Sustainable tourism

The attractive lure of the UWHL is also different in countries and regions. Take Macao for example, in Fig. 1 in the appendix one will see that there were more tourists from China performing heritage tourism compared to international tourists. A reason for this may be that Asian tourists value the Portuguese-style architecture of the historic centre of Macao more than European tourists and American tourists. The case study in Macao should not be expected to work in all world heritage sites since…

Introduction Tourism is and always has been one of the major contributions to a country’s economy. It is a social, cultural and economic event in which involves the movement of people to countries or places outside of their usual environment for leisure, business or medical purposes. The tourism industry is made up of different components such as transportation, attraction, accommodation, travel and tour operators etc. Hospitality is a “place”, where people can still be exceptional individuals…

that place can be a sustainable destination. (Sustainable Tourism Online,2013) In a positive aspect, Venice is a city full of heritage that can cater the need of the cultural tourism which is the recent tourism trend.(Montana, 2015) Also, it is a city surrounded by lots of canals which is a great opportunity to develop cruise tourism.(Martha, 2016) Therefore, Venice can satisfy the expectation and need of the visitors so the number of visitors will be increased. The local tourism industry can be…

from its audience, genre, situation and medium. The first source that I will be exploring in this essay comes from the Journal of Sustainable Tourism. The article, entitled “Integrating Indigenous values with capitalism through tourism: Alaskan experiences and outstanding issues” focuses on the relationship between the indigenous people of Barrow, Alaska and the tourism that sustains a sizeable part of their economy. The…

1. Introduction Travel and tourism have become one of the world’s largest industries. The statistics of the World Tourism Organization (UNTWO) demonstrate that international tourists around the world doubled from 1995 to 2013; 23% of these visitors are in the Pacific Asia region which has the highest growth rate in the world (UNTWO, 2013). However, according to Gossling (2002), with the tremendous growth of domestic and international tourism, there will be increasing pressure on the climate,…

There are three different spheres of sustainable development: environmental, economic, social. The environment sphere of sustainable development is the most appropriate on the analysis of the Quicksilver cruise group and the Great Barrier Reef. In fact, the environmental sphere includes the use of natural resources, environmental management…

1. Explain how all-inclusive vacations or cruise vacations can create a negative effect for local tourist industries? All- inclusive vacation refer to the type of tourism that you just have to pay one time and it provide air tickets, airport taxes, fuel surcharge, insurance, accommodation, all meals, all entrance fees, tips for driver and guides. And do not need to pay any extra fees. Expect for the shopping and snacking. And for the cruise vacation, it refer to the vacation that at cruise ship…

Tourism is a significant contributor to nowadays economy and the largest industries worldwide. Numerous nations have developed since the nineteen century and tourism is gaining more importance as regarding to the chaining trends. The improvement of tourism has given new methods of transportation and expanded people 's chances to travel. Because of the development for transportation and infrastructure, roads are improved and governments stabilised, interest in travelling for business, leisure and…

Tourism is New Zealand’s biggest export industry (Cropp, 2015), and therefore, tourism strategy is key in ensuring that the nation’s economy is flourishing. Between 2001 and today, NZ has released three tourism strategy documents – set to look forward to 2010, 2015, and most recently, 2025. Each document aims to update the previous one, looking at the strengths and weaknesses of the past and modifying these in order to keep up with the ever-changing environment. This essay compares and contrasts…

According to the Ministry of Tourism the main objectives for Croatian tourism are to: “ensure a top 20 world ranking for Croatia in terms of competitiveness; achieve EUR 7 billion of investment; increase foreign tourism expenditure by EUR 6 billion; grow the tourism sector workforce by 30,000 (20 000 jobs directly with the industry and 10 000 indirect jobs); increase bed capacity by 100 000; spread tourism more equitably through the year; and encourage a more balanced tourism development across…