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    idea of tourism has started to emerge after the Second World War. Countries around the world started to rely on tourism as a form of foreign income. Countries particularly in developing countries that are heavily relying on tourism are generating greater benefits. According to Afrodita (2012), she points out that the industrialised countries, which known as the developed countries and the developing countries have become an important part of tourism development strategy. Nowadays, tourism does help

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    Paper1:http://www.academia.edu/1160667/Quality_Management_in_Tourism_and_Hospitality_an_Exploratory_Study_among_Tourism_Stakeholders The investigation has demonstrated that individuals specifically identified with tourism (partners, officials, teachers, and understudies) see quality administration in an inn as incentive for cash, agreeable room, cordial staff and great nourishment. Additionally, the study demonstrates that the lion's share of lodgings in Thessaloniki and Chalkidiki offer great administrations

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    Volunteer tourism, which many people perceive as an ethical alternative to international travel, has been gaining popularity in recent years. The movement arose as an act of altruism to ‘make a difference’ in a short period of time, mainly in the ‘global south’, rather than having a conventional vacation. However, there are various underlying problems associated with volunteer tourism which are not addressed sufficiently. Therefore, in this paper, I have analyzed less visible plights of volunteer

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    in which a luxurious hotel has been founded in Singapore. At this time, Shangri-La Resorts hotels considered the greatest Asian based luxurious hotel group inside this region. And it's also world's most excellent hotel management companies in the world, attaining worldwide awards as well as reputation through exclusive publications as well as business partners. Regardless of provided hotels and room services, Shangri-La Hotels furthermore introduced Corporate

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    To what extent does the adventure tourism influence the benefits and consequences of economic, environmental conditions and culture? Adventure tourism is a type of tourism that involves the travelers to explore or travel to an exotic area for an activity. Adventure tourism has both consequences and benefits; however, the consequences are provided more evident because it affects the environment and culture. At the same time, it is directly related to the risk of the benefit of the economy

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    Impacts of Urban Tourism: A Case Study of Cape Town Introduction For many countries, tourism is regarded as a new activity. It is becoming one of the most crucial social and economic activities. The increase in the demand for urban tourism or tourism in cities has occurred over the last few decades (Paskeleva-Shapira, 2003).However, the literature on urban tourism is still relatively new (Tyler, Guerrier, and Robertson, 1998; Timur and Getz, 2008). Urbanisation is a global process

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    Internationalization in Hospitality Industry Tourism Major Points in essay. Introduction to Hospitality -Strategies of internationalization in industry- Organizational Strategies for a Global Economy -Issues & impacts of internationalization to industry-Conclusion.  A Brief Introduction To Hospitality Industry  A brief introduction to hospitality industry can be given as, A service industry which includes many other industries in it like hotels, restaurants, lodges, resorts, tourism, etc. It also includes services

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    Sport Tourism

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    The term sport tourism has become increasingly common in the tourism industry over the past five years; it is a lucrative segment of the tourism business. Lavalle (1997) estimated that sport tourism is a 845 billion industry. Sport-oriented vacations, however, are really nothing new. After all, the Romans and Greeks traveled to and participated in numerous sports events. Today's sport tourism is merely a new adaptation on an old theme. The growth in the popularity of sport-oriented leisure travel

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    The Himalayas Region

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    Bhutan, China, India and Nepal benefit from the tourist activities in the Himalayas. For example, the tourism industry alone in Nepal contributes 9.4% to the total gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012, and the sector employs 8.2% of total employment, which is approximately 1.25 millions of jobs (World Travel & Tourism Council 2013). The Himalayas is the third largest deposit of ice and snow in the world after the Artic and Antarctica, the glaciers provides fresh water to a number of rivers in central

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    Tourism business in the Third World it has quickly developed, but it has also arrived a crossed with numerous adversities familiar to other externally-oriented development strategies, as well as: extreme unfamiliar reliance, the support of socioeconomic and space inequity, environmental devastation, and increasing cultural separation. There are many types of tourism which move the people of the cities and one of them is favelas 'tourism. Favelas are precarious or informal settlements that grow around

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