Tourism- A blessing In recent years tourism has seen a phenomenal growth, which can be attributed to the booming IT industry, business, event management industry, overall globalization in every industry. This is has brought about a huge increase in the tourism industry. The demand for tourism is expected to remain strong. Countries like India have new forms of tourism, new reasons why people come here. An example would be Medical Tourism. Medical Tourism in India has attained huge proportions
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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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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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Eco-Tourism Eco-Tourism is the natural ecological conservation and tourism combine as a way to travel. When the conservationists have learned that eco-tourism and the tourism industry linked and affecting the environment, we should focus on the concept of eco-tourism. We can easily find out the negative impact brought by eco-tourism. It shows the ecological impact of the improper human activities. The eco-tourism has undoubtedly become a part of the development of travel and tourism, but tourism
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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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