...School of Tourism The Impact of External Influences on Food/Beverages in the European Region Student Name: Emily Saunders | Programme: International Hospitality and Tourism Management | Level: H | Unit Name: Food, Culture and Travel | Unit Tutor: Dr Hanaa Osman | Number of words : 2744 | Date Due: 21.03.14 | Date Submitted: 20/03/14 | Declaration:I have read and understand the University’s regulations on assessment offences.I confirm that the piece of work submitted is to be regarded as the final and complete version of this assignment.The work submitted is entirely my own work or, where I have referred to the work of others, it is fully and appropriately referenced. | Signed:Emily Saunders | Date: 20/03/14 | Please note:Students are expected to keep a copy of all written or electronic coursework which is submitted for assessment.The University uses a range of methods for detecting breaches of the Assessment Regulations, including the use of electronic plagiarism detection software.By submitting coursework for assessment, you are deemed to have accepted that your work may be scanned using such software. | Contents 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Economic Impact 3 3.0 Political/ Legal Impact 3.1 EU Milk Quota Abolition 4 4.0 Social Impact 4.1 Food consumption Trends 4 4.2 Demographic Factors 5 4.2.1 Aging Population 4.3 Health Concerns 6 4.4 Food Preferences and Eating Behaviour Patterns ...
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...Nowadays, people pay more attention to travel as a way to relax. When we start to think about travel, we always know that a new experience lies ahead of us. After we have experienced certain aspects of traveling, we must ask what we will obtain from travel. Does travel broaden the mind? And what are the effects of an extended period of traveling. This, and more, will be answered in the following paragraphs. Travel is not only a way to satisfy your visual, but also a way of broadening the minds of travelers. Of course, there are a great deal of people who choose travel to enjoy nature, spend time with family, have a chance to relax, and other reasons. However, traveling can also influence their thinking. There are a lot of people who agree that after traveling people can get new ideas from ancient culture, architecture design, and locals. There was a research study which was conducted by Raleigh International, which is an organization that helps people to develop new skills, friendship and make a difference in communities and environments across the world. The experiment was done with more than a hundred formal Raleigh ventures from disadvantaged background. Raleigh found that mixing young people from different social background increased aspirations and interest in education and learning. By mixing the different cultures and social backgrounds together it was seen that 81% of the people increased their friendship with people from different backgrounds. 94%...
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...Some reasons include trade, travel, hunting, and fishing. Although every reason is significant in different ways some have a greater significance than others, and some make a bigger contribution to different countries economies and culture. I believe ships have greatly contributed to different cultures and economies by their use in trade and travel. Trade is an important factor to different cultures and economies because trade allows people to spread their culture all around the world by cultural significant goods and also allows them to sell many types of goods which would help boosts their economy. According to FOUND: Ancient Greek Trading Ships, “Sediment at the bottom of the amphora contained the bones of freshwater catfish, olive pits, and resin”. This quotation shows that Ancient Greek trading ships used trade to spread their culture all around the world by trading goods important to cultural expression. Showing the way they use the amphora is an important aspect when learning their culture, and trade was...
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...Topic: The Advantages of Work & Travel Program. Thesis: Despite its short history, WAT has many advantages such as the chance of meeting American culture, gaining work experience as well as a new outlook on life. I. The history and definition of WAT. A. The history of WAT B. Enabling of social swap C. The possiblity of travel with work D. The chance of discovering US E. Learning America with earning money F. The chance of travel with work G. The opportunity of work and travel H. Good jobs with housing I. The types of work II. Gives a chance to meet American culture A. Enables living US atmosphere B. Benefits earning money C. Gets living cool D. Adjusts excitedly E. Notices own culture F. Perceives the similarities of culture WAT Advantages 3 G. Provides English exercises H. Discovers the living in US I. Increases knowledge of US J. Visits US locations K. Goes to favourite cities L. Finds out about US III. Gains experience for work life A. Gains business culture B. Gets direct experinces C. Enhances knowledge in a global company D. Improves his CV E. Gains international work experience F. Gets CV to top ...
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...first line I read from many readings to come in my eager preparation for Morocco last summer. I remember my professor reading this line aloud during our first class meeting months later, and my anticipation at the trip to come. And now, over two months after returning from my trip to Morocco, I can instantly picture the scene, so familiar, and I am transported back to the streets of Fes outside our hotel. Travel writers like Shah, as well as anthropologists, use the power of writing to weave words into deep meaning. Before the classes and trip, I had little knowledge or experience in the fields of anthropology or travel writing. In becoming acquainted with these disciplines fall quarter, they seemed like completely different fields to me. Anthropology is a social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings. Travel writing, on the other hand, seemed a broad category of writing that encompassed basically any traveler writing about a different country or culture for practically any purpose. The main differences between anthropology and travel writing are the audience and purpose, the level of objectivity of the writer, and the role of the author in the piece. The differences I noticed initially between these two fields can be exemplified by two of the works I studied in preparing for the trip- David McMurray’s In and Out of Morocco and Tahir Shah’s The Caliph’s House: A Year in Casablanca. In and Out of...
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...THE INTERNATIONAL STUDENT TRAVEL MARKET: TRAVELSTYLE, MOTIVATIONS, AND ACTIVITIES GREG RICHARDS* and JULIE WILSON† *Fundació Interarts (Interarts Foundation) and Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain †Department of Geography and History, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain Abstract: One sign of the growing interest in student travel both from the tourism industry and academic researchers is the global independent travel survey conducted by the International Student Travel Confederation (ISTC) and the Association for Tourism and Leisure Education (ATLAS). The survey, conducted in 2002, covers the profile and travel behavior of 1630 students booking travel from student travel organizations in eight countries. This article reports the initial results of this research. The survey showed that students are frequent travel consumers with extensive previous experience of relatively long trips outside of their own world region. Most students see their travelstyle as that of “traveler,” but a significant proportion of the market characterized their travel as “backpacking.” Motivations reflecting a desire for experience are prevalent with student travelers, particularly in terms of exploring other cultures. Motivations tend to be differentiated by destination region and travelstyle and are distinct between students and other young travelers. In spite of these differences in motivation, however, the activities actually engaged in showed little differentiation between...
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...The differences in travelling preferences between postgraduate students in Poland and United Kingdom Module name: Research Methods Word count: 4978 January 2014 1. Abstract The purpose of this report is to determine the differences between travelling preferences among British and Polish postgraduate students. Moreover, the report aims to establish the patterns in which a cultural background influence travelling and to detect similarities between British and Polish attitudes. Therefore, the research is a comparative, cross-cultural study. In order to achieve the purpose, 5 structured interviews were carried out that helped to construct a questionnaire. The analysis of qualitative and quantitative data shows that the cultural background has an effect on postgraduate students' travelling preferences and that there are certain differences between British and Polish travelling tendencies. The particular aspects that affect those preferences are: language, socioeconomic status, geographic area and customs. However, owing to the global phenomena, the cultural backgrounds are disappearing and students' travelling preferences become more and more convergent. The author believes this research will form a valuable asset for tourism industry and it will be a base for future research. 2 2. Table of contents 1. Abstract ......................................................................................................................................................
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...get a Big Mac and it will taste exactly the same as it does here, but there are also many different options that customers in the United States would have no familiarity with. As will be obvious throughout this paper McDonalds is really the king of adapting its business to the various cultures of the countries they operate in. The top ten fast food chains with revenue made outside the United States from ten thru one are Dairy Queen, Dunkin Donuts, Wendy’s, Starbucks, Domino’s Pizza, Subway, Pizza Hut, Burger King, KFC, and McDonalds at number one with revenue total of 44 billion (Huffington Post Mar 12 2013). Some say that fast food chains that adapt themselves too much to other cultures are losing what made their businesses successful in the first place the idea that people in these for foreign countries eat at these restaurants to get a taste of American life not to eat the same thing they eat every day. That is really not the point of this to find out if that is true; this is simply about seeing how businesses adapt themselves to different cultures and be successful at it. I chose five regions of the world that will show how different fast food chains adapt to the tastes of different cultures the five regions are Europe, Africa, Middle East, India, and Asia. The reason for picking these regions is because they show just...
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...WHY TRAVEL? I have been a tourist in many years, and only few people have visited as many countries as I have. But I have never really thought about why travelling is so important to me. Have you ever thought about why so many people those to go on a vacation? And what makes people those to go on a vacation in one country out of another? That is for sure some of the questions that I am asking myself about travelers. Travelling has always been a big part of my life. One of the things that make travelling so exciting for me is the different cultures you meet when you are in another country. But what is important, when you visit another nation, is to have some sort of knowledge about the culture; because it can be very different from what you are used to. Normally when I go on a vacation to a country I don’t know anything about, I by a book about culture and important information about the nation. And having knowledge about the country you are planning to visit is very important: If you decide to visit for an example Paris and if you are a woman, you may never walk alone at night, because of the high crime and rapes. That is very important to know as a woman because otherwise you might be exposed to some unpleasant or undesirable experiences. It is also important to know that some nations ‘refuse’ to speak English and therefore it can be very difficult to communicate. A country that prefers to speak only their language is France. It could also be information about young people...
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...4. Corporate culture refers to the shared values, attitudes, standards, and beliefs that characterize members of an organization and define its nature. Corporate culture is rooted in an organization's goals, strategies, structure, and approaches to labor, customers, investors, and the greater community. As such, it is an essential component in any business's ultimate success or failure. Closely related concepts, discussed elsewhere in this volume, are corporate ethics (which formally state the company's values) and corporate image (which is the public perception of the corporate culture). Corporate Culture it is classified in: Segmentalist Culture and Integrative Culture Unique Travel Agency works as Segmentalist Culture. Unique Travel corporate culture it’s a segmentalist culture according to Kanter theory of segmentalist and integrative cultures. Why we decided that they work as Segmentalist Culture? For example it says;'' Therefore Peter, Anna and Thomas decided to hold a one day meeting outside the company to discuss the situation.'' in the 'Challenges' part. Because they also avoids confronting problems like in segmentalist culture's feature.(4th feature of Segmentalist Culture) Also has week coordination mechanism between departmants.And this one is also feature of Segmentalist Culture. Segmentalist Culture * Views organizational problems narrowly * Locates problems and hence responsibilities narrowly within department’s or individual’s one another ...
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...UNIT 34: HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOURISM MANAGEMENT Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the growth and development of the heritage and cultural industry within travel and tourism Heritage: definitions of heritage; analysis of its importance and interest Attractions: different types of attractions; sites and venues; accessibility and sustainability of transport; up-skilling and re-training staff; changing staff profiles Natural: aspects of heritage including landscape, coastlines, national parks, forests, woodlands, wildlife, other habitats; impact of the travel and tourism sector on the conservation and sustainability of such sites Constructed: built heritage environment eg museums, historic buildings, artefacts, archaeological sites, transport, industrial heritage, sport-related heritage sites, themed sites, public art, sculpture and monuments Cultural heritage: role of heritage industry in shaping and sustaining cultural identity; regional and national costume eg song, dance, myth, legend, folklore, language and food; impact of issues Conflicts of interest: access versus conservation eg erosion, impact of visitors on sites and their immediate environments, presentation of heritage and culture to visitors, planning and land use, brown field sites versus green field sites, conservation threats imposed by further growth; potential role and impact of new technologies eg virtual reality and interactive software; access to the new technologies...
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...with multicultural group which people learn different cultures and the way they interact with people. Different cultures have many ways of behavioring and the norm of living. In the US, different cultures are sub-cultures and foreign cultures within the U.S community. This paper will talk about the cultural issues within a global organization which comes from issues arise when groups of people believe another group is wrong in their behavior, ethical and social responsibility issues and also analysis the issues in the global organization. Cross-Cultural Perspective Culture is about the way we human beings definite ourselves for the purpose of uniting with one another, forming a group, determining an individuality and distinctive ourselves as unique. Cultural perspective is sensual in humans, in which we create activities, practices, and symbols that can be easily consumed by our sense. In this entire good example, we still have cultural issues in our global organizations and society. The global organization, have choosing to talk about is “Cross-Cultural solution”. Cultural Issues within Global Organization Cultural issues are define as the dispute in government and society based on differences of culture and origin (http://www.wikipedia.org/cultural issues). The cultural issue with cross- cultural solution is about languages and communication, socio-economic, and technology. The organization is a cross cultures organization that sends people across the world for...
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...taking place. As the world continues to advance in different areas individuals will continue to develop specific mental models to help them deal with different subjects. For example, as the world moves toward more globalization individuals will have to put aside most of their mental models in an attempt to move rapidly forward. Mental Models are of inherent value in understanding the way some individuals may think about developing third world cultures. Mental models may also be of significant value when major corporations send executives to foreign countries to set up new businesses. These executives must adapt to the culture and the language in order to promote their products and services. At times this may seem like a daunting task. But, corporations like MTV have learned the key to success. MTV recently took their operations to India in effort to expose western culture to India. MTV did not try to fit its culture into India; however they chose to put their mental models aside and adapt to India culture by adopting most of their customs in an effort to become more of a global brand....
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...embraces multiculturalism is one in which two or more cultures coexist whilst harboring mutual respect for the other’s values and lifestyles and upholding a common national identity (Parekh 6). Multiculturalism implicitly assumes cultural equality, the notion that no culture is superior to another. The idea that cultural differences should be encouraged and protected is currently embraced by many Western political thinkers. The twenty-first century is an era of unprecedented globalization and cultural diffusion. However, the mingling of different cultures is often followed by disastrous consequences as seen in the turbulent political situation in Germany (Siebold, Reuters UK). Although Jonathan Swift wrote his travel satire Gulliver’s Travels in an age when multicultural societies had yet to emerge (indeed, cultural imperialism was the zeitgeist of the eighteenth century, an idea quite antithetical to multiculturalism), the cultural clash that Swift’s protagonist Lemuel Gulliver experiences with the foreign peoples he comes into contact with and observes between individuals within these societies portend the divisive aspects of human nature that preempt the possibility of a multiculturalist ideal. Gulliver is not a detached observer: his interactions with these societies eventually lead to his disillusionment about the goodness of humankind and destroy his own identity as an Englishman and a human being. Gulliver’s Travels echoes the...
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...California vs Oklahoma There are many things to consider and compare when deciding to move to another location. One has to consider the climate, cultures, economics, and agriculture. Some states are so different, they don’t seem like they’re in the same country. This essay will compare and contrast the vastly different states of Oklahoma and California. Let’s take a journey to the State of California. According to the California Travel & Tourism article, “Lucky us and Lucky You,” California’s motto is “Eureka”, which means, “I have found it.” The climates in California range from cool wintry weather in the north, to sunny and hot weather in the south. The wintry weather is conducive to skiing, and the sunny, hot weather is conducive to surfing or just lying on the beach soaking in the sun. California’s demographic is comprised of people from every corner of the earth, with more than 200 different languages spoken, which makes the state one of the most tolerant, cosmopolitan, and open-minded societies on the planet (California Travel, 2008). These different cultures create an undeniable variety of music, art, dance, history, and celebrations, and of course, cuisine.” (California Travel & Tourism Commission, 2008). Many people flock to California for the vast opportunities to spread their wings and grow. Just imagine living and belonging to a state where, whatever you’re looking for, you are guaranteed to find. Californians take pride in...
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