CAN TOURISM BE SUSTAINABLE IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY ? Tourism industry is one of the largest industry of the world in the 21st century‚ before the oil industry and the automobile industry. It is a vital sector for a lot of countries as it generates jobs and wealth. Nevertheless‚ Tourism can also engender environmental‚ social‚ and cultural degradations as more and more people travel all around the world. There was roughly 935 million of tourists in 2010‚ and there will be 1.6 billion tourists
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The applying problems and the resolving to implement sustainable tourism In this day and age‚ tourism is one of the largest industries‚ with an increasing number of tourists all around the world. Because of this‚ there are many impacts on humankind‚ with both positive and negative sides. Hence‚ the sustainable tourism‚ which is the concept of visiting an area as a tourist and trying to make a balance of the social‚ culture‚ economic and especially environmental dimensions‚ is gained in importance
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Environmental Impacts and Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism The paper intends to study the environmental impacts and sustainable development of rural tourism. As Wall (2006) mentions‚ there are large quantities of research papers on economic impacts of tourism. Besides‚ considerable statistics greatly ease the analyses and measurements. The environmental impacts of tourism have been paid more and more attention in recent years; but due to debate on indicators and some other objective barriers
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September edition vol. 8‚ No.20 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 EXPLORING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN NIGERIA FOR DEVELOPMENTAL GROWTH Ayeni‚ Dorcas. A‚ PhD Department of Architecture‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Akure‚ Ondo State‚ Nigeria Ebohon‚ O. J‚ PhD School of Architecture‚ Developing World Built and Natural Research Unit‚ De Montfort University‚ Leicester‚ England Abstract Tourism has become a major source of economic diversification for many countries‚ underpinning the
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[pic] College of Commerce Catering and Tourism Sustainable Tourism Case study on the tourism related problems of Lagos‚ Portugal [pic] Rebecca Zug 19.11.2012 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Findings 4 3. Discussion 5 4. Conclusion and Recommendations 8 5. Implementation 8 6. References 9 Case study: Lagos‚ Algarve‚ Portugal 1 1. Executive Summary The reason why I choose Lagos for this case study
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TOU4006 Sustainable Tourism Management (HT114002) Lecture 11 Functional Management in Sustainable Tourism Learning Objectives • Identifying the various measures adopted at the functional level in a premise to attain sustainable tourism development MARKETING Utilizing the 4Ps in Sustainable Tourism Product − Developing products which are more sustainable in nature‚ e.g. conservation holidays or ecotourism − Vacation packages using public transportation rather than private cars − Small-scale rural
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All forms of tourism development that are conducive to saving rare and precious resources‚ in particular water and energy‚ as well as avoiding so far as possible waste production‚ should be given priority and encouraged by national‚ regional and local public authorities; To minimize the use of scarce and non-renewable resources in the development and operation of tourism facilities and services. A sustainable future depends on the careful management of resources to ensure their availability
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Sustainable tourism: learning from Indian religious traditions Vasanti Gupta Director of Insight India‚ Headington‚ Oxford‚ UK Keywords Ethics‚ Green issues‚ India‚ Tourism The context Pilgrimage to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion is an age-old tradition‚ followed by religions all over the world. The fact that it is often carried out on foot‚ is an older form and has many religious connotations‚ has made people overlook it as a form of tourism. Apart from the devotional
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Theni District Dindugal District Madurai District Ramanthapuram District Pudukkottai District Sivagangai District Virudhunagar District Thoothukudi District Kanyakumari District THENI DISTRICT Theni town is located nearly 450 kms south from Chennai‚ the state head quarters. Theni town is the District head quarters of Theni District. Theni-Allinagaram town lies 18 km south west of Periyakulam town and 75 km west of Madurai city on the Rameswaram - Cochin National Highway Extension No.49
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Philippine Women’s University CDCEC - Tarlac SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: ITS IMPACT TO THE ECONOMY OF TARLAC CITY Submitted to: Serwin Tolenada Instructor Submitted by: Ma. Ever S. Ignacio BS - Tourism Chapter I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Tourism is known as one of the major contributors to the global economy delivering 10.9% of world Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 1996 (UNWTO 2003). It offers economic benefits to industrialized and developing countries
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