Hi‚ my name is Jayvin and I’m from Malaysia. As a foreigner‚ I think that Singapore‚ an island country which made up of 63 islands is a clean and quiet place to visit. Although Singapore is a small country but there’s a lot of fun and interesting places such as Universal Studio Singapore‚ Garden by the Bay‚ Night Safari‚ Singapore Flyer and so on that we can pay a visit to. Well‚ I’ll talk about the 150-year old Singapore Botanic Gardens which is well known as a star visitor attraction for the sophisticated
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destination chosen‚ and cause impacts to the locals reside in the country of visit. (Mehmetoglu 2004) The objective of the article is to identify mass tourism and special interest tourism‚ and how the individual will affect and impact the tourism industry. The scope of the essay will be focused on individual motivation‚ the economic gains and losses‚ and the tourism’s culture impact through the study of Singapore. Through the case study‚ a conclusion for against or for Mass tourism to stay will be discussed
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Tourism differs from travel in the following aspects: • Reason to travel: It can be anything but remuneration from the place visited. • It requires a change from familiar environment. • Period of stay: The least would be one day and maximum would be a year. General growth of tourism in India In recent years tourism in India has shot up at lightening speed. India has succeeded in becoming the most preferred place amongst domestic and overseas traveler. Tourism exposes the international traveler
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Based on the Tourism Model‚ identify the factors and conditions that result in the popularity of travel and tourism destinations such as Australia‚ Thailand and France. An integrated model of tourism provides an overview of the various stakeholders and forces that foster and shape the tourism industry. The tourism model is categorized into four main bands namely‚ Tourism Public / Travelers‚ Tourism Promoters‚ Tourism Suppliers and External Environment. In this report‚ the tourism model will serves
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Overview of Singapore’s Tourism Sector · According to the Singapore Tourism Board‚ Singapore posted an estimated S$13.8 billion in tourism receipts from January to December 2007‚ representing an 11.3% increase over January to December 2006. This had exceeded the target of S$13.6 billion for 2007‚ and set a new record for tourism receipts. · In 2007‚ Singapore welcomed 10.3 million visitors‚ registering a growth of 5.4% over 2006 (9.7 million visitors). This is the highest annual visitor arrivals
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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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2.0 Findings and Discussion 2.1 Definition The International Forum of Travel and Tourism Advocates defines tourism as 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 purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited and also refers to the sector of the national economy with complex functions that unites a number of goods and services‚ offer
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IMPACT OF TOURISM ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Fe Zuly 2011 Abstract Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity in 2008‚ there were over 922 million international tourist arrivals‚ with a growth of 1.9% as compared to 2007. International tourism receipts grew to US$944 billion (euro 642 billion) in 2008‚ corresponding to an increase in real terms of 18%. This paper is purposed to explain about impact of tourism including advantages and disadvantages. This impact
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Close analysis of case study shows that environmental impacts as well as sociocultural effects have prevented the economic benefits that local communities have received. It is absolutely a fact that tourism has brought a variety of economic benefits to local communities. First of all‚ it creates employment from local people. According to Duval (2004b‚ 4)‚ Caribbean tourism is on the way of development‚ which accounts for over 15 percent of the region’s occupation and nearly 6 percent of its GDP
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Negative physical / environmental impacts - The carrying capacity of a destination was not observed thus the place becomes too crowded. This results to overpopulation and overdevelopment. An example is the island of Boracay. - Depletion of a destination’s natural resources. Locals and tourists compete over water supply and other necessities. - Since hotels and resorts‚ bars‚ malls etc. have been built‚ these pose a problem on the sustainability of the place. They may also disturb the flora and
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