There is a statement that lifestyle entrepreneurs can jeopardise economic development of tourism destinations. Just as Dewhurst and Horobin (1998: 33) state that lifestyle entrepreneurs ‘may not be capable of long-term survival: this in turn could serve to jeopardise seriously both the economic health and social fabric of those communities‚ resorts and regions which are becoming increasingly reliant upon tourism and hospitality related activities’ . As far as I am concerned‚ I totally do not agree
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Hospitality Industry in China 1. Introductory With the fully social and economic development and improvement in China recently，the hospitality industry is undergoing changes from small scale to large and below standard to standardized. And after the entrance into WTO‚ the domestic hospitality industry became one of the first few enterprises in China engaged in the worldwide competition. Consequently‚ the hotel enterprises in China not only have to face the beneficial conflicts in competition with
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If Africa is to be successful in competing in the international tourism market‚ standards of excellence must be introduced. In order for Africa to facilitate progress in implementing good tourism development there are key issues facing the continent that need to be addressed. These issues are; Comprehensive government policies for tourism‚ Public health and safety‚ Capacity building‚ Infrastructure‚ Environmental mitigation and protection. State capacity-building is a critical aspect of
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Tourism is a social‚ cultural and economic phenomenon which entails the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business / professional purposes. History has taught us that people travel and engage in tourism activities in increasing numbers when several basic conditions can be met. Before people can experience tourism they usually need at least:- 1. disposable income‚ ie. money to spend on non-essentials 2. leisure time 3. tourism
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Introduction The tourism industry is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing and successful industries‚ with revenue of recorded 693 million international tourist arrivals in 2001‚ reported by World Tourism Organization (WTO)‚ nevertheless its definition cannot be agreed on. Youell (1998; pg.9) presents a definition given by WTO in 1993 defining tourism as “activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure
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Tourism: Principles‚ Practices‚ Philosophies Part Five: Essentials of Tourism Research and Marketing Learning Objectives • Become familiar with the marketing mix and be able to formulate the best mix for a particular travel product. • Appreciate the importance of the relationship between the marketing concept and product planning and development. • Understand the vital relationship between pricing and marketing. • Know about distribution systems and how this marketing principle can best be applied
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Date: l7 May 2010Submitted to: Academic office Mr. Jeroen Greven | Abstract This report comprises the concept about new innovation: “The client information system”; that we want to apply to the market for the purpose of serving hospitality industry. The report includes 6 major parts: Introduction of the product; the second part is literature preview based on the qualitative method of filtering information‚ to come up with the better possible ideas for our innovation. The next part
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History of the Hospitality Industry In this lens‚ the rapidly-growing hospitality industry is discussed. ’History of the Hospitality Industry’ takes a look at where the hospitality industry came from and where it is headed. History of the Hospitality Industry Why do we care? As many scholars begin to look for jobs in a market economy that seems to shrink every day‚ it is good to see a glimmer of hope. As many top corporations in every sector struggle to make a profit‚ the hospitality industry actually
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Hospitality Service Excellence The academic circles have not formed a standard definition for service failure‚ but scholars have put forward their own understanding from different angles: Hays and Hill defined service failure ascontact situation that make customers unsatisfied(Julie Hays& Arthur‚ 2001). Keaveneypointed out that if the customers feel unsatisfied about the service system‚ then service failure occur (Crittendenet al. 1995).Keaveney has divided service failure into two types: the
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HOW TOURISM CAN CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIO-CULTURAL CONSERVATION Negative socio-cultural impacts from tourism How tourism can contribute to socio-cultural development Tourism can contribute to positive developments‚ not just negative impacts. It has the potential to promote social development through employment creation‚ income redistribution and poverty alleviation. Other potential positive impacts of tourism include: Tourism as a force for peace Traveling brings people into contact with each other and
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