Tourism

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…

From this, it can be concluded that this kind of tourism occurs only at places on the outskirts or the countryside and as we all know, countryside is usually associated with the nature for instance the landscape and the wild. In short, a rural tourism is actually a form of ecotourism. Although in the journal it was mentioned that in some other countries, rural tourism is also known as farm tourism (also agritourism and agrotourism), the two is not to be confused because they…

action for rural tourism development. Two communities in South Korea were examined using face-to-face interviews with community leaders, and a structured questionnaire with residents. Five hypotheses that frame tourism development as a coordinated effort of social networks were identified. Findings indicate that the quality of one’s social networks are relevant to the propensity to participate in tourism development. The closer one’s relationship to a community leader of tourism development, the…

Commodification One of the most common negative socio-cultural impacts of tourism is commodification. The dictionary definition of commodification is to make something into an object for commercial use. In terms of tourism, commodification refers to using a place's culture and the cultural artifacts of that particular place to make money and generate profit either to support its economy or for personal gain. In other word, tourism can turn local cultures into commodities. Religious rituals,…

assignment introduces about the global range and scale of the contemporary hospitality and tourism industry. Tourism means people who traveling to stay in place outside for business, leisure, visiting relatives or other purpose. Tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of economy as well as the major source of foreign exchange earnings and employment for many developing countries in our time today. Tourism industry is includes accommodations, food and beverage Services (F&B),…

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…

Tourism today has become a huge industry all over the world. Countries try their best to satisfy tourist needs and requirements; either for tourists from the same country or for tourists coming from other countries. Tourism is basically either relaxation, amusement, food or business and architecture plays a very important role in fulfilling those aspirations, bycontructing hotels, resorts etc. However during such process a huge impact has been inflicted on the surrounding environment. As a…

According to the Oxford dictionary tourism is the commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest. The Cambridge dictionary mentions that tourism is the business of providing services such as transport, places to stay, or entertainment for people who are on holiday. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) indicates that tourism comprises the activities of people travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one…

6.2 Youth tourism as another driver of tourism. Nowadays, more and more companies and destinations are aimed at young people/travellers with the goal of diversifying its customer mix. This segment, according to UNWTO, cited in Hosteltur, 2013, represent 20% of the global tourism, showing amazing resilience to crisis and disasters. Between the years of 2000 and 2010, youth tourism rose from 136 million of international trips to 187 millions, and the revenues of this segment reached 126,000…

For the purpose of this essay I have chosen the issue of Irresponsible Tourism and how we can become more educated about responsible tourism preserving the world around us for future generations.In the main body of this essay I have outlined some major contemporary issues that tourists are Irresponsible about due to lack of knowledge and education around the topics. Tourism is vital to economies all over the world, it is one of the largest indigenous sectors creating employment everywhere all…