Advantages and disadvantages of increasing tourism activity in different countries Top of Form |the leaf ninjaThreads: 9 |Jul 22‚ 2011‚ 02:20am #1 | |Posts: 44 | | |The costs of international travel are decreasing and tourism is growing. What are the advantages and disadvantages of increasing
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of not only recreation‚ but also the provision of services for this act. It might occupy local services such as entertainment‚ accommodation and catering for tourists. It may seem‚ that tourism brings only benefits‚ but further consideration shows that it also has disadvantages. Firstly‚ many countries depend heavily upon travel expenditures by foreigners as a source of taxation and as a source of income for
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Last summer I went on a cruise to the Bahamas and this has been a very good memory that will stick in my mind for as long as I live. I had such a great time and I wish I can go back again and have an adventure of a lifetime and make more memories with my family and friends. We did a lot of different activities while we were there and not much time. I swam in the ocean and the water was so cool and refreshed I felt like I was in a clean pool. It was very hot there and always in the day because the
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HOW DOES TOURISM IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT The effect of tourism on the environment can be both positive and negative. Each person or group of people will impact the area they visit in a different way. Whether it is in a negative or positive manner is entirely up to the visitor. Let’s consider the NEGATIVE impacts first: POLLUTION - This is probably the biggest negative factor concerning tourism. People have to travel to their destination. It doesn’t matter if it’s by plane to another country or
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PROBLEMS FACING THE INTEGRATION OF THE REGION There are basically three main problems the Caribbean Integration Face. For a number of CARICOM members‚ as for their Latin American neighbors‚ the 1980s were a “lost decade” in terms of economic growth. Real GDP in the Caribbean common market contracted significantly in 1982-1985 and remained almost still in the following three years. Although declining output was mainly a result of adverse conditions in the external environment‚ economic management
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Tourism Tourism is travel for recreational‚ leisure‚ or business purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes" Tourism has become a popular global leisure activity. In 2011‚ there were over 983 million international tourist arrivals worldwide‚ representing a growth of 4.6% when compared to US$ 940 billion in 2010.[2][3] International
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truly appropriate funding for rebuilding and restoring damages incurred. Rather than addressing a broad spectrum‚ as done in the preceding‚ it will be easy to focus on such debates in regard to the recent Hurricane Katrina. Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005‚ and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico and becoming one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded in the Gulf. The storm weakened considerably before making
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and above all by his likes‚ tastes and attitudes. Indeed‚ it is the level of culture that accounts for the way a man thinks and acts. In brief‚ culture is a process of change within man. By this I mean to say that man is a product of culture. The Bahamas culture was influence by many nations‚ which brought their own facts into our reality. I am here today to talk about the influence Great Britain has on the Bahamian culture. The influence starts from 1647 and is present up to this very moment. This
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Tourism is defined as people traveling and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not interrelated to the exercise of an activity rewarded from within the place visited. Tourism is mainly popular as a global freedom activity. Tourism can bring many economic and social benefits. Countries can promote their self internationally by making their environment pleasant for tourist to appreciate. Promotion of tourism
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Tourism in Nepal Tourism is an organized journey to a particular place for recreation and learning. It is the hospitality industry. Everyone likes to enjoy watching beautiful places. Nepal is famous for high mountains‚ fast flowing rivers‚ green forests‚ tranquil lakes and old temples. These facts lure everyone to visit Nepal. People do not like to say consistently in a place for ever. They often visit the places of their own country or of a foreign country with eagerness to getting knowledge‚
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