...A STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TOURISM INTRODUTCION: Tourism faces a challenging change in its framework conditions: The geopolitical as well as the economic situation require new strategies. Technological innovations, demographic change and a powerful costumer have to be met in politics, marketing and planning. New destinations, new products with prices on a level, which would have been incredible some years ago, compete with the established tourism offer. There are a number of factors affecting tourism. They are: Economic Factors * Cost of certain vacations can act as a travel barrier * Economic prosperity can encourage people to take more trips * Good economic time, people have more discretionary income – money left over after paying taxes & basic living expenses Technological Factors * Methods of transport have become faster & more fuel efficient = more cost efficient – cheaper for people to travel * The more tourist facilities (infrastructure) a country has, the greater a success it achieves as a tourist destination * Developments in information technologies have also had a great impact. Example: internet – people are aware of more travel options and can book trips instantly. Political Factors * Tourists avoid areas of political unrest * If a region is politically stable it can influence the #’s of visitors * Reports of terrorism or high crime rates can keep people away Demographic Factors * Demography...
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...Domino’s Pizza Demand and Forecast ECO550 Rigo Benitez Dr. Atia Yasmeen Strayer University Demographics and Independent Variables Analysis Domino’s Pizza is planning to open a store in Annandale, VA, a median-size town about 10 miles outside of Washington D.C. Domino’s Pizza will do a demand and forecast to determine if it’s a good decision to open the store. The independent variables are population, mean household income, and pizza price as the independent variable. Annandale’s census population was 41,008 at the 2010 census, down from 54,994 in 2000 due to the splitting of the western part form Wakefield and Woodburn CDP's. The population and household income should help determine if people are willing to pay the pizza price and how much is the demand for pizza. The population helps determine the demand for pizza because of the law of the demand, the larger population the larger the demand. The household income will help also because the more disposable income the more people will buy a common good. Pizza is a common good that people will buy more often if they have more disposable income. The following chart display the variables used to determine pizza demand. Testing Coefficient of Determination Analysis Using Data Regression Analysis tools on Excel, the following results are used to determine the pizza demand in Annandale and if Domino’s Pizza should go ahead with the decision open the store. Domino’s Pizza Final Analysis to Open the Store The...
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...Peanut M&M’s Determined by Chi Square Goodness of Fitness Test for a Multinomial Population Table of Contents Abstract……………….…………..…………………………………………….......3 Introduction………………………………………………………………………...3 Methodology…………………………………………………………………..……3 Results…….…………………………………………………………………..……5 Limitations……………………………………………………………….………....6 Conclusion…....…………………………………………………..………………...6 References……….…....…………………………………………………………....7 Abstract The intent of this research paper is to determine whether the color distribution/proportion of peanut M&M’s derived from a random sample 14-ounce bag (o) is a good fit to the hypothesized distribution/proportion of an infinite population of peanut M&M’s as cited by Mars, Inc. (p). Introduction A 14-ounce bag of peanut M&M’s was utilized to observe and obtain the random sample color distribution/proportion data. According to Mars, Inc. and as shown on Table 1, p has hypothesized distribution/proportions of: Blue-0.23, Brown-0.12, Green-0.15, Orange-0.23, Red-0.12 and Yellow-0.15. Table 1 – Color Distribution/Proportion Figures via Mars, Inc. Color Milk Chocolate Peanut Crispy Minis Peanut Butter Almond Blue 24% 23% 17% 25% 20% 20% Brown 13% 12% 17% 13% 10% 10% Green 16% 15% 16% 12% 20% 20% Orange 20% 23% 16% 25% 20% 20% Red 13% 12% 17% 12% 10% 10% Yellow 14% 15% 17% 13% 20% 20% Methodology Using a goodness of fit test for the distribution of a multinomial...
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...differences in culture and work ethic between Americans and Japanese. It shows how each group handles conflict in the work place, as well as at home. The main characters and leaders are faced with dilemmas and have to figure out how to work as a team to keep the automobile manufacturing plant up and running smoothly. According to Western Washington University (2011), there are many different sociological differences between the Japanese and Americans. Most importantly, the views of conflict and conflict resolution differ greatly. In the United States, conflict is seen as something that is inevitable, or bound to happen, whereas in Japan, conflict is considered dangerous to all relationships and should be diffused before it begins or avoided at all costs (Western Washington University, 2011). This fact along plays a major roll in the struggles between the Americans and the Japanese at the automobile manufacturing plant in Gung Ho. The American workers almost seemed as though they were looking for conflict to solve, but the Japanese executives were quick to avoid it at any cost possible. Culture also plays a major roll in determining how the characters approached and completed tasks presented to them. In the movie, a few of the American and Japanese main characters argue about their differences in spending time with family. The Japanese say that their job is their life; it is most important so they can provide for their families. For the Americans, they preferred to spend as much time...
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...(High-Context & Low-Context Culture Styles. (n.d.)). According to Edward Hall, these cultures prefer group harmony and consensus to individual achievement. They focus more on a speaker’s tone of voice, facial expression, gestures, posture, etc. than the actual words said. Travel effect stated four reasons why American workers chose not to use their vacation time. The first reason was the dread of returning from a vacation to piles of work, followed by the belief that no one will be able to step in and do their job for them while they're gone, not being able to afford going on vacation and lastly the fear of being seen as replaceable. “Indians are more efficient. Americans believe in more action and fewer words.” (SocialPC. (n.d.)). As previously stated, there are many differences between American and Indian work culture. Americans tend to be more relaxed work wise, while Indians tend to be extremely hard working. Due to their hard work, Indians quickly learned to adapt to new cultures and are very successful in other countries. Many of the differences between American and Indian culture arise from the fact that Indian cultures are based around their religions. Americans tend to be more individualistic and live life at their own will while Indians tend to rely more on the values of religion and family. Reference Chapter 1 Lecture: High-Context & Low-Context Culture Styles. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.marin.edu/buscom/index_files/Page605.htm Goudreau, J. (2013)...
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...One Friday morning Nance lee is an afro-American girl who lives in a Negro neighborhood with her parrents. She is pretty, smart and she fits in well with the life of school. Nancy Lee does well in school and the teachers like her "You have been an excellent student" (P.61 L.31). She is at senior art class at the George Washington's high school, where she just painted a picture, which is in the competition of the art scholarship of the year. At the beginning, she wins the competition, but when the judges find out that she is a Negro, they give away the 1st. place to another person. Nancy is a girl with her heart at the right place as she thinks much of other people "now mother can have a new coat next winter" (P.63. L.10).This is what she is thinking about doing in the future if she would win the scholarship the next years. The dreams of Nancy also show that she is a goodhearted person, especially when it comes to people of her own race. The way that her dreams is pointing out her goodness, is the dream about America being a country without race discrimination. Nancy Lee and Miss O'Shay, who is the vice principal, have some things in common. They are both from another country, and both the Irish and the black people who immigrated to America have been exposed to discrimination "years ago we were called the dirty Irish" (P.67. L.1) and "we were ...
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...illustrate this, I have chosen to focus my thought on people's successful careers, that is to say people who started from scratch and reach the top of the social ladder. How can myths and heroes influence people's careers ? Aiming at answering this issue, I will exhibit a rags-to-riches life which is a symbol of the American Dream. Then I will show that political heroes could inspire society as well. First and foremost, one cannot deny that society is based on founding myths, a collective identity forged around common landmarks and shared values. As elsewhere, but even more so the myths of “The American Dream” in the United States is a great example. Indeed it promotes the idea that not only is personal fulfillment due to honesty and hard-working but it is based also on God’s will. As a captain of industry and a generous philanthropist , Rockefeller is a case in point. He was a role model who likely fostered the American spirit of competitiveness, innovation and entrepreneurship. In the same token, we studied the rags-to-riches life of Oprah Winfrey in an article taken from the website onlineessays.com. Oprah Winfrey overcame the obstacles of being an African American girl in the South in the 50s and 60s to achieve her goal. She started her own show which soon became the Oprah Winfrey talk-show. Her outlet was a tool to broadcast her principles which influenced America. As well as funding her magazine, her website and her own...
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...different in nature. The protagonist in “A Worn Path’s” story is about a journey of race and the obstacles in life that she has had to overcome and still has to face each day of her life, while the protagonist in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is about a spiritual journey that one must take in order to find favor with God and receive His grace and all of His goodness. Both of these stories transcend time and please because the themes in both of these while different can be seen in the world around us today. Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” is a journey about race and the obstacles the old lady has to overcome in order to help her grandson whom swallowed lye a few years back and occasionally gets sick so Phoenix Jackson has to travel through the woods into town to get him medicine. The time of year that this particular journey takes place is significant because it is at Christmas, which in literature is symbolic of rebirth and/or change for the better. This may also represent the idea that slavery is over and while there still may be some obstacles to overcome life is only going to get better from now on for the African American race. The story is suggestive of the poverty that Phoenix Jackson lives...
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...developed country or developing country. Poverty both influence developed country, America and developing country, Mexico. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian and The Devil’s Highway, they both facing the poverty issue. Sherman Alexie is telling us about the Indian American living in a hard life and Luis Alberto Urrea is telling us about the poor Mexican people migrating to United States for gaining wealth. Both of the two stories meets the same problem which is poverty forcing them to make change. The path to success are tough and hard, both of them have to discard something for the cost. However, their ending are not the same. Sherman Alexie is telling us the real life of Indian American who still lives in the Indian reservation. For those people, their poverty are generational and inheritance. “Seriously, I know my mother and father had their dreams when they were kids. They dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams” (Sherman Alexie 12). As Arnold talks about his parents living in poor, he is helpless and feeling despairing because he knew that the poverty has been an issue for the Indian American for many generations. To think about more deeply, another view of what Arnold says is, he still believe that Indian people are equal to other ones. Not only they have the equal rights to have dream, but also they do have same potential to achieve success. The poverty in the...
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...Essay One: What is an American? Gregory Coryell American Literature I Dr. Joseph Walker January 19, 2011 What is an American? America has always been based on the precept that it was formed as a melting pot. This term means that different religions, cultures, traditions and countries were blended together to create the “New America.” Europeans from various areas have fled their countries for many reasons and settled on American soil, “the land of the free.” Religious persecution, war, famine, and the hope for economic prosperity have enticed individuals to pull up their tent poles in their native lands and move to a bold new world, known as America. This new world, America would be a starting point and a birth of a new civilization and a new breed of people who all share one common goal. What does it actually mean to be an American? There are many definitions that have existed and that have helped us understand and shape our interpretation of this term. This paper will compare and contrast two separate views of what the new American is and what it means to be called an American citizen. In William Bradford’s, “Of Plymouth Plantation,” he accounts for his journey to the new world by describing the intent of his voyage, his first impression of his surroundings, and the things and people he encounters. Our text verifies Bradford’s hopeful spirit and passion for his beliefs when Bradford uses the term, “Pilgrims” to describe the “community of believers who...
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...African Americans today. Upon first glance, it appears to have escalated and, to many, is racially motivated and very one sided. However, this issue has a history, a very long and painful history. As a result of the original civil rights movement championed by many including Malcolm X, there is a deep seated distrust and anger towards our police and our government for many things including segregation, lack of representation, gerrymandering, criminalization and violence towards the African American community to name only a few. In 1964, Malcolm X rallied in the speech...
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...Scout wasn’t even afraid to be racist in front of an unknown number of African Americans in a church. A church for goodness sakes. That’s never ok. The way the writer wrote this book makes me question. Was the writer racist? My final example of racism in this story is probably the worst one of all. It takes one drop. “Well if we came out durin‘ the Old Testament it’s too long ago to matter.” “That’s what I thought,” said Jem, “but around here once you have a drop of Negro blood, that makes you all black.” If we follow that logic nowadays wouldn’t 40% of the population be black.? A lot of people at some point in time has had blood put into them. For all they know they could be black now. In the book To Kill A Mockingbird we see many examples of racism. As you have read I’ve listened three. There are a plethora of racist remarks and...
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...Reminiscent of the callous Trayvon Martin shooting that resonated throughout the United States, Michael Brown suffered the same tragic fate on August 13. Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager who was described as “a leader” who knew “what he wanted out of life,” was fatally shot by Darren Wilson, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri last month, sparking a national outcry and civil unrest (Shoichet). In response to the inhumane shooting, controversy arose due to differing accounts over the events that took place on that night, resulting in the start of public protests in Missouri. Throughout Missouri, demonstrators held up their hands to mimic Brown’s actions when he was confronted by Wilson: they chanted certain phrases, such as “no justice, no peace” (McLaughlin)....
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...Asian Philosophy and Literature ENG/301 February 1, 2015 Jacob Kolander Asian Philosophy and Literature Asian American literature flourished mostly after the 1930’s and a significant rise came after the 1970’s when Maxine Hong Kingston published several of her books. Asian literature did not emerge earlier as Asian scholars and diplomats were not brought to America; individuals that did come into this new land were solely to work on railroads or mines. This literature mostly refers to the hardships of adjusting to living in America and keeping their cultural origin. The Confucius philosophy is highly significant to the Asian culture and it is reflected in the literature in one form or another. The readings selected are Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan, The Youngest Daughter, by Cathy Song, and How I Got That Name, by Marilyn Chin. These stories reflect the difficulty of adjusting to the American culture as well as maintaining their Asian culture. The Confucius philosophy is not a religion but a system that is based on social and ethical foundation that establishes kindness, respect, and appreciation to others. Through this philosophy, each individual is expected to be kind to the younger, the older, and every human being. In Asian American literature, many of the text includes either the mother, father, grandparents, or a relative that they care for or continue to live with. Aside from including a family member, it writes about the difficulty of mastering the English language...
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...and poor. Maya does not understand why Momma does not stand up to prejudice whites. Momma teaches Maya how to act around whites. When three white children mock Momma from the front yard, it makes Maya furious. Momma maintains her dignity through the taunting by a gaze and humming a hymn. They attempt to embarrass Momma but only succeed in embarrassing themselves. She calls each girl Miz to show respect for each. They reply with “bye Annie.” This reply shows their disrespect and prejudice for her. She shows the girls respect demonstrating her maturity and poise. She knows the girls are acting out of ignorance and needs prayers and forgiveness. Out of the belief they are superior to African Americans. When Maya looks Momma in the face after this incidence, she sees that goodness makes her beautiful. After, Maya draws hearts with little hearts encompassed in them on the ground to acknowledge her grandmother’s heart is big enough to hold smaller ones. Maya knows her grandmother has won the contest with the “potwhitetrash” girls by giving them the respect that they never came to receive. Perhaps Maya refers to it as a contest due to her emotional reaction to it. Momma proves her superiority with the way she handled this incidence. The church scene was very humorous. Her brother is mischievous. He loves Maya and she looks up to him. The two are very close. So Maya reminds her brother of a Sisters action of shouting “preach it” in church during a previous service...
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