Darryl Eugene Collins Tourism Management Hospitality 450 Instructor: Professor Marco Albarran Week 1 Assignment Chapter 1: Tourism in Perspective Chapter 2: Tourism through the Ages Chapter 3: Career Opportunities September 9‚ 2012 Chapter 1: Tourism in Perspective CASE PROBLEMS 1. Suppose that you are a high school economics teacher. You plan to visit your principal’s office and convince her that tourism should be included as part of one of your courses. What arguments
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Medical tourism Indian Medical Travel: A Priority Sector The Indian economy’s steady growth rate is also being reflected in the Indian healthcare and medical travel industry. Healthcare and medical health travel are priority areas for India‚ and the government has increased its budgetary outlay for medical travel and foreign investment. Customs duties on the import of medical equipment have been slashed‚ and special incentives are being offered for future private healthcare facilities. Government
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Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes".[1] Tourism is important and in some cases vital for many countries‚ such as France‚ Egypt‚ Greece‚ Lebanon‚ Israel‚ the United States‚ the United Kingdom‚ Spain‚ Italy‚ and Thailand‚ and many island nations‚ such as Mauritius
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Basic Forms of Tourism: * Domestic tourism: * Is the tourism of resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference * Inbound tourism: * Is the tourism of non-resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference * Outbound tourism: * Is the tourism of resident visitors outside the economic territory of the country of reference * Internal tourism: * is the tourism‚ of both resident and non-resident visitors‚ within
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terrorism on tourism? The economic importance of tourism is undeniable. The impact of terrorism on a countries economy may be enormous. In an information free society‚ tourists might travel to destinations regardless of whether a terrorism threat exists or not. However‚ few information free societies exist. Via different forms‚ terrorism generates attention‚ which‚ when relayed back to tourists‚ has an impact on travel plans. Taken as a collective‚ these decisions affect tourism levels‚ which
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role of government is an important aspect of tourism which involves policies and political philosophies. In the developing countries‚ where tourism is still new‚ the public sector controls tourism activities‚ where they have Ministry of Tourism (e.g. Embratur in Brazil)‚ which have the following duties: Licensing‚ supervision and control of the different components of the tourism industry. Tourism planning‚ including financial assistance for tourism development‚ notably trough the provision of
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Spain Tourism is very popular because of its geographical and cultural diversity. The geographical diversity extends from hills to deserts.Spain Tourism is a trip where people can keep themselves busy in exploring the vast natural landscape or can indulge into exploring the historical buildings or the architectural monuments. Spain Tourism is so popular among people that Spain has been ranked third in terms of touring in the whole world and more and more people are searching for Tourism Travel
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The Art of The Renaissance by Mariah LaRonge Did you know that most likely the most famous painting in the world‚ the Mona Lisa‚ was painted in the time of the Renaissance? The oil painting of the straight faced woman (or man)‚ painted by the famous Leonardo De Vinci‚ is said to be painted between 1503 to 1506. No one knows who the person in the painting is. No one even knows whether or not it is De Vinci himself‚ a relative or even a man or a woman! The English name "Mona Lisa"‚ came from a
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SEX TOURISM According to the definition of the World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ sex tourism refers to organized trips‚ within or outside the tourist industry‚ to engage in a commercial sexual relationship. Sex tourism can be domestic or international‚ involving cross-border trips for the same purpose. United Nations‚ defines sex tourism as "trips organized from within the tourism sector‚ or from outside this sector but using its structures and networks‚ with the primary purpose of effecting a commercial
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contribution to GDP is expected to grow at 7.8 per cent per annum during 2013–2023 vis-à-vis the world average of 4.2 per cent Create higher employment • The travel & tourism sector in India is estimated to create 78 jobs per USD18‚366 of investment compared to 45 in the manufacturing sector Higher investments • Travel & tourism’s contribution to capital investment is projected to grow at 6.5 per cent per annum during 2013–2023‚ above the global average of 5.0 per cent Increasing
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