TRAVEL AND TOURISM 1.1Tourist arrivals through the years Over the years Sri Lanka has been a tourist attraction. The tourism industry in Sri Lanka has gone through an up and down road mostly due to the instability of the country. The graph below shows these fluctuations. Source: Annual Statistical Report of Sri Lanka Tourism-2007 & Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority. The above graph shows how much Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has declined considering that the world tourism rate has
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& 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 has reached‚ under the pressure of global economics‚ to a capacity
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------------------------------------------------- Structure and organization[edit] The tourism industry is based on many different components and interrelated parts. For example‚ transport‚ accommodation‚ attractions‚ activities‚ marketing and government regulation. Many businesses span more than one sector and the impacts in one part of the tourism industry have significant implications for other sectors. The tourism industry includes: 1. those sectors which enable the tourist to travel to and from the
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The Tourism industry is an important industry in Hong Kong. Inbound and outbound tourism is the major income of Hong Kong. According to the result from the Tourism Commission‚ in 2011‚ Hong Kong received a record-high of 42 million visitors from around the world‚ a remarkable increase of 16.4% over 2010. It is also the first time that the number of arrivals surpassed the 40 million mark. The appreciation of most major currencies against Hong Kong dollar and the improving travel sentiment have fueled
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Is tourism the world’s largest industry Tourism is a typical activity of fashion that the public participate widely and it has grown in importance over recorded human history. Innumerable articles refer tourism as “the world’s largest industry”; policy-makers‚ analysts‚ and scholars often speak of the size of the tourism compared to that of other industries (Smith 2004: 26). These series of misleading statement‚ together with the mass media’s reports (out of context)‚ make the idea that tourism is
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KFC in Nepal “KFC Corporation‚ based in Louisville‚ Kentucky‚ is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain‚ specializing in Original Recipe‚ and Colonel’s Crispy Strips® chicken with home style sides and new freshly made sandwiches.” Everyday nearly‚ KFC serves eight million people in the world with the same old crispy crunchy recipe Sander developed more than half century ago. With their old recipe they are moving ahead in more than 300 countries serving their mouth watering dishes. The
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CONTENTS Task One: Reaching the full potential of tourism 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction Tourism boom in post war era Need of the hour- enhancing quality of employment Inertia as an impediment Association of MACRO and MESO factors Prospective publications for the article 02 02 02 03 03 04 Task Two: appropriate strategy by harmonizing with ground realities 8 9 Introduction Labour Market below par with demand 05 05 06 07 08 09 10 Inertia as an impediment to expansion 11 Ground realities contradict
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TITLE : Tourism industry as the economic generator INTRODUCTION : Malaysia is a beautiful tropical tourist destination in Asia which is the potential not only to attract international tourists but also offer local people. Tourism had become a wise investment that will drive the growth of related industries‚ all the other acts as a vehicle in the development of mega Malaysia to developed countries in this century. This essay examine the efforts boosted the tourism industry and reveals
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Issues in the Malaysia Tourism Industry Malaysia tourism obtained the fast development as a result of it own superiorities in natural and cultural travel resources as well as government’s vigorously support. It has become the country’s second biggest source of foreign exchange and the third largest economy sector. But under this excellent prospect‚ we instead should have a more sober understanding to the tourism’s vulnerability and the issues in the Malaysia travel industry to continue developing
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Winsted‚ 2000). World travel and tourism as one of the world’s largest industries‚ supporting 266 million jobs and generating 9 per cent of the World GDP. Each year the global travel and tourism industry generates several thousand billions U.S. dollars in revenue. According to UNWTO the number of International tourist arrivals worldwide exceeded the one billion mark for the first time in 2012 (appendix 1).
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