After more than a decade of spectacular growth‚ Tourism has played an important role in the development of Cambodia. It has brought employment‚ improvements in infrastructure‚ training and general education and living standards for many people‚ and raised the international profile of Cambodia. Its growth has helped diversify economic activity‚ and broaden the base of foreign earnings. Tourism statistics of Cambodia In recent years‚ the question of how to increase the yield from each tourist;
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Evolution of travel and tourism at PULAU LANGKAWI. The purpose we choose LANGKAWI as a tourism place for our group assignment because it’s smaller islands‚ has a legendary reputation‚ with many places where myth and natural beauty seem to coincide. Many of its legends are all the more real‚ simply because its people are convinced of their authenticity. Langkawi certainly has its own share of geological uniqueness‚ as the very landscape from which these legends are derived. Langkawi
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Tourism Policy of the Government of Bangladesh Summary The expansion of the tourism throughout the world has increased competition among the tourist destinations‚ trying to attract more tourists by adopting appropriate marketing techniques and strategies. Failure of doing so by a particular marketer will lead to a less competitive in the world tourism market. Bangladesh lacks the coordinated efforts among different ministries related to tourism like Ministries of Home‚ Civil
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Abstract Nature-based tourism is an important part of the global tourism industry‚ and its components and features vary considerably from one destination to another. In Malaysia‚ location‚ quality and quantity of natural resources‚ and their infrastructure have not been well documented in the past. Thus‚ this paper attempts to assess local community-based management for potential ecotourism in South Kelantan which is Gunung Reng‚ Jeli as case study. The study investigated the local community involvement
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1. Introduction The World Tourism Organisation affiliated to United Nations and recognised as the leading international body on global tourism states that tourism is “ the activities of person travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes” (WTO 2011). Travel and tourism is a very important economic activity around the world and it is the largest service industry in the world (WTTC 2011).
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Tourism in Thailand’s National Parks: The Problems it Brings "Rainforests are currently being destroyed at a rate of over 200‚000 square kilometers a year according to the US National Academy of Sciences" (Wheeler). Some of these rainforests are located in Thailand’s national parks. In Thailand‚ there are 15 national parks set aside for conservation‚ though only 80% of these parks remain intact today. These Parks represent approximately 13% of Thailand’s land. The purpose of these parks is
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Chapter 1 Objective: Tourism is a highly dynamic industry. Yet in spite of this‚ very little is understood and appreciated on how tourism can actually contribute to the social growth of any tourist destination. This chapter would provide the basic concepts of tourism. Tourism as defined by WTO (World Tourism Organization)‚ is the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other
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Introduction Tourism‚ in particular mass tourism‚ is frequently described as a phenomenon of modern society (Sharpley‚ 1994). It is modern society‚ through the development of fast‚ efficient and economical forms of mass transport‚ increasingly high levels of disposable income and the provision of socially-sanctioned free time that has provided the means and the opportunity for people to participate in tourism. Additionally‚ modern society is a major factor in tourist motivation. Whether to
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Contents: · Tourism and Climate Change - International - June 2012 - Introduction [Report Section] · Tourism and Climate Change - International - June 2012 - Data Sources [Report Section] · Tourism and Climate Change - International - June 2012 - Overview [Report Section] · Tourism and Climate Change - International - June 2012 - The Impact of Tourism on Climate Change [Report Section] · Tourism and Climate Change - International - June 2012 - The Impact of Climate Change on Tourism [Report Section]
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CULTURAL TOURISM First of all‚ it is important to define cultural tourism as the basis around which the whole research is formulated. It is important to highlight the fact that the experts do not agree on a universal definition because of the wide range of activities it covers. Over the years‚ the definition of this type of tourism has suffer some changes depending on the field of study and one of the most popular definitions is the one stated by Richards (2001‚ p.37) in which the concept of
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