...Discuss the effect that international tourism has on developing countries and suggest what measures can be taken to ensure sustainable tourism. Tourism is one of the most profitable and growing sectors for the economy of many developing countries. Governments are aware both of this and the opportunities that lie within the industry, and wish to, with the combined effort of public and private sectors, focus on providing goods and services to international tourists for economic benefits to the country. Tourism creates jobs and eventually leads to a better standard of living for the country’s inhabitants. However, too much focus on economic gain can risk neglect in other areas and negate any progress. This essay outlines the effect of tourism in terms of the economic and environmental, social and political issues in developing countries. The tourism industry in developing countries is constantly supported by various supplementary services such as the transportation services, travelling services, hospitality services and others. This indicates the vast range of industrial and economic integration of international tourism across the world. However, there is an on-going failure for economic systems to see the whole picture and to consider other aspects to implement correct development strategies to help ensure conservation, rather than just economic, short-term gain. Tourism has consistently been shown to have a negative impact on the environment through land erosion, noise...
Words: 981 - Pages: 4
...Sustainable Aviation Critically evaluate the research that maintains ‘efforts to achieve a more sustainable aviation industry represent nothing more than simple tokenism’. This essay will evaluate the different approaches by airlines which show they are carrying out various procedures to show that airlines approach to sustainability is not a simple 'tokenism', sustainable aviation is a reality; this essay will look into these factors and demonstrate the different strategies which the aviation industry are putting in place to be a more sustainable industry. The Brundtland Report (1987) identifies sustainability as 5 different things; Holistic planning, one should have a right to be involved in any planning; Ecological processes preserved, one should have the right to have a healthy life; Inter generational equality, what one does today should not affect tomorrow; Fairness and opportunity, one should be entitle to a job anywhere and finally, Ecological Productivity should be preserved, one should not do anything to reduce the variety of natural life. Sustainable Aviation (2011) defines sustainable aviation as a long term approach to dealing with the 5 concepts mentioned in the Brundtland Report and ensuring a more sustainable industry, SA evaluates various sustainability problems the industry faces such as social issues, noise nuisance, air quality, natural resources, etc and it works with UK airlines to try and develop some of the key sustainability issues within the...
Words: 2583 - Pages: 11
...An essay on ecotourism Ecotourism Essay Ecotourism involves responsible traveling to fragile, pristine and mostly protected areas. This takes place for different purposes, from educating the traveler, fostering respect for different cultures to directly benefiting the economic and political empowerment of local communities (Garana, 2008). Ideally, ecotourism incorporates the following criteria; promote biological and cultural diversity, touring unspoiled natural habitats, and the main attractions being local culture, flora and fauna. In short, ecotourism operations are defined by their commitment to the environment, education, nature and culture. The main objectives of ecotourism are providing nature-based, environmental education experiences for visitors and managing this in a sustainable manner (Badan & Bhatt, 2005). Education enables students to understand the interconnectedness of various aspects of the global environment. Ecotourism embraces cooperative education which is a structured educational strategy that integrates class work with learning through productive fieldwork experiences that for practical applications to be realized. The relationship between ecotourism and education is majorly concerned with ensuring that agencies deliver effective interpretations of cultural, environmental and resource management values (Morgan, 1999). This type of education involves explanation, stimulation, provocation, revelation and understanding in an interesting and enjoyable fashion...
Words: 2231 - Pages: 9
...Whole Tourism System Theory in Practice This paper aims to outline the Whole Tourism System (WTS) theory and the practical functions within the system. Weaver and Lawton in Tourism Management state that the different internal functions of a WTS interact to form the ‘single functional structure’. The internal systems required to constitute a WTS were outlined by Leiper in 2004: at least one tourist, at least one tourist generating region, at least one tourist route region, at least one tourist destination, as well as a travel and tourism industry facilitating movement within the system. Whole Tourism System theory is the concept of a number of both internal and external ‘interdependencies, energy flows and interactions’. The 1930s saw the emergence of systems theory to describe phenomenon that are ordinarily too complex. To explain the factors and elements of a World Tourism System this essay will use the Australia to Bali tourist system as an example to explain how each element functioning singularly creates a WTS. Within a whole tourism system tourists play the most valuable role. Tourism is essentially human experience and the enjoyment an individual gains from a destination. The geographical elements within a WTS are the tourist generating region, tourist destination region and the transit route region. The tourist generating region (TGR) within a whole tourism system is related to the demand part of tourism; here people gather information on destinations and this region...
Words: 2351 - Pages: 10
...Ecotourism Essay Ecotourism involves responsible traveling to fragile, pristine and mostly protected areas. This takes place for different purposes, from educating the traveler, fostering respect for different cultures to directly benefiting the economic and political empowerment of local communities (Garana, 2008). Ideally, ecotourism incorporates the following criteria; promote biological and cultural diversity, touring unspoiled natural habitats, and the main attractions being local culture, flora and fauna. In short, ecotourism operations are defined by their commitment to the environment, education, nature and culture. The main objectives of ecotourism are providing nature-based, environmental education experiences for visitors and managing this in a sustainable manner (Badan & Bhatt, 2005). Education enables students to understand the interconnectedness of various aspects of the global environment. Ecotourism embraces cooperative education which is a structured educational strategy that integrates class work with learning through productive fieldwork experiences that for practical applications to be realized. The relationship between ecotourism and education is majorly concerned with ensuring that agencies deliver effective interpretations of cultural, environmental and resource management values (Morgan, 1999). This type of education involves explanation, stimulation, provocation, revelation and understanding in an interesting and enjoyable fashion. The main challenge...
Words: 2287 - Pages: 10
...SCIENCES Zeeland – German Tourists German tourists should be satisfied about the quality of a holiday in Zeeland 10/22/2012 An essay on Should German tourists be satisfied about the quality of a holiday in Zeeland? University: | HZ University of Applied Sciences | Semester: | 5. Semester | Academic year: | 2012/2013 | Course: | CU10130 - Lifestyle | | | | | 1 *Student: Scaldis Academy:, Department of Vitality Management and Tourism. Zeeland – German Tourist Introduction The number of German tourists visiting the Netherlands has dramatically reduced as compared to a few years ago. This has led to a need to research the cause of this reduction. We as students following the minor lifestyle management are focusing more on how to bring back the German tourists to Zeeland, Netherlands coastal area with beautiful clean beaches and dunes. Tourism is a way of distancing yourself from every day activities. It is a service-intensive industry that depends on the quality of customers' service experiences and their consequent assessment of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a service experience. Experience is conceived as conscious awareness and is manifested as precondition for responses to tourist business. The management and performance of service quality is thus of crucial importance to the tourism industry. In this report the question as to whether Germans tourists should be satisfied with the quality of holidays in Zeeland will be...
Words: 2035 - Pages: 9
...[pic] UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA SCHEME OF WORK |Code |: |EVM451 | |Course |: |Event Conceptualization And | | | |Planning | |Level |: |Bachelor | |Credit unit |: |4 | |Contact hour |: |4 | |Semester |: |2 | |Course Status |: |Core | |Pre-requisite |: |None | Course Outcomes At the end of the course, the student will be able to: 1. Identify the event management process in strategizing event conceptualization and planning. ...
Words: 612 - Pages: 3
...This article was downloaded by: [84.73.77.235] On: 21 September 2013, At: 09:20 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Sustainable Tourism Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsus20 Toward sustainable educational travel Joshua Long , Alison Vogelaar & Brack W. Hale a a b c Southwestern University, Environmental Studies , 1001 E. University Blvd., Georgetown , TX , 78626 , United States b Franklin College Switzerland , Communication and Media Studies , Lugano , Switzerland c Franklin College Switzerland , Environmental Science , Lugano , Switzerland Published online: 30 Jul 2013. To cite this article: Joshua Long , Alison Vogelaar & Brack W. Hale , Journal of Sustainable Tourism (2013): Toward sustainable educational travel, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.819877 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2013.819877 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views...
Words: 11012 - Pages: 45
...Introduction The International Exposition (Expo) is an organization for placing brand and converging the public diplomacy. Since the Great Exhibition of 1851in London had opened the door to a procession of spectacular festivals of self-representation and image making, most western countries have accepted the Expo as an opportunity to show that their method to challenge of sustainable development of the city is in a more environmentally friendly interactive displays than others. However, the greatest honor cumulative to the hosts. The city of Shanghai, which was a badge member of the exclusive club of the world’s premiere cities, worthy of the event in a world-class. More widely, the Beijing Olympics of 2008 showed the new China and precisely provided an example of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Hence, the Chinese government may point to the Expo as another example of the admiration of the world turning toward China. It was reported that in the last 160 years, there has never an Expo similar to that, which took place in the 2010 Shanghai Expo. A case in point is that more than 700,000 people poured into a site the size of Baltimore in Shanghai in 184 days. They found that an unprecedented number of pavilions, built by the state and enterprises exhibitors, which deployed cutting edge architecture and state-of-the-art exhibition techniques to comment as ‘Better City, Better Life’ in English, but the Chinese version is closer to ‘city: let ’s make life better ’. Methodology ...
Words: 1900 - Pages: 8
...countries in the world, was approved by The World Bank to receive a $46 million grant to help alleviate poverty, and $700,000 portion of the grant has been designated to increase elephant trophy hunting. Madji Seck of World Bank stated that "When properly regulated, hunting is an important tool for sustainable management of parks" (Can Killing more). The issue of poaching is clearly contested by a wide range of representatives and sectors making it an increasingly difficult matter to address. One group of stakeholders in the poaching crisis are the citizens of the local communities as well as the business owners, specifically in the tourism sector. Although these stakeholders are legitimate and directly affected, they are mostly unaware of...
Words: 426 - Pages: 2
...1. Introduction Over the last century, climate change has become one of the greatest threats facing the world. There is overwhelming scientific consensus that the increasing global temperature and the variable weather condition are closely related to the increase of greenhouse gases. In order to tackle the issue of climate change effectively, the Kyoto Protocol has been established. However, the rate of climate change is beyond prediction and the adverse impacts of climate change are increasingly serious. Besides, the debate about the main cause of climate change is significant. As the main driver of climate change is difficult to identify, countries face the challenge to formulate practical strategies to reduce greenhouse gases. This report will define climate change and explore what is the main driver of climate change as well as focus on climate change response strategies in Kenya. 2. Definition of Climate Change Climate change is characterized as observed increase in global average temperature of the earth. Climate is totally different from weather. Weather is the state of atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, cloudiness, wind and rain (CCIR-NYC 2005, p. 1). However, climate is a region’s weather patterns in a relatively long period (CCIR-NYC 2005, p. 1). The CCIR-NYC (2005, p. 1) claims that the variations of the state of climate on space and time are the dominant features of climate change. It is reported that global average temperature has...
Words: 1330 - Pages: 6
...Managing Archaeological Sites Essay 1 Given that the involvement of local communities is important in the management of archaeological sites, what could be done to encourage their participation? Despite periodic and geographical fluctuations in participation rates throughout the history of the discipline, local communities have always formed the pulse of archaeological developments across the globe, weaving the past with the present to form a living tradition paradosi (the transmission of tangible and intangible particles of a still evolving history), as opposed to kleronomia (heritage, or things inherited from a dead relative) (Lekakis 2008, 315). The histories excavated and dusted off by archaeologists belong to these communities, who not only give them context and meaning, but also support and fund the process of restoration, and it is their participation and endorsement that guarantees the longevity and sustainability of that process. This essay will first examine the theoretical implications of defining ‘the local community’ – in various ways – upon its relationship with the heritage industry, and, by extension, upon its levels of participation. It will then attempt to answer the question of whether these local communities should be included in the decision making process as a means to sustain archaeology, or if in fact archaeology should be harnessed as a tool to rehabilitate and develop local communities in a self-sustainable manner, while cultivating a healthy, heuristic...
Words: 3434 - Pages: 14
...Current Practices in Tourism Hospitality and Events CHTM33 Module Guide University of Sunderland London Campus Contacts Module leader US: Dr. Donna Chambers, Reader Module tutor USLC: Dr. Barbora Cherifi, Academic Tutor 3rd floor staff room barbora.cherifi@sunderland.ac.uk Module information TITLE: Current Practices in tourism, Hospitality and Events CODE: CHTM33 CREDITS: 30 LEVEL: M MODULE BOARD: Tourism PRE-REQUISITES: none CO-REQUISITES: None LEARNING HOURS: 300 Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this module, students will have Knowledge 1. Demonstrated an advanced knowledge of current issues, debates and practices in Tourism, Hospitality and Events. 2. Critically evaluate current research and scholarship relating to tourism, hospitality and events. 3. Critically evaluate the strategic challenges facing Events, hospitality and Tourism organizations. Skills 4. Demonstrate the ability to communicate concepts and analysis orally as well as in written form. 5. Demonstrate the ability to analyze, synthesize and diagnose issues and opportunities in tourism, hospitality and events. 6. Reflect critically on the relationship between theory and practice in tourism, hospitality and events. Content Synopsis This module is conceived as an open platform for students to engage with current practices, issues and debates in Tourism, Hospitality and Events. As well as introducing students to the latest theoretical debates...
Words: 3834 - Pages: 16
...Tourism Essay Tourism is undoubtedly the single largest industry in the world and contributes vast amounts of revenue into any given country. In New Zealand alone, tourism accounted for 10.2% of Gross Domestic Product in 1996 or in dollar terms $11.78 billion (Collier, 1999). In 1999, half a billion people traveled worldwide which indicates the huge scale of the tourism industry. And the speed of tourism growth is also outstanding - airplane numbers have increased thirty times since 1960 and in the last fifteen years the number has doubled. And the amount of international tourists is also increasing rapidly. In 1939 there were only one million tourists worldwide whereas in 1999 there were more than one million international tourists from New Zealand alone (Otago University Resource, 2001). After understanding how large the tourism industry is and the speed it is growing at, it is necessary to then learn about the associated impacts from tourism. The impacts are divided into three categories: economic, socio-cultural and environmental and each impact can create either a positive or negative outcome. Obviously the most important impacts that need to be dealt with are the negative ones. Throughout this essay each different impact will be explained and an example provided. It will also indicate how important it is for a tourism manager to be aware of these impacts and how they could possibly minimise or eliminate any of these adverse effects. Custom Essay on Tourism ! Socio-cultural...
Words: 5260 - Pages: 22
...Since its conception in 1920 by Jan Smuts Holism, it has developed and solved many issues (Gharajedaghi p.2013 558). Pollution is a complex issue which is intertwined in different processes and impacts in diverse ways. Thus, the topic is significance in pursuing ways to help solve the pollution. Ocean pollution also referred to as marine pollution is a wicked problem which has been increasing in complexity day in day out. This is because of the increasing population growth which stands at 7.2 billion worldwide (Noga & Wolbring 2013 p.3615). The increased industry establishment is directly proportional to chemical waste which settle in the oceans. It causes death of marine animals and plants hence poor marine ecology. The aim of this essay is to use the knowledge and skills acquired in role of systems thinking to address Ocean pollution as a sustainability challenge. It will explore various sources of ocean pollution, types and elucidate possible strategies which could be adopted as mitigation...
Words: 2407 - Pages: 10
