Types of tourism

Satisfied guests come back and do word-of-mouth advertising. This leads to a higher average infrastructure utilisation and at the same time leads to reduced advertising costs. Wehrli et al. (2011) stated that Lucerne gets over a million overnight tourists every year not counting the number of tourists who just stop by the city during the day. This staggering number can only take place if the visitors kept coming back to the city as the numbers do not at all imply that these million visitors…

programs engaging the homeless, tourism-related companies can play a role in working with the homeless. In several cities around the world, pro-poor tourism has become a widespread trend. It has been argued that forms of pro-poor tourism, like slum tourism, can help alleviate poverty; however, successful pro-poor tourism requires extensive planning, “stimulating local involvement, partnerships and procurement” (Harrison, 2008, p. 854). A trend in this type of tourism involves homeless people…

controlled exactly the system of definition of different categories of accommodation was the Order №35 created by the Ministry of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy on 25 January, 2010. The last redaction is the Order №1215 produced by the Ministry of Culture on July 11, 2014. The official title of this document is “On approval of the classification of objects of the tourism industry, including hotels and other accommodation facilities, ski slopes, beaches, carried out by accredited organizations”.…

job prospects available to all. There are two main sources of jobs in the UK: tourism and businesses. I will discuss both of these roots in detail so as to help understand how the changes made whilst we are in the EU and changes about whether or not we stay in the EU filter down to affect the very number of jobs accessible. 3.1 million Jobs in the UK (about 10% of all jobs) are tourism-related and there are 249,000 tourism businesses in the UK . So if we were to pull out of the EU then this…

For the social outcomes of Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival, the Hong Kong Tourism Board has extensive publicity of Hong Kong Dragon Boat Carnival in Hong Kong or other cities, such as major newspapers, internet and TV channels, aims to build awareness of the event and city ambience to attract more people to attend and contact this event (Hong Kong Tourism Board, 2016). According to Hong Kong China Dragon Boat Association (2017), it attracts over 6000 competitors of different race and Hong Kong…

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,…

forefront of the world. Some people said that Dubai is the" Hong Kong of Middle East Country." Moreover, the tourism industry in Hong Kong and Dubai grows at a rapidly speed. In 2010, Dubai ranked 7th in world city visit with 7.4 million visitors. In 2011, Hong Kong ranked 14th in the world city visit with 22.3 million international overnight visitors and 19.6 million day visitors. In this way, tourism is one of the main driving…

Tourism is an integral part of economies around the country, even around the world. Tourism contributed to 2.6% of the U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014, and it is only expected to rise more in the coming years (Travel). A fast growing segment of the tourism market is outdoor recreation. From 1983-2000, there was a 45% increase in horseback riding, 53% increase in bicycling, 183% increase in hiking, and 217% increase in backpacking (Olive and Marion 1483). However, as this area of…

Nagasaki International Tourism and Convention Association (NITCA) The Nagasaki International Tourism and Convention Association (NITCA) is an organization which deals with tourism and meeting aspects in Nagasaki, Japan. Nagasaki is located in the southeast part of Japan and one of the most famous tourism destinations because it has unique histories and cultures. According to the Nagasaki Tourism statistics, the total number of tourists to Nagasaki was 31,302,822 in 2013 (Nagasaki Tourism…

Thus, Club Med comprises all types of segmentation as tourism industry participant, but in different correlation. Geographic and psychographic segmentation share the first position, because the company operates in many countries with different environmental conditions, so customers can choose depending…