2004; Winsted‚ 2000). World travel and tourism as one of the world’s largest industries‚ supporting 266 million jobs and generating 9 per cent of the World GDP. Each year the global travel and tourism industry generates several thousand billions U.S. dollars in revenue. According to UNWTO the number of International tourist arrivals worldwide exceeded the one billion mark for the first time in 2012 (appendix 1).
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DEATH BY TOURISM By Arnold Baker At the entrance to one of the ruined temples in Petra in Jordan‚ there is an inscription chiselled into the soft red rock. It looks as if it has been there for centuries. It could have been carved by one of Herod’s soldiers‚ when they were imprisoned in the town in 40BC. However‚ closer inspection reveals that it is not ancient at all. It reads: Shane and Wendy from Sydney were here. June 16th 1996 The ruins of Petra were discovered in 1810 by a Swiss explorer
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The Philippine tourism industry flourished in the 1970s and early 1980s but declined in the mid 1980s‚ with the average length of tourist stay falling from 12.6 days in earlier years to 8.9 days in 1988. In 1987‚ tourism growth was slower in the Philippines than in other Southeast Asian countries. About 1.2 million tourists visited the Philippines in 1992‚ which was a record high in the number of tourist visits since 1989. In 2000‚ the Philippines’ tourist arrivals totaled 2.2 million. In 2003‚
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CREATION Employment generated by tourism is categorized into direct and indirect. Direct employment is defined as jobs which are specifically created by the need to supply and serve tourists. The obvious example is those jobs created by the opening of a tourist hotel. Tourism‚ however‚ requires a large input from the construction sector‚ and those workers employed on building tourism facilities constitute a backward linkage from the tourism sector. These jobs in relation to tourism may be regarded
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globalization of tourism. When most of the islands became independent from foreign rule they needed to build up a working economy. Some of the bigger more resource rich island nations started to produce and export goods but many of the smaller island states did not have this opportunity. When tourism started to grow‚ both types of islands benefitted a lot from it‚ but it was the most important for the smaller islands that had basically no foreign income at all. Step by step the importance of tourism grew in
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Essay on Tourism and Travel As the tourism industry’s popularity grows‚ the image of travel and tourism begins to evolve. With a simple click of the button‚ your entire week itinary to India could be planned‚ booked and paid for. Traveling is as easy as ordering a pizza. At the same time as countries start to evolve and cater to the tourism industry‚ authenticity is lost. The essence of traveling is to experience something completely different from what is at home. Now‚ tourism is molded into
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Notes: Space Tourism is the term that’s come to be used to mean ordinary members of the public buying tickets to travel to space and back. Many people find this idea futuristic. But over the past few years a growing volume of professional work has been done on the subject‚ and it’s now clear that setting up commercial space tourism services is a realistic target for business today. But this idea of Space Tourism isn’t at all familiar to most people‚ including the space industry‚ who are used to
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Response: Intimations of Dark Tourism The study of dark tourism by Foley and Lennon displays a significant amount of research and examples. In pointing out the vast number of dark tourist sites‚ worldwide‚ the two authors validate the importance of dark tourism in anthropology. The manner in which a human views death depends completely on the way in which he or she was socialized from the time he or she was born. Although opinions‚ representations‚ and the ways in which humans cope with
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Problems of Tourism: In the present scenario‚ many countries are considered famous for its tourism. Their major source of income seems to be significantly by tourism. It does has pros and cons which has to be analysed. Countries profit by attracting people worldwide with their interesting historic monuments‚ man-made wonders and nature beauty. The economy of the country increases by means of transportation tariffs‚ cost of accomodation and food etc for the visitors. The fame and preciousness
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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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