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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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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CONTENTS Task One: Reaching the full potential of tourism 1 2 3 4 5 6 Introduction Tourism boom in post war era Need of the hour- enhancing quality of employment Inertia as an impediment Association of MACRO and MESO factors Prospective publications for the article 02 02 02 03 03 04 Task Two: appropriate strategy by harmonizing with ground realities 8 9 Introduction Labour Market below par with demand 05 05 06 07 08 09 10 Inertia as an impediment to expansion 11 Ground realities contradict
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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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Issues in the Malaysia Tourism Industry Malaysia tourism obtained the fast development as a result of it own superiorities in natural and cultural travel resources as well as government’s vigorously support. It has become the country’s second biggest source of foreign exchange and the third largest economy sector. But under this excellent prospect‚ we instead should have a more sober understanding to the tourism’s vulnerability and the issues in the Malaysia travel industry to continue developing
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Winsted‚ 2000). World travel and tourism as one of the world’s largest industries‚ supporting 266 million jobs and generating 9 per cent of the World GDP. Each year the global travel and tourism industry generates several thousand billions U.S. dollars in revenue. According to UNWTO the number of International tourist arrivals worldwide exceeded the one billion mark for the first time in 2012 (appendix 1).
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Melaka Tourism Industry Writers Chew Sze-Siong Lecturer Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management University Technology of MARA Melaka Fauzunnasirah Fazil Lecturer Faculty of Hotel and Tourism Management University Technology of MARA Melaka ABTRACT Seasonality in tourism demand is common among all sectors which involve in the industry and become a focal issue‚ particularly in the peripheral destinations and areas with four seasons. Seasonality phenomenon in tourism can be
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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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1.1 Using the PESTEL framework‚ identify and discuss the key factors in the macro environment that influence the tourism industry. Political: A large influence on the tourism industry can be the stability of government. If the government in unstable it can be viewed as dangerous and unpleasant to visit. This can have a huge impact on that countries tourism numbers. Some governments also choose to make shopping tax-free for tourists‚ as tourists have the right to claim back VAT (Value-Added Tax)/GST
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