Pergamon Annals of Tourism Research‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 3‚ pp. 582-595‚ 1994 Copyright © 1994 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0160-7383/94 $6.00 + .00 0160-7383(93)E0032-9 THE TOURISM PRODUCT Stephen L. J. Smith University of Waterloo‚ Canada Abstract: An industry is characterized by a generic product and production process. For tourism to be considered an industry‚ it is necessary to show that such a genetic product and process exist. This paper argues that they
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“ROLE OF MEDIA AND NGO IN DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY” -ABSTRACT- Mass media are the channels‚ such as newspapers‚ magazines‚ radio or television use to communicate information to large group of people’s. By regularly convening information to important audiences‚ from the general public to government‚ and international decision maker a media plays a major role in shaping public debate. Media organizations are independent of political influence and work as important informative
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Role of entrepreneurship in economic development Entrepreneur An entrepreneur can be regarded as a person who has the initiative skill and motivation to set up a business or enterprise of his own and who always looks for high achievements. He is the catalyst for social change and works for the common good. They looks for opportunities‚ identifies them and seizes them mainly for economic gains. An action oriented entrepreneur is a highly calculative individual who is always willing to undertake
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Tourism Notes ------------------------------------------------- Year 1 Ronan Keane Table of Contents Forecasting Demand 4 Poor forecasting: 4 Most popular variable (as measurement for demand): 4 Causative (Econometric) 4 Econometric models 5 Non-causative (time series) 5 Non-causative (time series) 5 Qualitative forecasting 5 Problems and challenges 5 Gravity model 5 Limitations 6 Price and Income Elasticity in Demand 7 Elasticity’s of Demand in Tourism 7 Income
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seven such requests from public sector banks in the last one year‚ much higher by any yardstick. The reasons are no rocket science. With the economy wobbling‚ bad loans are rising to alarming proportions. So‚ the profitability has come under strain‚ especially for the stateowned ones. And this is serving as a perfect alibi for promoters to divert money for their personal ends. The situation is so grim that the last fiscal saw net non-performing assets (NPAs) for public sector banks (PSBs) firming up
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Executive Summary: Marijwhatnow? Was a public sector campaign delivered in 2012 by the Seattle Police Department following the passing of Initiative 502 in Seattle‚ which legalised adult possession and recreational use of marijuana. The Seattle authorities’ goal from this campaign was to inform the public of the changes in the State law regarding marijuana and also to promote safe use of the drug. The campaign was light-hearted and humorous and was made up of several elements including a blog with
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Executive summary The following report provides the information about the tourism in Serbia. Serbia falls into two geographic region of Central and South-east Europe. Serbia is mainly known for adventurous tourism. Serbia is also blessed with various sceneries‚ rivers‚ monasteries‚ curative spas and many more. Serbia has got many types of tourism like; Spa tourism‚ adventure‚ cultural and rural tourism. The report shows statistical record of tourist inflows from domestic as well as from international
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Tourism Management 31 (2010) 1–12 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Tourism Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/tourman Progress in Tourism Management A review of innovation research in tourism Anne-Mette Hjalager University of Southern Denmark‚ Niels Bohrsvej 9-10‚ DK-6700 Esbjerg‚ Denmark article info abstract Article history: Received 27 January 2009 Accepted 31 August 2009 Over the past two decades‚ there has been increasing focus on the topic
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Concurrent Session: Policy and Planning of Tourism Product Development in Asian Countries POLICY AND PLANNING OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY IN MALAYSIA ___________________________________________________________ Amran Hamzah Course Coordinator‚ Tourism Planning Programme Department of Urban and Regional Planning‚ Faculty of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi Malaysia‚ Skudai‚ Johor MALAYSIA ABSTRACT Tourism is currently the second highest contributor to Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) after
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Module Leader: Abdullah Al Faruq Academic Year: 2010- 2011 Title of Module: Public Sector Management Assessment No: 1 Date of Submission: Level: 7 Learning Outcomes from this assignment: 1. Understand major changes to the public sector since 1995 2. Understand the role of public sector organisations Assessment criteria 1.1 Identify key issues related to changes since1995 1.2 Identify key problems
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