Tourism is one of the largest and important economic activities in most countries around the world including Malaysia. Tourism is known as one of the fastest growing global industry as mentioned by World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. According to Hui, Wan and Ho (2007), tourism industry will not only give benefit to the industry itself but also to the other sector such as retail industry, construction industry and transportation industry. Malaysian government has included tourism industry as…
“Let a Hundred Flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend” -Mao Zedong, May 1956 This was the beginning of the Hundred Flowers campaign, a movement within the Communist government aiming to terminate restrictions for Chinese citizens and granting them a freedom of thought and speech. Launched by Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China in 1956, it encouraged Chinese citizens to share ideas, opinions, suggestions and allowed them to openly criticise the party and its policies.…
each other and it's known as cultural encounter. Cultural encounter is the way that the culture clash with each other. You can see the similarity between them and the difference as well as the huge impact that they leave on the individuals and the society. Cultural encounters give us the chance to see and understand how different people and different society live, express themselves and the way they choose to maintain their history. We can see that effect of cultural encounter between Benin and…
INTRODUCTION Historically a caravan is a group of people traveling together, often on a trade expedition. Caravans were used mainly in desert areas and throughout the Silk Road, where traveling in groups aided in defence against bandits as well as helping to improve economies of scale in trade. Presently a caravan is a vehicle equipped for living in, typically towed by a car and used for holidays. Why Caravanning ? You don't have to be active or outgoing to go caravanning. Simply enjoying the…
1) Benedict think that morality is when you decide something is right with approval of society and it is something that people in one place create their own culture. Subjectivism is when morality is accepted depending on what each individual think is right or wrong and conventionalism is that morality is accepted based on what society this is right or wrong. She is auguring for the latter. 2) according to Pojaman the different between culture relativism and ethical relativism is…
The notion of “separateness of persons” has posed several convincing objections to utilitarianism. These have been voiced by Rawls, Nozick and Nagel all of which have disregarded the moral force that drives utilitarianism, highlighting the theories lack of recognition of individuality and separate utility. To me, the “separateness of persons” not only is successful in silencing utilitarianism, it also is crucial to our very concept of morality. I argue this through presenting defeats to…
Tourist destination branding has to be the primary concept conforming to tourism branding according to Pike (2009) as the core of tourism branding is to develop a vibrant image that uniquely identifies the positivity of tourist destination with a consistent brand element mix because the perceptions of the place is reflected by the connotations seized in the tourist commemoration. And based on this model Baloglu and Magaloglu (1996) suggested that the tourism brand associations should include…
continent are bound to their cultures and laws to create a long lasting heritage for generations to follow. Individuals who act and follow their cultures and laws are perceived as normal, but those who have interests and ideas that different from the cultural norm were not welcomed. Therefore, they couldn’t fully express themselves in fear of the consequences. Ennis and Jack are examples of people who didn’t want to follow the social norm, but they did not try to change the world and deconstruct…
When it comes to millennials, the older generations seem to think that they are extremely narcissistic compared to them when they were the same age. Of course, that is not the case. While most adults seem to take the same stance on millennials, Brook Lea Foster does not. Brook Lea Foster understands that millennials and previous generations are not much different in terms of being narcissistic. Narcissism is not any more present then it was in the baby boomer age or other generations. Around…
of you. This only works if autonomy is considered suitable, but if the rules being defied seems unnecessary, illegitimate, or repressive. Being cool isn’t about breaking the rules, it’s about breaking certain rules in context (Winkler, 2014). In a study, researchers asked a group of people to decide about their reaction to an ad that either supported breaking or following a dress code. The ad was stating that a dress code was for a legitimate reason (to honor war veterans), then it wasn’t cool…