SRI LANKA ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION (SLEA) ANNUAL SESSIONS th 19 – 20th October‚ 2012 Export Growth for Sustained Development TECHNICAL SESSION IV: SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT 2: Services Tourism and Entertainment Srilal Miththapala BSc (Eng) ;CEng; FIEE; FIH; Project Director‚ E U Switch Asia Programme Greening Sri Lanka Hotels Project‚ Past President of the Tourist Hotels Association of Sri Lanka World Tourism Tourism is referred to by many as the world ’s largest and fastest growing industry
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state-initiated plan for regional tourism development. Yu Hong (2011) The economic and tourism development story of Hainan has now been questioned and criticized with little involvement by the local minority community and their little gains from local tourism boom. “Under this top-down tourism planning‚ a triangular axis of the central government‚ various ministries and powerful external force such as property developers has overwhelmingly dominated regional tourism development in Hainan and enjoyed
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– 13.6m 3. Sacre Coeur – 10.5m 4. Eiffel Tower – 7m We see that Europe has been leading in the number of international tourists since 1950. Major proportion of this statistic has been provided by France. There was not much travel and tourism during the 1950’s because due to lack of technology and travel options and many other such reasons. Travel technology improved and we can see that by the mid 1960-1970’s there was a sudden explosion of international tourist arrivals. France accounted
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decades unless drastic measures are taken. Other forests and regions are in danger too. Although in some places tourism growth has threatened wildlife‚ in most cases it inspires many to conserve it. 2. Definition of eco-tourism Ecotourism is travelling to natural places that are vulnerable and the tourists are required to act responsibly in order to minimize the negative aspects of tourism on the environment and enhance the cultural integrity of the local people. Apart from evaluating environmental
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Sustainable Tourism The idea of sustainable tourism initiated from the idea of sustainable development. There are two forms of tourism industries‚ which quite a few platforms want to apply to reach sustainable level. Sustainable Development & Sustainable Tourism The term sustainable development illustrates the situation where development could happen to satisfy current generation’s needs and wants whereas the next generation would not be victims of unsustainable actions of this generation.
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Abstract Nature-based tourism is an important part of the global tourism industry‚ and its components and features vary considerably from one destination to another. In Malaysia‚ location‚ quality and quantity of natural resources‚ and their infrastructure have not been well documented in the past. Thus‚ this paper attempts to assess local community-based management for potential ecotourism in South Kelantan which is Gunung Reng‚ Jeli as case study. The study investigated the local community involvement
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Describe and evaluate economic policy measures that can be used to reduce negative consumption and negative production externalities. Economic policy making is often a field of government decision-making or academia that is regularly filled with confusing terminology and definitions to the average person and thus somewhat confusing‚ this article looks at two of these such terms; ‘negative production externalities and negative consumption externalities’ and attempts to dissect their nature and
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The new FAU football stadium has had a big impact on the school and is going to continue to greatly impact the school. FAU football and other teams have had to play off campus for their games until this stadium was built. Not having an on campus stadium has had quite an effect on the school‚ students‚ and staff. This new football stadium impacts FAU in different ways such as financially‚ economically‚ and school spirit. The impact of this new stadium is nothing but positive for the school and the
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Tourism in Malaysia Tourism means activities that occur when tourists travel and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than a year for business‚ leisure and etc. It is the second largest foreign exchange earner‚ after manufacturing. Positive impact of tourism industry on economy 1. Contributed to foreign exchange earnings Tourism expenditures and the export and import of related goods and services generate income to the host economy and can stimulate the investment necessary
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The Impact of A Terrorist Act to The Inbound Tourism Study Case: How Bali Bombing Affects the Tourism in Bali Introduction As the third biggest industry in Indonesia and the biggest industry in Bali‚ tourism is an important industry that will definitely have such a big role in the country’s economy. There was 20% of Bali’s working population which directly involved in the tourism industry. Moreover‚ in 2001‚ there were 5.1 million tourists that visited Indonesia and most of them ended up in Bali
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