continue to believe what the mass media tells them. Kenya's tourism industry is undergoing a transformation - from the mass tourism of the seventies and eighties, when cheap package holidays were the norm, to the development of a quality-tourism product. Claire Footit reports. Laissez-faire policies towards tourism development in the seventies and eighties made Kenyan tourism a victim of its own success: `Honeypots' at the main tourism attractions like the Masai Mara National Reserve gave rise to
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Decisions in Paradise, Part 1 After obtaining his degree in Construction Management, Nik has accepted what he believes to be a job in paradise. Landing on the island of Kava, he discovers it anything but paradise. Nik was directed to a small trailer that he soon found out was the main office of the company. This is where Nik meet Alex, the director of strategic planning. After talking with Alex, Nik could see the great opportunity for the company, as well as helping the people of Kava bring their
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and soft-adventure travel packages. An opportunity for Romanian Experience's success exists because the travel industry is growing and the national tourism is very well promoted lately. Romanian Experience's mission is to provide customers with the highest quality outdoor adventure. The company is a travel agency that specializes in adventure tourism and travel. It will provide consulting and custom travel arrangements and packages. It is very important for the company to become the foremost provider
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------------------------------------------------- Tourism research report By: Beth Patterson, Teacher: Miss Peck ------------------------------------------------- Tourism research report By: Beth Patterson, Teacher: Miss Peck United Kingdom United Kingdom Part One Introduction This report was made to outline the United Kingdom’s tourism aspect of the economy. This information will be used to create a tourism experience and select a good location within the United Kingdom for it to
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psychocentric are personality types that will determine not only how a person participates in sport and recreation, but also his or her stance on participation in life. Stanley Plog developed a model of allocentricity and psychocentricity for the tourism industry in 1972. He presented these two personality traits as the opposite ends of a continuum of traits. Psychocentric refers to people who are nervous, not adventurous, self-inhabited, and like structure. On the other end of the spectrum are those
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CHAPTER 1 AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY PART I: THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY IN THE PAST A. THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM o The civilization of ancient Greece. Key event: The Olympic Games of 776 BC were the first international tourist event. o The Romans. Key event: First roads were built. o Early Christianity. Key event: Pilgrimages and visits to holy places. o 17th and 18th centuries. Key event: Nobility went on Grand Tours. Trips for health reasons to spa
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Green Globe program--Cosmo Hotel Mongkok Green Globe is aim at sustainable tourism and the way of global travel and tourism industries certification program. The members from Green Globe save valuable resources such as energy, solar, water and reduce operational costs. Green Globe Members are contribute to the communities, environment, sustainable tourism and meet the expectations of green tourism and business tourists. Green Globe Certification is active in harmonizing with other established
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International Tourism “The tourism in Germany” Essay by Florian Otto BECKER Introduction: Germany is the seventh most visited country in the world with an estimated total of 31,5 Million visitors in 2014. It is a widely diverse country that has to show and offer vast numbers of attractions. From the North - and Baltic Seas with its coasts and islands to the Alps, this nation situated in the heart of Europe, offers nature parks, beautiful landscapes, strongholds from the medieval age and authentic
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Integrating ICT- Based Applications for Sustainable Tourism Development in Algeria BOUTKHIL Guemide Assistant Teacher Department of English Language Faculty of Letters & Languages University of Med Seddik Benyahia. Cité Ouled Aissa B. P. N°98 Jijel (18000) Algeria titanicmaze@hotmail.fr Pr. CHELLALI Benachaiba Assistant Professor Department of Electronics & ICTs Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Med Tahri B. P. N° 417 Bechar (08000) Algeria. IBTISSAM Bedri
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Logistics in tourism: For the organizations which are involved in tourism, efficiency is conditioned, among other determinants, by the coordination and harmonization of all participants’ efforts from the specific activities chain: tourism services suppliers, tour-operators, travel agencies and tourists themselves. Among these participants, a special role is assigned to the tour-operators. Going from certain tourism attractions, they take upon themselves the fabrication of those products that are
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