Cultural tourism is referred to the kind of tourism‚ which is concerned with the culture of a specific region or country‚ particularly in the arts. It basically focuses on the traditional communities that have diverse customs as well as the forms of art and the distinct social practices that distinguish a certain culture from the others. It would include tourism in the urban areas and even the historic and large cities‚ including facilities like theaters and museums. It also includes this in the
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BUS 2913 Sustaining Cultural Identity through Tourism and Events Assessment item 2 Class Debates under the General Theme: “The Importance of Preserving Heritage and Culture for the Growth of Tourism” DUE Date: Week 11 Weighting: Debate Presentation: 15% (Group Assessment) Written Debate Notes: 10% (Individual) The objective of the debate is to challenge other’s facts and opinions with those of your own. Debating is a fun and entertaining way to develop
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Language of Heritage Murat Çetin King Fahd University of Petroleum & 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
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ELC 292 ENGLISH FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES ASSESSMENT 2 Academic essay 2 Heritage Preservation NAME: Kong Yat Long Oswald STUDENT ID: 11029392D DATE: 12/11/2011 Heritage conservation has become a major concern in the society since the last decade‚ with the innovation project in Lee Tung Street and the demolition of Star Ferry Pier. By definition‚ heritage is a collective noun representing both tangible and intangible assets inherited from the past. It is worth preserving for retaining
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1. Introduction The city of Bath has become a World Heritage Site (WHS) since 1987‚ identified as “a place of outstanding universal value for its architecture‚ town-planning‚ landscape‚ archaeological remains and its role as a setting for social history”‚ which is a unique WHS in Britain covering the whole city scale instead of only historic core part (UNESCO‚ 2009). Following the inscription of Bath from UNESCO (2009)‚ which is “astonishingly‚ undertaken with no boundary”‚ WHS designation became
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CULTURAL TOURISM First of all‚ it is important to define cultural tourism as the basis around which the whole research is formulated. It is important to highlight the fact that the experts do not agree on a universal definition because of the wide range of activities it covers. Over the years‚ the definition of this type of tourism has suffer some changes depending on the field of study and one of the most popular definitions is the one stated by Richards (2001‚ p.37) in which the concept of
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aims to describe the tourism policy and strategies in national and state contexts‚ to determine the inherent direction and prospects or potential in the tourism development of Kuala Lumpur as a tourist-friendly destination. The results show that some aspects need to be emphasized and have similarities in each of policies and strategies at the national and state level. This shows that policies made at national level could be followed at state level‚ so that each line of tourism development planning
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Tourism Tourism is the act of travel for the purpose of recreation and business‚ and the provision of services for this act. Tourists are persons who are "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited" (official UNWTO definition). A more comprehensive definition would be that tourism is a service industry. Many
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In earlier days meaning of tourism was basic but now a day’s scenario is totally changed now as discussed by poon (1993) interest of tourists has diverted from popular destinations to more specific and virgin locations to meet their individual needs. These tourists are more adventurous‚ more experienced‚ travel for fun‚ independent and with more cash in their accounts. Special interest tourism is new concept of tourism where there are additions in the type of tourism. Now days it is being created
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The World Tourism Organization had its initial stages as the International assembly of Official Tourist Traffic relations set up in 1925 in The Hague. It was renamed the International Union of Official Travel Organizations (IUOTO) later than World War II and shifted to Geneva. IUOTO was a scientific‚ non-governmental organization‚ whose relationship at its climax included 109 National Tourist Organizations (NTOs) and 88 Associate Members‚ among them private and public groups. As tourism raised and
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