Cultural tourism

Wong (1998) mentions that coastal development in Southeast Asia has largely been unplanned and spontaneous in order to meet tourism demand. Since tourist’s demands are changing rapidly, developers are willing to put on money for the development of resorts or road access. Government in this case has little or no enforcement on it. Developers on the other hand keep on destroying…

have the opportunity to find a new friend in the same way you go. When you stay in a hostel or guest house you will meet foreigner friends. You and friends shared the experience together, it makes you know the viewpoint of another person and learn cultural exchange. Traveling the different place it makes you meet the foreigner you can learn another language from a new friend. When you travel on your own, you will choose the place if you want. You have more time to live longer in the place and…

Tourism is one of the fundamental sector that contributes to every country’s economy. Singapore, as a developed country, have witnessed the nation’s tremendous growth in terms of its tourism attractiveness and competitiveness. The evolution from a chaotic fishing village to a popular tourism hub in Asia. The tourist arrival numbers has been increasing yearly from 9 million to 15 million since the introduction of the Integrated Resorts as reported by Singapore Tourism Board (STB). Thailand, a…

Gastronomic tourism and culinary tourism are often used interchangeably and they refer to trips made to destinations where the local food and beverages are the main motivating factors for travel. It is also known as food tourism or tasting tourism (Manolis,2010). Eric Wolf, president of the International Culinary Tourism Association (2010) states that, culinary tourism is defined as “the pursuit of unique and memorable eating and drinking experiences”. Researcher from the University of Brasov,…

The tourism industry has been around for any centuries dating back to the Roman Empire and earlier than that. During that time traveling was mostly used for business or is was something they had to do compared to today’s trend of traveling more for pleasure than business. As the tourism industry continued to grow to what it is today, we are able to look at and study how tourism can have a positive and/or a negative effect on the destination and the surrounding areas. When studying tourist…

and the innovation in technologies are putting distress on tourism destinations. This productivity was also reflex in expression of business. Increased sustainability for destinations also indicate a remarkable fitness for many agility sectors, such as building, water, energy, mobility, waste and supplies. Based on the conclusions of the meeting, in the future, excitable solutions should be a second for different subjects told to tourism such as mobility (notorious carriage) or safeness…

first century, tourism became one of the main industries in most of the country. The definition of tourism is a composite of activities, services and industries that the individual and group travellers travel to another long destination and receive a travel experience. Tourism creates economic, social and environment benefits to a country. It is an economic and social phenomenon. This essay will explain the range and economic importance of tourism in Taiwan; and how the two tourism…

Dwyer and Chulwon Kim, were respectively, the academic project leaders of a study of the determinants of bilateral tourism flows between Australia and South Korea. The project was undertaken on behalf of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the National Centre for Tourism in Australia, and the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is association with the Korea Tourism Research Institute (KTRI). The resulting report was titled Destination Competitiveness: Development of a Model…

The World Tourism Organisation defines tourism as “a social, cultural and economic phenomenon which details the movement of people to countries or places outside their usual environment for personal or business/professional purposes”. Tourism is the world’s fastest growing sector; it is an industry that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tourism provides 1 out of 11 people with jobs in the tourism sector. It is a diverse industry, offering a broad range of activities and travel. It…

Negative Impacts of Tourism on the Big Island Hawai’i Island, Hawaii, otherwise known as the Big Island, is the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Big Island’s population was estimated to be 196,428 in 2015 (Census 2015). The number of tourists per year far exceeds the number of residents. In 2014, the number of tourists that visited the Big Island reached 1,445,939 (Big Island Now). With record setting highs in visitor numbers, the island must keep up with the continual demand for…