ARTICLE IN PRESS Tourism Management 29 (2008) 811–820 www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman Research Note Shopping behaviors of individual tourists from the Chinese Mainland to Hong Kong Tsan-Ming ChoiÃ, Shuk-Ching Liu, Ka-Man Pang, Pui-Sze Chow Institute of Textiles and Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong Received 19 March 2007; accepted 8 July 2007 Abstract Since 2003, the Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland (CM) governments have established Individual
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develop a better understanding of the concepts relating to sustainable tourism in the developing world. I will show how past resource management practices has affected tourism’s carrying capacity. Because of the complicatedness of this paper I will break it down into five sections. In the first section I will define sustainable development. In the second I will briefly describe the history and current state of nature based tourism in Kenya. In the third section I will give examples of elements that
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Introduction What role does tourism have in biodiversity conservation, community health, and quality of life? World tourism has grown significantly in my lifetime; from 1950 to 2010 international arrivals expanded at an annual rate of 6.5%, growing from 25 million travelers to over 900 million travelers. By 2020, international arrivals are expected to surpass 1.5 billion people. In addition, world tourism is one of the world’s largest employers, generating 231 million jobs, or nearly 1 out of
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雅思作文模板是很多考生在备考雅思作文的时候，一定会参考的一些资料，因为雅思作文模板对大家快速了解雅思作文的特点和写作要求有很大的帮助。 1. There has been undesirable trend in recent years towards… A recent survey showed that…percent of respondents ranked…as their top priority, compared to…percent only a few years ago. Why do people fail to realize that…? 近年来出现了对社会有害的……倾向。最近的一项调查表明，……的调查对象把……作为他们的首选，相比之下，就在几年前，只有……的人这样想。为什么人们没能意识到……不一定带来幸福呢? 2. I recently read a newspaper article on… The deplorable problem of…has aroused public concern nationwide。 最近，我在报纸上读到一篇关于……的文章。……的问题令人深感遗憾，它已经引起了全国公众的关注。
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4 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………11 5 References/ Bibliography…………………………………………………………….11 Eco-tourism cannot be sustained. Introduction Ecotourism, as a recent trend that lacks precise definitions and researches, has been welcomed without judging it by many of its fans. Sustainable tourism it is said to be one of the fastest growing subsectors of the tourism industry with an estimated worldwide annual increase of 10-15 %. On the other hand careful observations have revealed
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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
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on casino’s to help the Singapore economy. The majority of the focus in the long term is from tourism and the flow on effects of tourism such as hospitality, food, retail, taxi, conventions and aviation. The government fears that a steady decline in tourism is already happening. The Prime Minister in his ministerial statement on April 18 2005 said: “First, we are losing ground in tourism. Tourism in Asia is growing phenomenally, especially the traffic from China and India. Singapore’s tourist
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Cultural tourism can be defined as that activity which enables people to experience the different ways of life of other people, thereby gaining at first hand an understanding of their customs, traditions, the physical environment, the intellectual ideas and those places of architectural, historic, archaeological or other cultural significance which remain from earlier times types of cultural tourists highly motivated” cultural tourists, people that travel to a town or region for what they
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A) Introduction: my task in this assignment is to investigate visitor attractions and visitors. I will use both books and websites to help with my research in this assignment. The aim of this assignment is to develop their understanding of the importance of both built and natural attractions to the appeal and popularity of destinations or areas within the UK and the world. b) A definition of visitor attraction: “A visitor attraction is a feature in an area that is a place, venue or focus of
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Langkawi Vision: Be the leading tourism destination in the Island development in terms of physical development, infrastructure. Mission: Island Developing structured and directed to become a tourist destination leading to benefit maximum to the people The Objectives 1. To be leading the socio-economic development, infrastructure and development centre of tourism products. 2. Provide investment opportunities for develop economic and tourism sectors. 3. Encourage community
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