The Pros and Cons of International Tourism Essay

Slum Tourism has been the topic of debate and research in the last few decades. From our readings, slum tourism is described as the type of “tourist experience that involves visiting urban area characterized by poverty, squalor and violence” (Dürr 113). This form tourism is a recent phenomenon and scholars have been debating on whether it helps or hinder the slums as a whole. The definition of slum varies from city to city, and country to country. Also, the quality of life, the safety, vibrancy of the local economy and legitimacy of it actually existing all differ from slum to slum. In Rio the slums are called a favela, and in Johannesburg they are called a township. Whatever they are called or appear as, they all have been the subject of slum…

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…

Tourism sector Portugal tourism was ranked 15th with value 4.64 in Travel & Tourism (T&T) competitiveness index ranking in 2015, where 141 worldwide countries were measured and the leader was Spain with 5,31 (World Economic Forum report, 2015). To find pros and cons in Portugal tourism, I have created the bar graph between Spain and Portugal T&T factors’ scores. As we can see, the peak differences of factors in 2015 were Air transport and Ground & port infrastructures, Natural resources and…

apartment and Airbnb, in my opinion, they are kind of private small family owned that offers an overnight room with limited facilities, service, and breakfast as well. In another key word, from my point of view, globalization is an international trend of markets and products spread globally through technology. It improves the standard of living, increased in economic of nations, and brings people and cultures together. Later in this paper will focus on the definition…

Chose?). A paper on the students trying to get an introduction to global ethics. The paper gives them a fairly tough scenario which they have to chose who will live or die. The second is a significantly harder scenario given at the end of class. Both should take approx. 10 minutes. Procedure- 20 minutes give out Who Do You Chose?(Multiple Simple Scenarios) Discuss what they students decided and make class come together unanimously with a decision Ask students what they think Global Ethics…

Literature Review Previous research in this area has shown areas for potential improvement include research into; sustainability, future technologies, law and policy changes, and how aviation changing on a global scales drives the need for both partnerships on a global scale, but also being competitive as individual aviation business entities. Pros from sources include initiatives showing not just the private sector, but…

Part 1 Eco Tourism Ecotourism can be defined as a type of tourism that involves responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and also improves the well-being of the local people in that specific area. Ecotourism covers the aspect of an individually focused value. The term ecotourism is also sometimes referred to as “tourism with a conscious” (Goeldner and Ritchie 385). Ecotourism can greatly benefit a destination, however it can also bring dangers and limitations. When…

Caribbean Sea, best known for its’ food, music, culture, plants, and not to mention the benefits of tourism. Slavery here was abolished on August 1st, 1834. Its population as of 2015 was 2,950,210 with a population growth of .68%. Will it be able to help with the expansion of a new company? PEST Analysis of Jamaica Political Jamaica’s government includes a parliament system based off the UK’s with Queen Elizabeth II as chief of state who appoints a governor general with the help of the prime…

construction workers. Not only are infrastructure jobs created, but also several famous NGO’s such as SNEHA or Smile Foundation find a reason to exist. In simple words, Public Heath occupations are being fed by being allowed to study up-stream approaches as to why such problems exist. If there were not enough hurdles, there wouldn’t be as many jobs. The more jobs there are the less people will be in poverty and therefore less inequality. Also, poverty tourism is currently a booming business…

Introduction Human trafficking is currently one of the worst abuse of human rights in today’s world, and it’s one of the biggest issues in international relations. Human trafficking can include being a sex slave or having to work hours on end without any compensation. It is estimated that up to a million women are trafficked each year. Even though there have been effort to stop human trafficking in Thailand, there are still many factors that promote the trafficking. Thailand is also still being…