Cultural geography

tourism industry has an impact on the tourist destination; the impact can be classified as positive and negative impact. Job opportunity and increased economic activity are the positive impacts while negative impacts include environment degradation, cultural and identity deterioration, antisocial activities, increased quantity of waste generated, etc. 1.2 Tourism industry in Goa Tourism is one of the major activities in Goa. The tourism industry has the largest share in Goa's state gross…

1. Explain how the natural surroundings and history of Mesopotamia contributed to the worldview of the people. Include their view of ultimate reality, the nature of the world, humanity, morals, and government. (20 points) Their gods were intolerable, capricious, malevolent, and vindictive. Since there were over 15 hundred gods, they always fought with each other. Their purpose was to bring security and prosperity, but there was an only ever violent war against each other. Gods inhabited nature,…

natural factors depend on demand of tourism. Institutional Causes Institutional seasonality is more complex as it is based on human behaviour and consumer decision making (e.g. deciding on the timing of holidays). These holidays obtain from religious, cultural and organizational factors. Institutional seasonality include: holidays (school, university, work, public, religious) and sociological and economical factor. Additional Causes Hosting time of sporting event - e.g. the Olympic…

Introduction Volunteer tourism is also known as Voluntourism. Voluntourism is when tourists combine volunteering work with travel. It is growing rapidly in the tourism industry in the recent years. It is estimated that there are a total of 1.6 million volunteer tourists, spending about $1.7-2.6 billion each year. The average cost for each volunteer is about $3000 per trip. (Marketing, 2008) Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) started off in 1958 to improve in areas such as education and…

The health and wellness sector has become more than a trend due to the impressive growth it generates from tourism. People from all over the world are travelling to destinations that provide health and wellness services and facilities. Therefore, tourism at large has to consider the physical and mental health pursuit of their visitors. In recent studies it has been said that tourism has given more attention to the benefits of travel experiences. This research attempts to provide a comprehensive…

reveals that the work of reaching equality in education is far from finished. One issue Carter tackles is the term “acting white.” “Acting white” is a phrase that is understood to reject standard educational values, but in reality it refers to a cultural barrier that exists in schools. The term “acting white” has been used for years, its roots stretching back to the times of segregation and intense racism in…

Dealing with Generation X and Generation Y in the Workplace When you take a look at any given workplace in today’s world you will see more diversity than ever before. This not only includes more women, minorities, and religious groups but more age differences than ever as well. There are more generations working together at the same time and in the same place than there has ever been in history. It is not uncommon to see a seventy-year-old person working in the same place as an…

The Millennial Generation In “The New Greatest Generation,” Joel Stein discusses how our generation is and will affect our future. There are three commonly known generation types such as, Baby Boomers born “between” 1946-1964, Generation X born “between” 1960-1980, and Millennials born “between” 1980-2000. Today’s kids are considered millennial born in an era that cell phones, tablets, and computers are used on a daily basis and seems to be the only way some people communicate with others. A…

China has had a history like no other. From dynasties ruled by emperors, to the communist revolution, to an eventual crossroads between the 20th century and western influence. China grew from an agrarian society to global superpower like the US, but the differences between the US and China are stark. The US is a democracy with a multi-party system competing for offices in government. However in China, the party is above the government; public offices are filled by appointed party members and the…

How does an immigrant assimilate? We live in a world with about seven billion people and over 190 countries and this makes it extremely easy for people to leave their native land and migrant somewhere else, in search of a better future. One main destination for these immigrants is the US because it is scene as the land of hope and dreams, but when these foreign people arrive they face scrutiny and are expected to assimilate to the American culture. In Portes and Zhou’s piece, “Should immigrants…