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. After slowly recovering from the contraction resulting from the late-2000s recession‚ where tourism suffered a strong slowdown from the second half of 2008 through the end
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ROLE OF FLEET OPERATORS. BEING A LECTURE PRESENTED BY ENGR. BG IBRAHIM fwc ACM (SED) AT SAFETY MANAGERS TRAINING PROGRAMME AT FRSC ACADEMY‚ JOS ON THE 28TH AUGUST‚2009. INTRODUCTION 1. In developed and developing countries‚ the history of air pollution problem has typically been high levels of smoke and sulphur dioxide arising from the combustion of sulphur-containing fossil fuels such as coal for domestic and industrial purpose.[i] Industrial development and the use of fossil fuels have
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(possibly during an air mail flight) spotted the fire and landed at Duncan to report it to the Forest Branch‚ who then took suppression action. The end of WW1 saw a surplus of aircraft and support equipment in both Europe and North America. After the war‚ governments and agencies recognized the value of aircraft in roles such as patrols and transport of men and Figure 2: Curtiss JN-4 first forest fire discovery 1919 supplies. The Canadian government formed the Dominion Air Board to oversee
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Due to the size‚ strength and impact of the tourism industry on local economies worldwide‚ the debate over the positive and negative effects of tourism is little more than a mental exercise. But to develop sustainable tourism policies‚ a thoughtful consideration of these effects is necessary. This essay will argue that there are much negative sides outweighed the positive sides‚ and suggest how to minimize the negative effects of tourism. Economic Effects Tourism’s primary benefit is the profit
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One of the current issues facing by the transportation industry in Malaysia is environmental sustainability. For Malaysian an underdevelopment country‚ sector of transportation play an important role to economy. Therefore environment issues‚ especially within the context of sustainable development‚ have not been holistically addressed in Malaysia so far. According to the meeting future priorities in Malaysian 2009 conducted by Grumit Singh K.S(Chairman of the Centre for environment‚ technology and
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Course work Title: Evaluate the role of transportation in the development of tourism Coursework Due Date: 2nd MARCH 2012 Word count: 1‚568 Tourism is one of the words used all over the world nowadays. According to WTO (world tourism organisation) tourism is “traveling to and staying in places outside usual environment for not more than 1 consecutive year for business‚ leisure and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within
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Tourism Industry in Taiwan Due Date: December 11th‚ 2012 Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Overview of Tourism Industry Development History 3 3. Recent Development 4 4. Demand 6 4.1 External demand (inbound tourism) 6 4.2 Domestic travelers (local leisure) 8 4.3 Price elasticity of demand 10 5. Tourism Resources 10 5.1 Five Major Regions 11 5.2 Festival-Based and Event-Based Tours 13 6. Supply 14 6.1 Package tour 14 6.2 Transportation 16 6.3 Accommodation & Hotel Industry 16 6.4 Government
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Introduction The tourism and hospitality industry is a broad industry with multiple‚ sectors and departments‚ often known as the industry operating hotels‚ accommodation‚ food and beverage and managing tourist activities. Many do not realize the vastness of this industry‚ therefore; there is usually confused about the jobs related to this industry. Jobs often share common features from jobs in other industries to meet the needs and requirements of guests to provide ultimate customer satisfaction
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON HOSPITALITY AND/OR TOURISM INDUSTRY Globalization refers to the increments in the relationships of the people‚ industries‚ culture and various activities of economy. The term Globalization refers to the economics and all the global distribution of the production of goods and service which ultimately reduces the barriers of international trade like export fees‚ import quotas and various other tariffs‚ Cowen (2003). The Globalization has contributed to the growth of economy
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Adjoining Rooms (HRM) Two or more contiguous rooms. Air Ticket (Transport) “Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check”. A document comprising all flight and other coupons‚ issued by or in behalf of an air carrier‚ which evidences the contract between the passenger and the carrier‚ for the carriage of the passenger and his baggage over a certain route. Airline (Transport) A commercial company providing scheduled air transportation and made up of its equipment‚ personnel and array of facilities
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