Essays on Tourism Industry

A Strategic Analysis of the African Tourism Industry Abstract The study looks at the African Tourism Industry in terms of strategy for development over the coming decade, with particular reference to the differences between East and West African Tourism. A number of business models including …

There are various definitions of tourism. Theobald (1994) suggested that etymologically, the word “tour” is derived from the Latin ‘tornare’ and the Greek ‘tornos,’ meaning ‘a lathe or circle; the movement around a central point or axis. ‘ This meaning changed in modern English to …

Introduction To say ecotourism is nothing more than a niche project with little applicability to the wider tourism industry is to fail to consider the complexity of the problem: tourism is an expanding industry, and without a plan to create sustainable development, the carrying capacity …

The focus must shift from climate change to poverty reduction in order to make tourism in developing countries more sustainable. Critically evaluate this statement. Abstract The creation of a sustainable tourism industry in a developing country will necessarily have an important impact on the economic …

IT has touched every aspect of commerce and turned those industries into gold mines. Travel & tourism industry is also one of those which IT has not spared. And how it has brought about transformation and revolution will be seen in the due course of …

Sri Lanka is an island in the Indian Ocean, also often called the “The Pearl of the Indian Ocean”. Tourism in Sri Lanka has had its ups and downs. Such things like the civil war is now over, but for the past thirty years that …

Introduction Definition of sustainability. Briefly mentions environmental, experiential, socio-cultural and economic sustainability in relation to ecotourism. Environmental sustainability Importance of environmental sustainability in managing ecotourism and examples of impacts Strategies for achieving sustainability and how they are applied Experiential sustainability Importance of experiential sustainability in …

The history of land dispossession is one of the issues making tourism complex. Since many people were forcibly removed from land in order to create or expand protected wildlife areas, some of the land claims are enabling rural poor people access to land that has …

Proper record keeping is a must for every organization, and one of the vital information which all companies should properly and securely keep and maintain is employees’ records. This can be done via maintaining a personnel file (Truesdell, 2004). Managers use personnel file to find …

Contemporary Tourism Issues Topic: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – KEY PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACING HONG KONG Introduction Unquestionably, Hong Kong is a blessed land where possesses prosperity and most of the elements of being a world class cosmopolitan which has successfully attracted visitors over years, especially …

What PEST includes? They are political, economical, social, technological, environmental and legal factors. Political factors include how regulations are and policies imposed by government might affect the way business is conducted. A number of political factors such as government policies, internal political issues, consumer laws, …

The first leadership challenge in the tourism industry in Australia has been the inability to recruit the right kind of workers and to retain those that have been hired (high employee turnover). Staff has had constant issues with management regarding its approach to recruitment and …

Introduction to Tourism BEM1012 James Ince 620021716 number one tutorial question- Describe how the components of the tourism industry interact together in order to provide tourists with their holiday experience. Please state whether you agree, or disagree with the view of some academics that there …

Concerns to the environment are evident in the ecologically conscious marketplace in recent studies. One study found that raised environmental consciousness is a reality and change of attitude may indirectly lead to increased market share options (D’Souza, Taghian, Lamb, & Peretiatkos). With this trend, ecotourism …

Other phrases such as “Your Vegas is showing” are in the works. Vegas also has an enormous bank of existing visitors- over 38. 9 million a year. These visitors produce a city wide average occupancy of about 90%, the largest in the country. Lass Vegas …

Formulation the problem formulation part of my report I would describe advertorial situation of the U. K Tourism industry. The service concept of? Simply Travel? Will give us information about the services provided the company. I will find out about the customers, competitors of the …

The traditional method of marketing and acquiring information about the customers in the tourism and travel industry involved the use of travel agents. The agents would direct the customers to the companies offering travel and tourism services for a fee. The modern technology in the …

The focus of all these policies was to bring about economic development and improved quality of life for Seminarians. Regrettably, none of these economic policy documents together with the accompanying annual budgets have succeeded in producing real positive nagging results especially in the area of …

Highlights of this region are the massive man-made Volta Lake, the largest in the world and the tallest mountain in West Africa, Mount Afadjato (885m). The Hohoe (ho-we) District is one of the 17 districts of Volta Region in Ghana and was created in 1979 …

Until the 1970s, tourism was not regarded as an important economic activity in Malaysia. The Tourism Development Corporation of Malaysia (TDC) was set up in 1972, with the responsibility to act as a development authority, but the sector was given a low priority. Dut partly …

Modernization and pursuit of convenience, luxury, comfort and ease is sought after in this present world of 6 billion people. Privacy on a holiday means a lot of free time for tourists to enjoy on an island whether it is in Caribbean or in Hawaii. …

Tourism is one of the primary catalysts in generating sustainable livelihood in India. India’s vast rural diversity and heritage offers tremendous opportunity for rural tourism. The idea of rural tourism was born out of the need to provide the first-hand experience of living in rural …

INSTITUTE OF HOTEL MANAGEMENT AURANGABAD, INDIA Tourism planning aims at reducing damage which might be caused by tourism while ensuring maximum benefits for the socio-economic development for the nation”(Shashi Prabha Sharma, 2004) Abhishek Mohan (H-17005) Module: Tourism Planning and Development Module Tutor: Mr. Subhasis Mandal …

On another yet parallel line, architecture has taken the lead in tourism as the main object of tourist activity and has recently generated a specialized type called architecture tourism whereby specialist trips are organized around the cities worldwide to visit contemporary buildings designed by well-known …

I am writing to you to express my views and opinions about the Amazonian rainforest and the way it’s being exploited. I am fully aware that you, as a government, are being threatened to reduce the amount of trees you cut down from other countries; …

A pictorial account for the BUFFS Centennial August 2011 Part 1 : Transport, Supply, Reconnaissance This is a brief pictorial account of the history of fixed wing flying in the roles of transport, supply, reconnaissance, patrol and inventory with the British Columbia Forest Service. The …

Tourism Industry of Bangladesh Term Paper International Business BUS 301 Submitted on: 20th July 2014 Letter of Transmittal Sub: Submission of term paper for completion of academic course Dear Madam, This is to inform you that we have completed our term paper on Tourism Industry …

Introduction Moroccan Kingdom is an Arab developing country situated on the extreme north-western corner of Africa. Because it is one of the rare Arab countries that don’t have oil and gas resources, Morocco’s economy is mainly based on agriculture and industry. Indeed, these two sectors …

1. My reason for deciding National Parks are playgrounds * A National Park is an area set aside by Government for the protection of the environment. National Parks should be preserved but at the same time they should be enjoyed by members of the public …

On behalf on the Quichua nation organisation I have been asked to write a report on whether ecotourism is the way forward for countries such as Ecuador. The Quichua people are a native group who live in Napo. In this report I will look at …