A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well
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information on the given topic ‘Natural Disaster’. I had to go through some books and surf through the internet to get this project done and going through these stuffs was really interesting and informative. I have tried to include much information about the topic. This report consists of an introduction to natural disasters‚ their causes and some measures to prevent these calamities. I hope the contents of this report will give the readers a quick look of the natural disasters and will be informative
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& Minerals‚ Saudi Arabia The Role of Architecture on the Tourism Industry: Chapter 11 ABSTRACT This chapter aims to shed light on the nature of architecture‚ its technological and cultural ramifications on tourism industry. It elucidates the background of issues regarding the interaction between the fields of cultural production (architecture) and cultural consumption (tourism). The chapter argues that power of tourism industry has reached‚ under the pressure of global economics‚ to a capacity
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Natural Disaster and the Retail Business Owner Natural Disaster and the Business Owner People make difficult decisions in business everyday. People that make these decisions have to stand by them. The situation in this assignment‚ speaking of hurricane Katrina‚ I have mixed feelings on the business owner Brian decision. From a person on the outside looking in perspective‚ I felt he was wrong for raising the prices of the hotel rooms. But in reality‚ I had to put myself in the shoes of
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Natural Disasters of the Last 100 years 2010 Haiti earthquake The 2010 Haiti earthquake was an earthquake of catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw‚ with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne‚ approximately 25 km west of the capital of Haiti. The earthquake occurred at 4:53 local time on Tuesday January 12‚ 2010. For January 24 were at least 52 replicates of 4.5 or greater. An estimated three million people were affected by the earthquake. The highest death toll is estimated at 220‚000. Haitian government
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TOU2002 – Tourism Impacts and Sustainability Topic: Socio-Cultural impacts of tourism Tourism considered as global phenomenon which is carried out by persons itself. This naturally results in meeting of different culture‚ economy‚ progress‚ status‚ etc. round the globe. Human being considered as social animal cause’s significant social culture impact by tourism. According to Teo (1994) impacts are defined as “change in value system‚ moral‚ conduct‚ individual behaviour‚ relationship
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Environmental Implications of the Tourism Industry Terry Davies Sarah Cahill Discussion Paper 00-14 March 2000 Resources for the Future 1616 P Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20036 Telephone 202-328-5000 Fax 202-939-3460 Internet: http://www.rff.org © 2000 Resources for the Future. All rights reserved. No portion of this paper may be reproduced without permission of the authors. Discussion papers are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussion. They
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Chapter 1 EL NIDO RESORTS IN PALAWAN; ITS IMPACT AND CHALLENGES IN TOURISM INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION A. BACKGROUND ON EL NIDO RESORTS IN PALAWAN EL Nido during pre - Spanish time‚ has been known as "BACUIT BAY" a Center of Natural bounty of Cultural heritage surrounded by island and inlets towering limestone‚ cliffs for its uniqueness nature of bounty‚ and a paradise for all who usually experience the exquisite beauty of nature that can only be experienced Bacuit Bay‚ for its beauty Corals‚ fish
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Tourism is an activity done by an individual or a group of individuals‚ which leads to a motion from a place to another. From a country to another for performing a specific task or it is a visit to a place or several places in the purpose of entertaining which leads to an awareness of other civilizations and cultures‚ also increasing the knowledge of countries‚ cultures‚ and history (Central Department of Tourism & Summer Resorts 2006). Tourism is an important industry that depends on culture and
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Current Trends and their Potential Impact on the Future of the Travel and Tourism Industry Report Prepared by Hanna Wojciak Prepared for Melanie Chesney Introduction The purpose of this report is to provide information about political‚ economic‚ environmental‚ social‚ cultural and technological factors and current trends and their impact on the future of the Travel and Tourism industry‚ which will be submitted to the Minister heading the Education Department of the Scottish Executive.
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