Sustainable 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…

Ecotourism, as a term, was not known until the 1980’s and has since become a major component of the global tourism industry (Weaver, 2008). There are many definitions of ecotourism, ranging from general to specific, written by a number of stakeholders since the term was made common (Weaver, 2008). Peter Valentine (1992) defined it as “nature based tourism that is ecologically sustainable and is based on relatively undisturbed natural areas, is non-damaging and non-degrading, contributes directly…

has a unique history, from slavery, to the revolution, the rise and fall of the empire, effects of tourism, and migration. The diversity that is installed into the Caribbean has been portrayed in a variety of forms, from music, to literature, and has made its way to the cinemas. After, reading The Last Resorts: The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean, by Polly Patullo, I realized the importance of tourism on the economy in foreign countries. The Caribbean Sea has had a long history of being used…

The sector that I have chosen from the tourism industry is the food and beverage sector. The role of the food and beverage sector is to produce, manage, regulate and distribute foods and drinks. This is an important sector in the tourism industry because other tourism sectors rely on this sector to provide foods and beverages. Sectors such as the accommodation sector will act as a wholesaler in order to buy a bulk of foods and beverages. Without the food and beverage sector, the accommodation…

locate or determine that slow is being linked to all phenomenon, industries and sectors. Among these (sectors) is the tourism sector. Slow tourism is a kind of conceptual framework which gives different options to travelling by car and also air (plane travel). People go to places more slowly overland, have a long stay and less travel, Dickenson, et al. (2010). Practicing slow tourism and travel is weighed against the dominant trend of rapid travel, equally as a means of getting from one…

Economic, Social & Environmental impacts of Tourism in Thailand Nowadays Tourism generates a significant portion of its national income for many counties. Thailand is not only a very popular tourist country but is also one of the biggest tourist destination. Thailand’s tourism industry started growing faster since 1987. In current years, the international tourism market provides an enormous opportunity for further progress, with benefits and drawbacks that influence on economy, society and…

soldier of the World War I make the Great Ocean Road becomes an attraction destination that generates economic source and job creation for the region. This report presents the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of the world’ famous tourism destination. The methodology of the report is drawn from various sources such as the government’s reports, private sectors’ reports and academic articles. In addition to those sources, information capture from speakers’ presentation during the…

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…

‘Support for tourism’ Reasons for government involvement There are many reasons the Scottish government would be involved in the tourism industry of the country, this is because tourism generates a huge income for the country. The total number of employment in the tourism industry in 2011 was 2.4 million, most of the employment involved as in the food and beverage service industry which employed 458,000 people. Travel and tourism is an industry which relies on its employees, they earn money…

Tourism is the fastest growing industry of the service sector. Tourist spends their time and money, which generate income and employment which is helpful to develop our economy. That’s why it is very important to wellbeing of many countries. Before 1947, no one focused on this industry but at the beginning of this century, tourism was considered as an industry or business. Now government has taken essential or useful steps for promoting tourism because tourism is not only helpful in develop the…