HISTORY OF TOURISM → EARLY TRAVEL Earlier travel was essentially to seek food or to escape danger. Travel was also undertaken for trade. Growth of cities along fertile river banks like Nile etc. encouraged water travel. Ancient empires like the Romans helped shape modern travel. → THE EMPIRE ERA THE EGYPTIANS As its peak the travel for business and pleasure flourished. Travel to outlining cities was necessary. Various amenities were offered to travelers. They travelled for pleasure
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS REPORT India In-depth PESTLE Insights Publication Date: December 2010 OVERVIEW Catalyst This profile analyzes the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ legal and environmental structure in India. Each of the PESTLE factors is explored on four parameters: current strengths‚ current challenges‚ future prospects and future risks. Summary Key findings India is a stable democracy‚ but terrorism and its relationships with its neighbors continue to be a problem Since
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In a newspaper article “Eco-tourism: It’s not easy being green”[1] dated in June‚ 2007‚ the author criticizing there are still ecological damages‚ especially the effect to the wild animals that accompanies the eco-tourism. It says‚ Eco-tourism‚ generally defined as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the welfare of local people”‚ is often misunderstood. And most of the travelers‚ even they are concerned about the environment of the places they visit
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From the knowledge I acquired from the lectures and other relevant sources of information‚ I would like to analyze the Carrying Capacity on Tourism and the Intangible Cultural Heritage. 1. Carrying Capacity on Tourism Generally‚ tourism carrying capacity is considered as a concept under the circumstance of tourism sustainability. It is based on the evaluation of the greatest potential and ability for a destination to accommodate tourists‚ for instance‚ the destination lifecycle and tourists’ management
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The PESTEL framework examines the six main macro environmental influencing factors of companies: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These influences determine the future success or failure of the corporate strategies. The political influence include the role of the governments; economics embraces the macro economic factors such as growth rate‚ exchange rates and business cycles; the social component stands for changing cultures and demographics; technological influences
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What Is It? The Porter five force analysis was formed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in the year 1979‚ this model identifies and analyses 5 competitive forces that shape every industry‚ and helps determine an industry’s weaknesses and strengths. This analysis shows the overall attractiveness of an industry meaning how profitable it is. For example an unattractive industry would be the pure or perfect competition‚ because all profits turn to normal profit in the long run which means
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culture‚ Malacca has a huge achievement in year 2008 – Malacca has been declared as UNESCO World Heritage Site together of Georgetown‚ Penang‚ Malaysia. The declaration has brought a big impact to Malacca in term of tourism where the tourist flow into Malacca has been increased. The tourism attractions of Malacca included Al Azim Mosque‚ Portuguese Square‚ A’Famosa Water World‚ Crocodile Farm‚ St Paul’s Church‚ Poh San Teng Remple and Perigi Rajah Well and more. (http://www.malaccaguide.com)
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Macro-environmental analysis the macro-environment describes all factors which influence the company as a whole but are out of their direct control including wider social‚ political and economic factors (Hooley‚ Saunders‚ Piercy‚ 2004). The analysis of those factors is therefore often known as Pest analysis (Johnson‚ Scholes‚ 1999). Since the airline industry is very much influenced by changes taking place in the environment and has undergone rapid and dramatic changes during the last decades
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Industry Analysis Example (Porter’s Five Forces and Complementors) Wal-Mart Here is a very brief example of an Industry Analysis for the Cases using Wal-Mart‚ specifically Wal-Mart’s competition in the consumer retail industry and not in the industries where it competes. Remember‚ that you are concerned with where Wal-Mart is positioned in the industry relative to the respective industry forces. Potential Competitors: Medium pressure Grocers could potentially enter into the retail side
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