and housing development. A lot of retirees were drawn to Palm Springs as the 1970s were coming to an end and today the city depends on its tourism to keep the economy going. Celebrities still retreat to Palm Springs‚ but today the city’s economy centers on tourism‚ real estate‚ health care‚ shopping and gambling. A way for the city to capitalize off of tourism is the Transient Occupant Tax or TOT. “The Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT)‚ also known as room tax or bed tax‚ is a tax collected by an operator
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different market segments and visitors can have more entertainment (not only gambling).If the Macau’s government want to building new attractions‚ more foreign companies will be interested in investing the projects to enhance Macau as an international tourism destination. b) Transportation development As we mentioned before‚ although Macau has international airport‚ it is relatively smaller when compared with that of Hong Kong. Less airlines and direct flights cause tourists travelling to Hong Kong
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Mortimer Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK Journal of Sustainable Tourism Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsus20 A Framework of Approaches to Sustainable Tourism Jackie Clarke Version of record first published: 29 Mar 2010. To cite this article: Jackie Clarke (1997): A Framework of Approaches to Sustainable Tourism‚ Journal of Sustainable Tourism‚ 5:3‚ 224-233 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669589708667287
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Introduction As per UNWTO (United Nations World tourism organization) the word “tourism”‚ is described as follows: "Tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes." When considering the history of tourism‚ it can be seen as an activity which the affluent took part in. The word tourist was used by 1772 and tourism by 1811. The Grand Tour for example was an activity
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Tourism Development Planning 6/27/2011 The assignment due on 8 July 2011 Prepared by: Khin Su Han Contents 3 . Introduction 3. Assessment criteria (1.1‚ 1.2 & 1.3) 8. Assessment criteria (2.1‚ 2.2 & 2.3) 13. Assessment criteria (3.1‚ 3.2 & 3.3) 17. Assessment criteria (4.1‚ 1.2 & 4.3) 21. Conclusion 21. Reference Introduction Any form of economic development requires to careful planning. It is not different in tourism development planning. It is a multi-sectors
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专业：行政管理 CHINA’S TOURISM: An overview service quality in national tourism and leisure‚ 国民旅游休闲 General Introduction Up to now‚ China has become one of the world top international tourism destinations as well as source countries since late 1990s‚ ranking N0.1 in Asia and Pacific‚ and No. 4 or 5 in the world in terms of both international arrivals and income‚ and among the world top ten in terms of international departures according to UNWTO. Tourism restarted in China in early
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Approach The travel and tourism sector creates more jobs per million of investment than any other sector of the economy and is capable of providing employment to a wide spectrum of job seekers from the unskilled to the specialized‚ even in the remote parts of a country. The author in the following report has a brief introduction of tourism and a little bit of the industry. The report also contains what the industry’s growth is and how the visualizes itself in 2020. The Butler’s Life Cycle model
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RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY Tourism Resource Management Cooper‚ Malcolm J.M FINAL REPORT Question2 Outline the main types of Adventure Tourism. What are the management risks and benefits attached to them? Recent years‚ there is a new trend of participating in a tourism called adventure tourism has been grabbing the attention of Chinese tourists. Adventure tourism involves exploration or travel to remote‚ exotic and possibly hostile areas‚ where the traveler should ‘expect the
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Are the trends in Heritage tourism having an effect on world Heritage sites? | | Abstract Using in depth secondary research this paper aims to examine the impacts of heritage tourism to various heritage sites in terms of potential threats and opportunities associated with tourism development and growth. In addition there will be an analysing of the research methodologies used in order to identify theoretical framework surrounding area of study to clarify the outcomes of results. With effective
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YOUTH TOURISM IN CHINA An Unpopular Tourism Market Introduction: This article is going to reveal several restrictions which are confining the development of youth marketing China. As external side‚ we would rationally analyze the complicated connection between young tourist and environmental elements. Contrarily‚ internal side reflects the tourists’ motivation. The main purpose is to find out personal and environmental conflicts for youth tourists in China. Based on several related findings‚
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