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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Environmental Implications of the Tourism Industry Terry Davies Sarah Cahill Discussion Paper 00-14 March 2000 Resources for the Future 1616 P Street‚ NW Washington‚ DC 20036 Telephone 202-328-5000 Fax 202-939-3460 Internet: http://www.rff.org © 2000 Resources for the Future. All rights reserved. No portion of this paper may be reproduced without permission of the authors. Discussion papers are research materials circulated by their authors for purposes of information and discussion. They
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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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Technological Educational Institute of Athens essay for Tourism Marketing to prof. Katsoni “Marketing strategy in the tourism industry” by Yulia Shmakova spring semester 2014 The word "strategy" occurred from the Greek strategos‚ "art of the general". The military origin of this term shouldn’t be surprising. strategos allowed Alexander of Macedon to win the world. Value of the strategic behavior allowing firm to survive in competitive
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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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SRI LANKAN TOURISM STEPPING TOWARDS A NEW ERA Membership Number: 12313667 Word count : 3190 Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Level 07) Unit 01 – Emerging Themes Membership Number: 12313667 Tourism as an emerging theme Tourism industry includes‚ attracting tourists from local and foreign nations. Now- a- days‚ most of the countries highly pay their attention on upgrading tourism industry as it boosts the economy and finally the countries will be benefited from the industry. Country to
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Overview of the Maldives tourism industry Tourism in the Maldives took off in the early 1970s‚ The beginnings of tourism in the country saw the development of just two islands as resorts in 1972‚ with a capacity of just 280 beds. The supply of tourist accommodation has increased at a very steady rate. This increase was planned to meet the international tourist arrivals to the Maldives and at the end of year 2010 there were 25‚701 beds in the industry. This includes Resorts‚ Marinas‚ Hotels
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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 destination (for example travel agents
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IT in travel ROLE OF IT IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY GROUP - BK Rajnikant Patel - 111 Dr. Sushant Patel - 112 Rachita Patnaik - 113 Yashasvi Patravali - 114 Navjot Singh - 115 Preview IT has touched every aspect of commerce and turned those industries into gold mines. Travel & tourism industry is also one of those which IT has not spared. And how it has brought about transformation and revolution will be seen in the due course of the presentation. Let
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Hospitality and Tourism Industry Introduction to Hospitality – HTM100 In the following paper‚ I will determine the challenges involved in managing restaurant operations that are specific to my state‚ as well as how I would address those challenges. Secondly‚ I will determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in my state. Next‚ I will analyze the interdependence of food service‚ lodging‚ and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and make two recommendations
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