Coursework Question – What are the positive and negative impacts of tourism in Malham? Introduction Malham is a small rural village located in Northern England, in the Pennines at the southern base of the Yorkshire Dales. It’s an attractive place with many physical attractions such as Malham Cove. Its Latitude/Longitude: 54°04’29”N02°09’43”W. Malham is around 21 miles from the end of the M65 and the nearest town is Skipton which is 11 miles from Malham. The nearest cities are Leeds and Manchester
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to the study Tourism is the one of the fastest growing industries in the world and this is due to the fact that the world has a wealth of natural, cultural and man-made attractions which are untapped from the standpoint of tourism development. There is a significant contribution of promoting domestic tourism to the development of any nation; the Manila Declaration of 1980 stated that: “within each country, domestic tourism contributes to an improved balance of the national economy through a redistribution
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decision trees to identify tourism stakeholders: The case of two Eastern North Carolina counties Erick T. Byrd* and Larry Gustke Received (in revised form): 1st May, 2006 *Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, PO Box 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402, USA Tel: + 1 336-334-3041; Fax: + 1 336-334-3238; E-mail: etbyrd@uncg.edu Erick T. Byrd is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management
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INTRODUCTION In New Zealand’s Westland District the closure of the local indigenous timber industry alongside rapid growth of the dairy and tourism sectors has produced dilemmas for families and communities as they attempt to adjust to the social consequences of rapid industry change. Drawing on a social capital perspective and a case study of 12 Westland families, this project examines how rural families bring balance to aspects of the three actions defined by Arendt as being essential to “the
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The Learning Outcomes (with numbering from your Unit Outline) that will be addressed in this eModule are as follows – 1. explain changes in contemporary Australian society, culture and health related to world globalising processes; 2. discuss the impact of societal changes and an increasing cultural diversity in Australia on the provision of health care; 3. contrast how health and illness are constructed within diverse cultures and biomedical constructions of health and illness in Australia; 5. differentiate
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Accounting contributes to Green Tourism that can add value to A Country’s Tourism Industry. Management accounting refers to the processes and techniques that focus on the effective and efficient use of organizational resources, to support managers in their tasks of enhancing both customer value and shareholder value. (Langfield Smith & Kim, 2009:6). Conversely, Green tourism describes basic tourism focused on visiting wildlife sites, historical heritage and sustainable tourism which does not damage
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to maintain a stable economy, all the while trying to control the trafficking of drugs and humans across the American border. The U.S. Department of State website (2010) states Mexico is classified by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income country. Poverty is widespread (around 44% of the population lives below the poverty line) and high rates of economic growth are needed to create legitimate economic opportunities for new entrants to the work force. The Mexican economy in 2009 experienced its
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caused to a large extent by the worsening current account balance and the unfavorable expectations related with it. On the other hand, the question of interference by the government in the exchange rate market should be decided on the foundation of the impact of such exchange rate fluctuations on the real effective exchange rate and the likely effects on the employment situation in the country. There are an array of factors affecting the exchange rate fluctuations like interest rate, balance of trade
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coastline to calve and breed. Environmentalists believe the ship traffic estimated of over 1500 ships a year, 3km jetty and 7km dredging zone will negatively impact upon these whales and disrupt this migratory pattern. Woodsides experts argue that only a small percentage of the migratory population come within 8km of the coast and hence impact will be minimal. Premier Barnett also points out that these whales pass many other heavily industrialised Areas like Dampier en Route North and do not appear
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UTTERWORTH E I N E M A N N 0261-5177(95)00082--8 Tourism Management, Vol. 16, No. 8, pp. 593-61)4, 1995 Copyright © 1995 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 11261-5177/95 $10.0(1 + 0.00 Alternative tourism in Montserrat David B Weaver Luther College, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada $4S 0.42 Small island states or dependencies have increasingly turned to international mass tourism as a strategy for overcoming their underdeveloped status
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