Sustainable Tourism in Kumarakom – A Case Study Background kumarakom is situated on the banks of the Vembanad Kayal (backwater)‚ 10 km. west of the Kottayam District Head Quarters in Kerala. Kumarakom‚ a backwater tourism hub is gaining strategic place in on the tourist map due to its natural charm and aesthetic beauty. Tourism development in Kumarakom started with the lease of KTDC land in the bird sanctuary area to Taj Kerala Resorts Limited in the 1989. Tourism has developed rapidly in the area
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Background of the industry Tourism‚ third pillar of the economy after the E.P.Z manufacturing sector and agriculture‚ contribute significantly to economic growth and has been a key factor in the overall development of Mauritius. Tourism may be called to play an even more important role in the future because of the declining stage of the sugar industry. It creates exciting economic and employment opportunities throughout the country‚ and provides upcoming students with an exciting and worthwhile
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ROLE OF INDIAN NGOs IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT VANI – Voluntary Action Network India Profile of India India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world with a rich cultural heritage. It has achieved all-round socio-economic progress during the last 60 years of its Independence. India has become self-sufficient in agricultural production and is now the tenth industrialized country in the world and the sixth nation to have gone into outer space to conquer nature for the benefit of the people. It
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Executive Summary Cruise tourism is becoming an increasingly popular “leisure choice” worldwide‚ and keeping this point in mind cruise tourism potential of India is vast and is still in infancy stage. Mumbai as the commercial capital and gate way of India possess the great potential of cruise tourism as this place sees the highest number of tourist coming in and going out so it becomes the necessity of the time to convert Mumbai port from “port of call” to “home port”. This report has been prepared
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Introduction | 3 ~ 4 | 2. Food‚ Culture and Tourism | 5 | 2.1 What Do Restaurant Do? | 5 | 2.1.1 How to Promote? | 5 ~ 6 | 2.2 Food Tourism as Destination Marketing | 7 | 2.2.1 Competitiveness | 7 ~ 8 | 2.2.2 Benefits and Impacts | 8 ~ 9 | 2.2.3 International Trends | 9 | 2.2.4 The Key Tasks of Marketing Management | 9 ~ 10 | 2.2.5 The Utilisation of Food as a Tourism Attraction | 10 | 2.2.6 The Need of Framework for Food Tourism | 10 | 2.2.7 Stakeholders Involvement |
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Negative Economic Impacts of Tourism There are many hidden costs to tourism‚ which can have unfavorable economic effects on the host community. Often rich countries are better able to profit from tourism than poor ones. Whereas the least developed countries have the most urgent need for income‚ employment and general rise of the standard of living by means of tourism‚ they are least able to realize these benefits. Among the reasons for this are large-scale transfer of tourism revenues out of the host
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Booming industry Indian travel and tourism experienced a boom during 2004. There was a surge in arrivals and departures as well as robust expansion in domestic tourism. After growing by 15% in 2003‚ the number of incoming arrivals rose by a hefty 22% in 2004 over 2003. Not surprisingly‚ incoming tourism receipts also rose sharply by about 16% in 2003 and 32% during 2004. Strong government support The strong support provided by the government played an important role in boosting tourist arrivals. In
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tourist. One step‚ our country have do promotion lower package. Promotion lower package can attract foreign tourist come visit to Malaysia. Promotion lower package such as lower price for accommodation for tourists‚ transport system for visit to tourism places and other. Besides promotion lower package to increase the number of tourist visit to Malaysia‚ our country can to prepare good quality to tourist.Good quality a mean our country to prepare more facilities‚ accommodation‚ safely and other.
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To many‚ sustainable tourism might be interpreted as sustaining attractions just to ensure there is a continuation of visitors and tourists coming in. However‚ this understanding is too juvenile. According to a 1987 report‚ Our Common Future‚ sustainable development is define as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs’ (WCED‚ 1987). Fundamentally‚ sustainable development ‘advocates the wise use and conservation
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Tourism in Context Introduction This essay aims to highlight the main political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors‚ which have aided in the growth of modern tourism from 1945 to the present day. It will also aim to show which of these has been the most important in the aiding and why. Definition of Tourism "The derivation of the word "tourism" originated from a combination of the Latin tornare and the Greek tornos‚ which mean a lathe or circle. In modern English‚ with the suffix -ism (an
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