Chapter One 1. Introduction Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord Buddha‚ is situated about 22 km. from Bhairahawa (Siddharthanagar)‚ below the Churia range‚ 24 km. south from the foothills of the Himalayas‚ on the western bank of Telar river in Rupandehi district of Lumbini zone in Nepal. It is about 300 km. west of capital city Kathmandu. Kapilvastu‚ Rupandehi and Nawalparasi Terai districts of Lumbini Zone are around Lumbini‚ the birth place of Lord
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Ethiopia As the anthropologists say‚ all people come from Ethiopians. “Lucy’s” skeleton discovered in 1974 is considered the oldest human “trace”. It is believed that she lived more than 3 million years ago. At 435‚071 square miles (1‚126‚829 km2)‚ Ethiopia is the world’s 27th-largest country. The major portion of Ethiopia lies on the Horn of Africa‚ which is the eastern most part of the African landmass. Bordering Ethiopia are Sudan and South Sudan to the west‚ Djibouti and Eritrea to the
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Impact of tourism on Kenya Academic English Impact of Tourism in Kenya Tourism is the phenomenon arising from temporary visits (or stays away from home) outside the normal place of residence or usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business‚ and other purposes. Tourism implies that a person takes a journey‚ which can be of a day or various days‚ and that can be within a national boundary‚ which be classified as a domestic tourist trip or a journey which crosses
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provides pure travel experience and is directly linked to the local community. Homestay program has been able to maintain the social‚ environmental and economic aspects of sustainability that enhances rural community development. It is the social bonding among the local community people with determined minds‚ skills‚ knowledge and hardworking hands that has led to the successful implementation of the homestay program in rural communities‚ hence‚ uplifting the rural economy of the local people. The homestay
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INTRODUCTION: Tourism is no more an occasional past-time for wealthy and adventurous people. Nowadays‚ everyone is participating in the tourism industry‚ may it be a catering company‚ a hotel or an entertainment business. In fact‚ tourism has an impressive impact on its host country’s economy. It increases growth rate‚ national profit‚ investment and country celebrity as well‚ going from short term to long term improvements. However‚ it has crucial negative impacts on other sectors‚ mostly‚
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opened‚ cruise tourism has been developed rapidly. In 2017‚ the number of ship calls attains about 250 while passenger throughput attains 850000 (“Speech by‚” 2017). Recently‚ World Dream launched homeport in Hong Kong. By developing cruise tourism‚ is there any impacts affect Hong Kong and the region? For economic aspect‚ Hong Kong and the region can be benefited from cruise tourism. With increasing number of cruise tourists‚ it brings economic benefit to the host cities. Host cities generate
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which the concept and beliefs of good or evil‚ right or wrong are founded. It is usually formed from a religious and social platform. On the other hand‚ the concept of
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TOURISM PRACTICES APPLIED - TOUR.5585 ASSESSEMENT 1 DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT & CHANGE CASE STUDY A: NICHE TOURISM Tutor: Sandra Prebble Livia Berrios Franco ID NBR: 2012002290 Due Date: 03rd April 2012 NICHE TOURISM The concept of Niche Tourism emerged in recent years in counter-point to what is commonly referred as mass tourism (Robinson & Novelly‚ 2005) Niche Tourism is a marketing term used to refer to a portion of market segments in which individuals possess features and
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Sustainable tourism creates balance between business and customers‚ in the way the business creates profit and the customers enjoy their holiday. Thereby the people and the environment in the destination will continue to thrive. How critical is sustainability to the future of the travel and tourism industry? Sustainable tourism is absolute crucial for the future of the industry. It is one of those things that are easy to say‚ and it is evidently true‚ but if you think about tourism it is not a special
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TOU2002 – Tourism Impacts and Sustainability Topic: Socio-Cultural impacts of tourism Tourism considered as global phenomenon which is carried out by persons itself. This naturally results in meeting of different culture‚ economy‚ progress‚ status‚ etc. round the globe. Human being considered as social animal cause’s significant social culture impact by tourism. According to Teo (1994) impacts are defined as “change in value system‚ moral‚ conduct‚ individual behaviour‚ relationship
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