Multiple Choice Questions for Sustainable Tourism: Theory and Practice (Author: David Weaver) CHAPTER ONE 1. Which of the following represents the correct historical sequence of Jafari’s tourism platforms? a) Adaptancy‚ cautionary‚ advocacy‚ knowledge-based b) Advocacy‚ adaptancy‚ cautionary‚ knowledge-based c) Advocacy‚ cautionary‚ adaptancy‚ knowledge-based d) Advantageous‚ cautionary‚ adaptancy‚ knowledge-based e) None of the above 2. Which one of the following
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Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ South Korea‚ and Malaysia were named as the high economic growth in the world. Singapore‘s economic grown highly about 10% in 1990 to 1993 and up to 16% of GDP in 1994 to 1996. In Thailand‚ there was over 6% of GDP increase each year in 1990s and up to 9%of GDP in 1995 to 1996. In Indonesia‚ there was over 4% of GDP in 1992 to 1991 and between 1995 and 1996 is 3% to 4%. In South Korea‚ the current economic growth was 1-3% of GDP in early 1990s and until 1996 the Korea economic increased
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Selina Palmer Professor Assuma MKTG 305 December 8‚ 2014 Costco SWOT Analysis Costco is a wholesaler since it buys products from suppliers and resells them to both retailers and consumers. Costco is the second largest retailer in the United States. Its greatest advantage is its wide range of merchandise. Costco has many locations and has retail outlets in other countries. Originally‚ Costco was merged with Price Club and the original executives belonged to both companies. However‚ Sol and Robert
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what new strategies can be implemented toward building a more sustainable tourism. Introduction The world today is a fast paced‚ ever growing economy and development. What one sees today‚ may be totally different 20‚ 10 or even 5 years down the road. The question that many are worried about is that would there be any adverse effect from developing too quickly‚ and if so‚ what the solutions are. Most researchers believe that sustainable development is the answer to that question. Brundtland’s report:
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1 Costco: A Case Study John David 2 Costco: A Case Study Business Model Costco’s business model depends on high sales volume coupled with quick inventory turnover‚ made possible by low prices and limited product selection among a widevariety of branded and private label products. This business model is appropriate for this chain and has many benefits. For one‚ by gearing the business approach to rapidlyturning over inventory‚ the company is often able to sell new merchandise and paysuppliers
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and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Key concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism‚ values and ethics of sustainable tourism and the needs of sustainability in all form of tourism shall be discussed in this essay. 2.1 Sustainable Tourism Since World War II‚ tourism has developed from a relatively minor activity to the world’s largest industry. The travelling within more developed
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Costco has developed a brand named Kirkland. The Kirkland brand has the Costco expectation to be equivalent or better than national brands. A continual product improvement is the exact objective for the maximum competing goal. Product quality and price comparison is continuously revisited by the internal Costco research team. Sam’s club is a division from the Wal-Mart Corporation. Although Sam’s and Costco have a close race‚ there is an outstanding difference
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(a) Introduction The financial crisis or bank crashes are not a new phenomenon; it could be impairing and harming the whole economy of certain countries and even affect the world wide economy in short period of time. In recent history‚ the world wide economy has been shock by several financial crisis. This show that the stability of the financial market is weak and the world still hard to prevent it to occur after undergo various financial crises in previous years. Financial crisis rarely happen
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Executive Summary This research will further explore the unique decisions top management has made throughout the years at Costco Wholesale to become a leader and has been able to maintain their goals and the importance of how good customer service and consistency of high quality products improve sales and boosts sales. Problem Statement Analyze the facts that brought Costco to their leader position in the market and how it has become successful throughout the years. Background The company
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1 Case Study Assignment 2: Costco Wholesale 1. What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s model appealing? Why or why not. Costco’s business model is to generate high sales volume and rapid inventory turnover by offering members very low prices on a limited selection of nationally branded and select private-label products in a wide range of merchandise categories. The company’s business model is appealing from an operational standpoint; in the pursuit of its goal of selling a high volume
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