Witnessing human terror since ages‚ the valley is under the threat of floods due to a week long incessant rain which is affecting the rescue operations as well. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on Sunday declared the situation a "national-level disaster"‚ and announced a special assistance of Rs 1‚000 crores for the flood-hit state‚ from PM’s relief fund. River Jhelum flowing 14 feet above the danger mark. Homes‚ military bases and hospitals inundated in the region’s main city Srinagar as the
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Impact of Tourism on the Environment (Negril) Negril is situated on the western end of the island of Jamaica. It is known as the 7 mile beach even though it is slightly longer than 6.4 km in length. Negril is also called the tourism capital of Jamaica. Tourism is travel for business‚ leisure or recreational purposes and therefore has many impacts on the environment: as natural habitats both aquatic and terrestrial are being destroyed and damaged when hotels and roads are being built‚ causing pollution
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CSR in Tourism Industry Md. Abdul Hamid1 Nowadays Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a recurrently pronounced terminology. There is enough scope of ambiguity also in ‘meaning’ of this expression. Generally‚ the corporate world and researchers emphasize on different focal points. Instead of such vagueness‚ certainly there are affirmative something in the whole process. Regularly number of socially responsible organizations is increasing and awareness in this issue is rapidly increasing among
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Stage 1 Tourism Summative Task 2: Understanding Tourism and the Natural Environment The health and sustainability of the earth’s natural environment is critical to the long term conservation of the delicate ecosystem that is crucial for all living things. For many destinations‚ the natural environment is one of the primary attractions for leisure visitors. A wide range of recreational‚ activity based‚ educational‚ cultural activities and experiences‚ can be accessed by visitors in
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IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON HOSPITALITY AND/OR TOURISM INDUSTRY Globalization refers to the increments in the relationships of the people‚ industries‚ culture and various activities of economy. The term Globalization refers to the economics and all the global distribution of the production of goods and service which ultimately reduces the barriers of international trade like export fees‚ import quotas and various other tariffs‚ Cowen (2003). The Globalization has contributed to the growth of economy
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AAP Report: Environmental Impacts Due to Tourism By Olivia Hazell Year 11‚ Dundas Due Date: 10/05/12 INTRODUCTION Environmental impact refers to the direct effect of socio-economic activities and natural events on the components of the environment. These impacts can be planned such as afforestation or due to tourism can be totally accidental such as littering. Environmental impact is the change in the environment culturally‚ and physically which can be due to tourists both negatively
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Strength 1. High brand recognition 2. Technical innovations to improve customer experiences and Constant upgrade of business processes 3. Good employee retention 4. Around 540 hotels in over 78 countries 5. They have been in the industry for 93 years now making them real experts at what they do. 6.Good reputation in the market Weakness 1. Limited market share inspite of good brand recall 2. Operations are affected globally due to different Govt policies and
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conomic and financial impacts Major natural disasters can and do have severe negative short-run economic impacts. Disasters also appear to have adverse longer-term consequences for economic growth‚ development and poverty reduction. But‚ negative impacts are not inevitable. Vulnerability is shifting quickly‚ especially in countries experiencing economic transformation - rapid growth‚ urbanization and related technical and social changes. In the Caribbean and Bangladesh there is evidence of both
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A natural disaster is the happening of a dangerous hazardous event‚ which can cause damages for the societies (Petrucci‚ 2012). Floods are one of the most common natural disasters over the world and they have occasional devastating influences in developed as well as developing countries (Ahern‚ 2005). Recently the floods increasingly happen over the world in general and specially in Australia. For example‚ a sequence of floods in Queensland in early December 2010 did happen and led to a damage of
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text] Haiti as a Potential Disaster Tourism Destination Aleksandr Gorbenko Certificate in International Hotel and Tourism Management HTMi Switzerland 0 [Type text] Table of Content Introduction ............................................................................... 2 Historical Manifestations of Dark Tourism ........................... 2 Dark Tourism Motivation ....................................................... 3 Positive Sides of Dark Tourism .......................
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