Tourism in Pakistan has been stated by the Lonely Planet magazine as being the tourism industry’s "next big thing".[1] Pakistan‚ with its diverse cultures‚ people and landscapes attracted 1 million tourists in 2012[2] Pakistan’s tourism industry was in its heyday during the 1970s when the country received unprecedented amounts of foreign tourists‚ thanks to the Hippie trail. The main destinations of choice for these tourists were the Khyber Pass‚ Peshawar‚ Karachi‚ Lahore‚ Swat and Rawalpindi
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BTEC National Award (Level 3) in Travel and Tourism Student Name: Teacher: Mrs van Niekerk | Date assignment issued: 21/01/2013 Final Completion Date: 03/05/2013 | Welcome to your third assignment for BTEC Travel and Tourism. In order to make sure that you complete the unit on time and meet all your deadlines‚ you will find that the assignment is broken down into key tasks. Each task
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Unit 304 – Principles of marketing for travel and tourism Definition of Marketing: Marketing is a type of management tool and is responsible for meeting customer requirements; marketing is about getting the right products to the right people in the right place at the right time at the right price using the right promotion; for example airline companies such as easy jet and ryanair will try and invest their time and money by finding out what different type of customers want from the companies by
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The essay The industry of tourism develops every year. People find out tourism extremely popular‚ it helps to develop the positions in every country‚ but it has some disadvantages. It is obvious that tourism can be different and on of it the sustainable tourism. Many people believe that sustainable tourism (or ecotourism) should not be advertised as it is just a marketing ploy. However‚ from my point of view‚ sustainable tourism is an essential thing of every country and government should include
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The Consequences of Tourism on the Coromandel Peninsula Report to UNESCO by mary o 8 March 2012 Tourism on the Coromandel impacts people by creating a better economy and more jobs. Kevin Blakeford‚ editor/publisher of the NZ Travel Memo stated the “Coromandel tourism industry has an estimated annual worth of $360million and is growing at 5% per annum”1. The money being brought in by tourism is creating more jobs‚ which benefits the community. The downside is that it creates
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Information technology and tourism a theoretical critique Philip Alford a‚Â Steve Clarke b‚1 a b Bournemouth University‚ School of Services‚ Management‚ Dorset House‚ Talbot Campus‚ Poole‚ Dorset BH12 5BB‚ UK Business School‚ The University of Hull‚ Hull HU6 7RX‚ UK a r t i c l e in f o a b s t r a c t This paper aims to initiate a debate regarding the paradigms underpinning the planning and implementation of IT in multi-stakeholder scenarios in the tourism sector. The problem is stated
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Executive summary 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 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
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Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ii Copyright © 2011‚ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Calle Capitán Haya‚ 42 28020 Madrid‚ Spain Religious Tourism in Asia and the Pacific ISBN-13: 978-92-844-1380-5 Published and printed by the World Tourism Organization‚ Madrid‚ Spain First printing: 2011 All rights reserved The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinions
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Tourism Planning and Development Institute of Hotel Management Aurangabad Discuss the potentiality‚ effectiveness of a selected destination critically and provide the possibilities and needs of development through planning and strategic implementation in India for greater tourist interest Module Leader: Dr. S.P. Rath Tourism Planning and Development Varun Sahgal (H-18095) Submitted in fulfillment of the requirement of B.A (Hons) in Hospitality Management University Of Huddersfeild
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usage occasions: Numerous * Role of Government * The role of Indian Government for success in medical tourism is two-fold: * Acting as a Regulator to institute a uniform grading and accreditation system for hospitals to build consumers’ trust. * Acting as a Facilitator for encouraging private investment in medical infrastructure and policymaking for improving medical tourism. * For facilitating investment the policy recommendations include: * Recognize healthcare as an infrastructure
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