Medical Tourism Sustainability through the Export Market Orientation Behaviours: The Case Study of Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) Ili-Salsabila Abd-Razak1 and Asmat Nizam Abdul Talib Universiti Utara Malaysia‚ Kedah‚ MALAYSIA The inclusion of tourism sector as one of the 12 recognized national key economic areas (NKEA) for the 10th Malaysia Plan represent the sector’s prospect in not only driving the nation’s economy‚ but also transforming the country into a high-income economy by 2020. With approximately
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The queer communities and the communities of color in Los Angeles have a common history of police violence. Their geographic proximity during the 1950’s and 1960’s‚ exposed them to the same heavy policing in the form of "vice" entrapments‚ which were motivated not only by the police’s need to control the queer community‚ but also to stop interracial relationships. The struggles of these two groups were put in evidence in the 1952 case of Horace Martinez and his friends. Martinez was using the restroom
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advantage of this process. 2. CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN TOURISM 3.1. Three Key Areas Of Consumer Behavior 3.2.1. Factors affecting consumer behavior a. Personal Factors Personal factors can also affect the consumer behavior. Some of the important personal factors that influence the buying behavior are: lifestyle‚ economic situation‚ occupation‚ age‚ personality and self-concept. * Age Age and life-cycle have potential impact on the consumer buying behavior. It is obvious that the
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life‚ travel has fascinated man. Travel and Tourism have been important social activities of human beings from time immemorial. The urge to explore new places within one’s own country or outside and seek a change of environment and experiences has been experienced from ancient times. Tourism is one of the world’s most rapidly growing industries. Much of its growth is due to higher disposable income‚ increased leisure time and falling cost of travel. Tourism today is much more than just developing products
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Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Bhutan The concept of tourism development in Bhutan took place in post 1974 period during the reign of late majesty‚ King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk in national assembly. However‚ tourism business begun its operation with 274 tourist in 1974 at the time of coronation of fourth king‚ His Majesty Jigme Singye Wangchuk and since then tourism business started growing in Bhutan. Tourism is now recognized as having considerable potential as a tool for development and as a
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Tourism has several impacts on many different aspects of Bali’s society. Tourism has impacted on the already existing‚ social‚ economic‚ cultural and environmental processes of the island. For example‚ as a result of tourism the pace of urbanisation has rapid increased and tourism has sped up the process of economic development. There are large economic consequences on the economy of Bali. One significant impact on Bali is the foreign exchange earnings. Tourism is the fourth-largest income earner
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The Impact of A Terrorist Act to The Inbound Tourism Study Case: How Bali Bombing Affects the Tourism in Bali Introduction As the third biggest industry in Indonesia and the biggest industry in Bali‚ tourism is an important industry that will definitely have such a big role in the country’s economy. There was 20% of Bali’s working population which directly involved in the tourism industry. Moreover‚ in 2001‚ there were 5.1 million tourists that visited Indonesia and most of them ended up in Bali
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Q1: what are the factors that influence the demand for tourism? * Attitude depend on an individual’s perception of the world * Perceptions are mental impressions of‚ say‚ a destination or travel company and are determined by many factors‚ which include childhood‚ family‚ work experience‚ education‚ books‚ television programmes and films and promotional images. Perception involves the encoding of information by individuals and influences attitudes and behavior towards products but does not
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The Authority on World Travel & Tourism Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2013 World WTTC Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2013 1 For more information please contact: Rochelle Turner Research Manager rochelle.turner@wttc.org © 2013 World Travel & Tourism Council Contents The Economic Impact of Travel & Tourism 2013 Foreword.................................................................................................................................................
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Socio-cultural Impact of Eco-Tourism Dr. Anjani Kumar Abstract Ecotourism is entirely a new approach in tourism. Born in its current form in late 1980s‚ ecotourism came of in age in 2002‚ when the United Nations celebrated the “International year of Ecotourism. Today’s market place is becoming greener and more environmentally sensitive than ever‚ with 85 percent of the industrialized world does citizen believe that the environment is the number one public
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