribute majorly to the growth of the industry, this report would provide you an insight on the hospitality industry in the southern and the eastern part of India. Contents Introduction 3 Southern part ofIndia 4 Kerala tourism 4 Munnar 4 Cochin 5 Kumarakom 5 Karnataka Tourism 5 Srirangapatana 5 Hampi 6 Mysore 6 Tamil Nadu Tourism 7 Ooty 7 Kanyakumari 7 Pondicherry tourism 8 Lodging and Hotels in South India 8 Taj Group of hotels 8 Oberoi Hotels and Resorts 8 ITC Group of hotels 9 Eastern part of India 10 Bhubaneswar 10 Ranchi 10 Gangtok 10 Kolkata 11 Result/ Conclusion 12 Reference 13 Introduction India consists of 29 states...
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...Problem……………………………………………………………………..4 Research Objectives…………………………………………………………………………...5 Research Questions……………………………………………………………………………5 Literature Review…………………………………………………………………………………6 Cultural Tourism………………………………………………………………………………6 The Importance of Cultural Tourism………………………………………………………….7 Tourism Development………………………………………………………………………...7 Case Study: Natural History Museum………………………………………………………...8 Economic Impact……………………………………………………………………………...8 Employees and Services………………………………………………………………………9 Tourists’ Behavior…………………………………………………………………………...9 The NHM as Visitor Attraction……………………………………………………………….9 Research Methodology…………………………………………………………………………..10 Research Philosophy………………………………………………………………………….10 Research Approach and Design………………………………………………………………11 Data Collection…………………………………………………………………………….....11 Data Analysis Method………………………………………………………………………..12 Sampling Technique………………………………………………………………………….12 Ethical Consideration…………………………………………………………………………….13 Time Plan for the Research………………………………………………………………………13 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….14 References……………………………………………………………………………………….14 Working Title The role of museums in cultural tourism - a case study of the Natural History Museum Introduction Background of the Study At present the museums have gained notice as a major...
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...Introduction Heritage Tourism Heritage tourism is define as the activities and services which provide international and domestic visitors with the opportunity to experience, understand and enjoy the special values of a region’s heritage, are sometimes referred to as heritage tourism (Lorton, 2013). According to Leigh Burns “heritage tourism is a personal encounter with traditions, history and culture. Heritage tourism is based upon the concept that each community has a story to tell. This is a rapidly growing niche market that is directed towards experiencing the local customs, traditions, arts, history, sites, and culture that authentically represent a particular place (Burns, 2010) Objective of the study The study includes the following objectives: * To identify the heritage destination and the overall satisfaction of tourists who visit heritage destinations. * To observe and understand the trend of heritage tourism in Nepal. * To analyze heritage destination and tourist’s overall satisfaction, and travel behavior characteristics. * To understand the impact of heritage tourism in Nepal. Hypotheses of the Study The study includes the followings hypotheses in order to analyze the relationship between heritage destination attributes and tourists’ satisfaction and their behavior characteristics, to understand the difference in derived factors in relation to their demographic and to identify the differences in the overall satisfaction of tourists’ in terms...
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...archaeological sites such as the temples of Angkor have contributed to the rise in mass tourism currently present in many south East Asian countries today. In recent years Cambodia has showcased itself to be a country that is highly rich in culture due to its people, its history and most importantly, its treasured archaeological monuments and sites, such as the Angkor Wat, a cultural site linked to the civil war of Khmer Rouge in the 1970’s. Sites like the Angkor Wat have increasingly become popular and well promoted tourist destinations for both domestic and international tourists in Cambodia. Visiting tourism sites associated with war and death has become an increasing phenomenon within the tourism world. Many debates in tourism research and literature have resulted. New literature seems to debate various touristic themes associated with sites like than Angkor Wat. This essay will draw on three of the major themes that have caused been presented within this tourism literature. Firstly, this essay will aim to analyse the Khmer Rouge’s civil war on tourism to Cambodia, and the views and perceptions of visiting sites associated with the regime. Secondly, this essay will introduce the topic of ‘dark tourism sites’, a tourism phenomenon which can be exampled with the Angkor Wat sites. Lastly, this essay will analyse two paradoxical, intertwining issues of heritage site conservation, and tourism development and promotion, and what literature views as being more important. The Cambodian...
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...Abstracts: Tourism Development Journal, Vol. 8. Issue 1, September 2010 Status of MICE Venues and Services in National Capital Region – A Study of Service Providers Opinion Manjual Chaudhary and Surjeet Kumar Abstract Meeting, Incentive, Conference, Exhibitions (MICE) is a niche business for the specialized clientele and services it offers. Globally it is growing at fast rate and India too is following at 15% to 20 % annual growth. Promotion of a destination; a city, hotel or resort as a MICE venue requires infrastructural facilities backed by support services. Infrastructural facilities involve connectivity, water supply, power, telecommunications etc. at macro level and at micro level facilities such as technical services, display, manpower, computer & audiovisual etc . The facilities at the macro level are provided by the government, when it identifies a city as MICE destination. Government of India (2007) plans to develop golden triangle cities of Delhi, Agra & Jaipur as MICE destinations. Further micro level facilities are created by hotels, travel agents, airlines, event management companies, convention centres, transport companies etc. This paper attempts to assess MICE venues and services of NCR region through a survey of hotels, travel agents, event management companies, conference venues and airlines as these are the prime players in the organization of MICE events. Key Words: Business Tourism, MICE, Event Management. ---------------------------------- Congress Tourism in...
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...TOURISM MANAGEMENT A. Introduction: 1. History of Tourism Historical research of tourism has revealed distinctive indicators which are shared equally all over the world. Incorporated in social, economic and cultural environment, tourism followed a sequel path assuming various shapes in its gradual development. It is already accepted scientific project entitled “History of creation tourism”. Study of tourism history is important for learning about the key features of growth and specific characteristic of the host area. Despite a quantitative growth in the number of tourist facilities and over nights, they have suffered an overall drop in quality and reputation. In creation, the history of tourism therefore cannot be separated from the regional planning and equipment of tourist resorts. B. Strategic framework for tourism 1. Management The framework needs to define roles among the various public and private sector entities involve in tourism. It needs to layout where tourism is going so that both businesses and residents can make plans with the common understanding of directions and scale. It needs to prescribe the actions that move toward tourism goals. When building new strategy framework, transition must be incorporated into the planning process. Rules need to be handed off at appropriate times, dictated either by finding cycles or tourism seasons. 2. Vision and objective The success entails maximizing...
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...Corregidor as Dark Tourism: Basis for Designing Marketing Plan A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the School of Hospitality & Tourism Management of St. Dominic College of Asia A Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements Towards the Degree Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management Gocotano, Mary Abigail C. Sarte, Kimberly Anne A. APPROVAL SHEET In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management, this thesis entitled “Corregidor As Dark Tourism: Basis for Designing Marketing Plan” was prepared and submitted to the School of International Hospitality and Tourism Management by: GOCOTANO, MARY ABIGAIL C. SARTE, KIMBERLY ANNE A. Approved by the committee on oral examination on April 16, 2015 with the grade of ________. DR. JONATHAN R. ADANZA Adviser ELEONOR D. AGUILANDO, MBA Panel Member Accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management DR. ALEJANDRO D. MAGNAYE Dean ACKNOWLEDGEMENT This study would not have been possible without the guidance and the help of several individuals who in one way or another contributed and extended their valuable assistance in the preparation and completion of this study. First, to the creator above, for all the guidance and strength that He has given to us to finish this study and power to...
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...After the Industrial Revolution: Industrial Revolution has greatly promoted the improvement of the social productive forces, so that the accumulation of social wealth grow, the United Kingdom, for example, from 1770 to 1840. The average daily rate per worker increased by 20 times. British cotton consumption from 1800's 52 million pounds to 455.9 million pounds in 1840; pig iron production in 1720 was 25,000 tons, increased to 139,640 tons in 1840; coal production in 1790 was 2.6 million tons, in 1836 increased 30 million tons. Increased wealth, promote the improvement of the overall level of income, for the development of tourism provides economic base. (Peng Shun Sheng, Development History of World Tourism, zhong guo lu you chu ban she, 2006,...
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...UNIT 37: THE TRAVEL AND TOURISM SECTOR Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the history and structure of the travel and tourism sector History: pilgrimages, the grand tours, post industrial revolution, post war, current; factors facilitating growth eg technology, time, money, freedom of movement, infrastructure, social conditions; possible future developments eg sustainability Travel and tourism sector: travel services; tourism services; conferences and events; visitor attractions; accommodation services; passenger transport; relationships and links, levels of integration; Liepers tourist system, chain of distribution; private, public and voluntary sectors https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5649485182751853952#editor/target=post;postID=3967859198127394100 LO2 Understand the influence of local and national governments and international agencies on the travel and tourism sector Influence: direct, indirect; economic policy, political change, planning to minimise negative effects of tourism Government: levels eg local, regional, national, European Union; Government sponsored bodies, regional tourist boards; functions, interrelationships International agencies: agencies eg United Nations, World Tourism Organisation, World Travel and Tourism Council, International Civil Aviation Organisation, International Air Transport Association; functions, interrelationships with governments LO3 Understand the effects of supply and demand...
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...SEX TOURISM Sex tourism generally refers to a travel activity that has been arranged to reach a destination and form sexual relationships with prostitutes at that place. This activity is generally encouraged by the lower cost services available at the destination country or by easy access to child prostitution. It can also get encouraged by the prostitution being either legal in these countries or ignored by the law. The history of sex tourism dates back to Marco Polo’s times when he told in his writings about Chinese villages. In these villages, travellers were being lured by women to sleep with them. In exchange, women would get some small trinkets that were proudly displayed by them in order to show their popularity and their being good marriage prospects. More recently, there have been foundations of sex tourism seen to be laid by armies of various countries across the globe. At some point in history, European men were educated to visit brothels as they went on grand tours. The trend picked up so much that risks of the disease of syphilis kept going up. This crippling disease was even used as biological warfare in Spain and Italy’s mutual war. Spanish prostitutes were especially sent for the purpose of infecting soldiers of the opposition army. In Japanese army too, there were abducted Korean women brought about to make relationships with soldiers. Similar incidences can be provided from the U.S. army wars that eventually...
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...PR No.: PR13033 Madrid 15 May 13 Receipts from international tourism in destinations around the world grew by 4% in 2012 reaching US$ 1075 billion. This growth is equal to the 4% increase in international tourist arrivals which reached 1035 million in 2012. An additional US$ 219 billion was recorded in receipts from international passenger transport, bringing total exports generated by international tourism in 2012 to US$ 1.3 trillion. Among the emerging economy destinations highest receipts growth was reported by Thailand (+25%), India (+22%), Poland (+13%), South Africa (+18%), Egypt (+14%), Vietnam (+18%) and Ukraine (+13%). An extra 12 million international tourists in the first four months of 2013 PR No.: PR13046 Madrid 17 Jul 13 A total of 298 million international tourists travelled worldwide between January and April 2013, 12 million more than in the same period last year according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Prospects for the current tourism peak season remain positive with some 435 million tourists expected to travel abroad in the May-August period. International tourist arrivals grew by 4.3% in the first four months of 2013 to reach a total of 298 million, up from 286 million, despite a challenging global economic environment. Results were positive in all regions, with the strongest growth in Asia and the Pacific (+6%), Europe (+5%) and the Middle East (+5%) and weaker growth in the Americas (+1%) and Africa (+2%). By subregion...
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...Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism Agenda 1. 1.1 ICT and tourism – introduction Tourism as information business 1.2 2. 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism ICT usage in tourism – overview and case studies Tourism stakeholders and interfaces Tourism suppliers and eTourism Intermediaries and eTourism Destination organisations and eTourism Tourism management and eTourism 3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Trends and future applications Social Media & Web 2.0 Website optimisation Interoperability and semantic web Software agents Recommender systems Dynamic packaging Mobile services & ambient intelligence Online auctions in tourism 2 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT 1.2 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism Definition and history of eTourism Facts & trends Reasons, advantages and implications of ICT usage ECCA – eTourism Competence Center Austria 3 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT 1.2 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism Definition and history of eTourism Facts & trends Reasons, advantages and implications of ICT usage ECCA – eTourism Competence Center Austria 4 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT Introduction - ICT ICT - Information and Communication Technologies Umbrella term for technological developments for the Production, analysis, storage, search, distribution and use of information ICT includes a combination of hardware software telecommunications netware groupware humanware ICT enables effective data processing & communication...
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...Sambal Ilaya: Mangrove Forest & River A. Introduction I. History of Tourism Tourism can be recognized as long as people have travelled; Pausanias (geographer) wrote his Description of Greece in the 2nd century AD. during the roman republic medicinal spas and coastal resorts were popular among the rich. In ancient China, nobles sometimes made a point of visiting Mount Tai and, on occasion, all five Sacred Mountains; the narrative of Marco Polo in the 13th century; the "grand tour" of the British aristocracy to Europe in the 18th century are all examples of early tourism. Thomas Cook is popularly regarded as the founder of inclusive tours with his use of a chartered train in 1841 to transport tourists from Loughborough to Leicester. Before the 1950s, tourism in Europe was mainly a domestic activity with some international travel between countries, mainly within continental Europe By the early 21st century, international tourism had become one of the world’s most important economic activities. The history of tourism is therefore of great interest and importance. That history begins long before the coinage of the word tourist at the end of the 18th century. . Among the important contributing factors were the growing number of people in employment, the increase in real disposable incomes and available leisure time, and changing social attitudes towards leisure and work. These factors combined to stimulate the demand for foreign travel and holidays. Pilgrimage to the earliest...
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