term also covers all the activities performed during a travel (movement). A person who travels is spelled "traveler" in the United States‚ and "traveller" in the United Kingdom. Purpose and motivation Reasons for traveling include recreation‚ tourism or vacationing‚ research travel for the gathering of information‚ for holiday to visit people‚ volunteer travel for charity‚ migration to begin life somewhere else‚ religious pilgrimages and mission trips‚ business travel‚ trade‚ commuting‚ and other
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The Economic and Social Impact of Tourism Today‚ tourism is one of the largest and dynamically developing sectors of external economic activities. Its high growth and development rates‚ considerable volumes of foreign currency inflows‚ infrastructure development‚ and introduction of new management and educational experience actively affect various sectors of economy‚ which positively contribute to the social and economic development of the country as a whole. Most highly developed western
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Critically Evaluate how ICT is applied to the Tourism and Hospitality Industry A Case Study of Hilton Hotel Contents INTRODUCTION 3 ICT (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY) IN HILTON GROUP OF HOTELS 4 *IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT IN FRONTOFFICE OPERATIONS 5 *IMPLEMENTATIONOF ICT IN MARKETING‚ DISTRIBUTION AND SALES 6 *BACK OFFICE USE OF ICT IN HILTON HOTELS 8 *EMERGING NEW TRENDS IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 9 *SAFETY AND SECURITY USE OF ICT IN HILTON HOTEL
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Assignment Title: Tourism Impacts on New Cruise Terminal at Kai Tak TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Background 3. Analysis 4. Conclusion 5. References Introduction Hong Kong in Chinese literally translates into “Fragrant Harbour”. Victoria Harbour is the heart and soul of Hong Kong‚ which is famous as being one of the world’s greatest commercial and trading centres. Its natural harbour is capable to support even the largest ships because of its natural depth
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What is Tourism? Tourism involves the short term movement of people to destinations outside the places where they normally live and work. It also involves the activities of people‚ referred to as tourists or visitors‚ during their visit to these destinations and the facilities and services patronized during their stay. Many studies on tourism have been conducted yet there is not one single definition that everyone complies with. The United Nations World Tourism Organization however‚ defines tourism
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IN VYTHIRI RESORT‚WAYANAD SUBMITTED TO: THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MBA (TOURISM ADMINISTRATION) SUBMITTED BY: ARSHAQ HABIB MBA (TOURISM ADMINISTRATION) DECLARATION I do hereby declare that the summer training report submitted to MBA (TA)‚ Department of Business Administration‚ Mangalore University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of MBA (Tourism Administration) is a bonafide record of the work carried out by me. I further declare that this
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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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