travelling‚ when using animals as transport it made the trip both expensive and allowed the traveller to carry more supplies for trade or suchlike. Early sea vessels varied from dug out tree trunks to the complex Roman galleys. According to early Western history‚ upper classes often travelled around the Mediterranean basin. During the rule of Alexander the Great‚ 700‚000 tourists visited what is now a part of Turkey. This was considerably helped by the well built and organised roads‚ whilst on the journey
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which influenced modern travel was the creation of maps. The first map was made in the 6th century BC by the Greeks‚ with maps being developed over thousands of years to todays most advanced electronic maps on smartphones and GPS’s. Without maps‚ the tourism industry would not be as successful as it would be harder to find your way to and from your travel destination. Ancient Romans mostly travelled for leisure‚ the most common reason for today’s travel. They would visit historical wonders in different
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Bermuda from the viewpoint of the tourism industry‚ we can learn much from Bermuda’s successes as well as their attempts to revitalize their tourism industry. Hold on to your shorts as we examine tourism policy planning in a pink sand paradise. (www.bermudatourism.com) In looking at Bermuda for the purposes of tourism policy planning we are initially reminded of how many positive realities we can see in the Bermuda tourism picture. Needless to say‚ tourism is obviously a major part of Bermuda’s
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CHAPTER 15 Tourism Policy: Structure‚ Content and Process Learning Objectives DEMONSTRATE THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM POLICY TO THE COMPETITIVENESS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF A TOURISM DESTINATION. Outline the structure and content of a typical policy framework for a tourism destination. Describe a process for the formulation of a destination tourism policy. Key Concept Definitions COMPETITIVE DESTINATIONS: DESTINATIONS THAT POSSESS THE ABILITY TO ATTRACT
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Learning Channel (Pty) Ltd 3rd Floor‚ The Mills 66 Carr Street Newtown Johannesburg (011) 639-0179 Website: www.learn.co.za National Senior Certificate English First Additional Language Paper 1 – Exemplar Other products for English First Additional Language available from Learning Channel: Grade 12 2 MARKS: 80 2010 English First Additional Language Grade 12 Paper 1 TIME: 2 hours INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION 1. This question paper consists of THREE sections‚ namely SECTION
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Tourism development in the Republic of Belarus September 2012 Table of Contents Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Research question 4 Research objectives 5 Literature review 5 Tourism from a Global Perspective 6 Republic of Belarus as Tourism Destination 6 Methodology 6 1. Tourism Development in Belarus. 8 2. Current Tourism Conditions and Infrastructure in the Republic of Belarus 9 3. Belarus National tourism Strategy for Agro-tourism 11 4. Problems the Belarusian tourism is
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Executive summary This report provides critically evaluates the development of tourism in Brazil. It includes information what marketing and sustainability issues are and how they are addressed‚ the extent of the different stakeholders in the development of the country and also how they affect the national tourism policy and other actions that have developed the different business within Brazil. In order to produce this critical report academic and non-academic resources have been used. The research
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Write an essay that 1) critically discusses the available definitions of Sustainable Tourism Development; 2) provides a list of possible policy interventions and guidelines designed to induce the tourist industry to adhere to the principles of Sustainable Development; 3) illustrates‚ using real world examples‚ the practical implementation of such policies and guidelines. Tourism is one of the world ’s largest industries and has a multitude of impacts‚ both positive and negative‚ on people ’s lives
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TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA --- Atul Sinha * Tourism development in India has passed through many phases. At Government level the development of tourist facilities was taken up in a planned manner in 1956 coinciding with the Second Five Year Plan. The approach has evolved from isolated planning of single unit facilities in the Second and Third Five Year Plans. The Sixth Plan marked the beginning of a new era when tourism began to be considered a major instrument for social integration and
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Tourism A Chance for Rural Development in Cyprus? I Table of Content II List of Figures 2 1. Definition of “Rural Areas” 3 2. Cyprus’ Rural Areas 3 3. Cyprus’ Rural Areas and their tourism potential 5 4. Tourism Impacts 8 5. Conclusion 10 II Bibliography 11 II List of Figures Figure 1: Dining terrace 5 Figure 2: Pieces of the workshop 5 Figure 3: Traditional pottery oven Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert. Figure 4: Traditional pottery Fehler! Textmarke
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