...1. The underlying causes for the outbreak of the price war are the close proximity of two competitive businesses and the lack of pricing cooperation needed to benefit from such a situation. Having two competitive businesses in a “fish bowl” atmosphere like this requires both businesses to agree on a price and stick to it. They also need to find ways to differentiate themselves from one another. This could decrease the “head to head” atmosphere and help both businesses carve out their own niche. In a business that relies on sales to tourists, customer loyalty is not an issue. Therefore, a price war is not going to be productive for either business. Settle on a price and let each capitalize on there own segment of the market by differentiating from one another. The problem with a price war is that when one business lowers its price it won’t be long before the other business will do the same. It just goes back and forth until one or the other is out of business. The only one that wins is the customers taking advantage of the good deals. However, that advantage will be short lived once one of the businesses exits the market and the other can then charge what it wants. This is referred to as predatory pricing. According to Miller, Cross (2007) “predatory pricing is when one firm drives the other out of business by lowering its prices. Once control of the market is gained back, the firm will attempt to recapture its losses and go on to earn higher profits by driving...
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... 6.9. The Great Barrier Reef Exhibit 6 6.10. Our Fragile Waters 6 7. The Risks 6 8. Risk Mitigation 7 9. Aquarium Design 7 10. Future Trends 8 10.1. Social 8 10.2. Environmental 8 10.3. Political 8 11. Conclusion 8 table of figures Figure 1 Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre Design 10 1. Introduction This report is based on designing a tourism product, finding a market, explaining the experience and the risks involved. The report also contains concepts of the impacts of political, social and environmental issues. The tourism product designed is the Kurrawa Underwater Discovery Centre. This product is intended to provide an underwater adventure for the target market of families whilst the main concept through entertainment is to educate individuals about the importance of the world’s oceans and the animals which reside in this delicate...
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...Adventure refers to the exciting activity or unusual experience. These experiences are often of daring or risky nature. There are many people whose life is filled up with adventurous experiences. The definition of Adventure varies from person to person. It is in actually defined as ‘a risky undertaking of unknown outcome’ which means that an adventurer is one who gets a thrill out of exploits, the result of which may also be dangerous or if in favour, then sublime. Let us consider the options individuals have for adventure, in the modern world, to suit their tastes. To start off with, we can consider sports and its varied disciplines, which are adventurous for sportsmen. Ballooning is a sport which has a lot of scope for adventure; of course it is only for those who can afford it, being a costly proposition. The element of risk is always there with the change of weather and balloons filled with helium prone to lightning and leaks. One can imagine the thrill of rising high into the sky without the drone of an engine and with the advantage of being able to control the direction. The risk factor also is great like the attempts at crossing the Atlantic where these contraption have fallen into oceans after facing turbulent weather or landed on top of mountains with the occupant not equipped to get down to inhabited areas. Speed Boating, Car Racing, Buggy Jumping aster all very adventurous sports, enjoyed by thousands of enthusiasts, the world over. There are some people...
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... Underwater Viewing—Scuba Diving or Snorkeling Underwater viewing is an amazing adventure. Two ways to personally view this world that we do not see often enough is by scuba diving and snorkeling. Both of these are ways to view the underwater world are similar, but they also have some differences. Some of the aspects that will be compared and contrasted are; cost, viewing experiences and adventure. Snorkeling is an inexpensive way to see underwater. If one chooses to rent the equipment the cost of a snorkel, mask and fins is approximately $10. If one wishes to purchase their own equipment it would cost approximately $50 to $200, depending on one’s choice of brands. Once the person has their equipment they will be all set for any snorkeling destination at no additional costs. Scuba diving is a very expensive way of viewing the underwater world. One typically starts by taking an open water class that starts at $150. The equipment can be rented at whatever destination they choose to dive at a cost of approximately $50 a day. If a person wishes to purchase their own equipment the minimum cost would be approximately $1500 and up, this is dependent on the brand and experience level of equipment that will be need. If a person started their adventure as a snorkeler some of the equipment can be used for scuba diving. As one progress they can take additional classes at additional costs from $75-$200...
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...Lindbergh are two people that have had a journey across the atlantic ocean. For each Columbus and Lindbergh’s journeys they had many similarities and differences, they had achievement and they each also faced challenges. Christopher Columbus began a risky journey to get across the atlantic ocean by boat in 1492, departing from Spain. Later, him and his team reached Canary Island where he was in need for three ships to help him along this long journey. The three ships were named; the Pinta, the Nina, and the Santa Maria. They made many stops and explored new land. Though all of the ships did not make it, they had to leave two behind before their voyage was even over. ("What...
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...Shot-by-shot Analysis Life of Pi, a 2012 American 3D adventure drama film that composed of live -action and computer-animated adventure based on Yann Martel's novel. This film is directed by Ang Lee, a movie that tells a story within another story based on one simple truth. In the movie, the narrator pi, who was the only survived young man from the sinking Japanese ship caused by the storm. He made to the lifeboat, yet, he was alone in the center of pacific ocean without any supplies but with a tiger called Richard Parker. However, the theme of this film is not just this exciting adventure but is the implicit conflict between Pi and the tiger; Pi’s rationality of believing in God to the animality aspect of his personality, the animalistic side of human nature that he struggled with. Every scenes have highlighted this meaning of how they survived as a whole. However, I found the sequence of when the main character Pi has his emotional changes from fear tiger to kill tiger to the end of living with the tiger is interesting and it reveals the overall meaning of the theme of the film as well. In this particular sequence, the camera has used long shots repeatedly and frequently to align the audience with the filmed characters and with their feelings. The long shot in the looser framing and the wider angle of vision create sense of negativity between Pi the powerful and isolating environment of the ocean. In a image of this sequence, long shot of Pi catching fishes with his tools while...
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...RETURNs! APRIL APRIL MAY MAY JUNE JUNE JULY JULY AUGUST AUGUST SEPT SEPT OCT OCT 2015 Amusement Pier Operating Hours* 2015 Amusement Pier Operating Hours* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 11am-5pm 6pm-10pm noon-11pm 11am-5pm 6pm-10pm noon-11pm 6pm-11pm 2pm-10pm noon-5pm 6pm-11pm 2pm-10pm noon-5pm noon-midnight Mariner’s Landing Pier only. noon-6pm noon-midnight Mariner’s Landing Pier only. noon-6pm 1pm-midnight noon-10pm 1pm-midnight noon-10pm 1pm-10pm for Mariner’s Landing Pier. 5pm-10pm for Surfside Pier and Adventure Pier. 1pm-10pm for Mariner’s Landing Pier. 5pm-10pm for Surfside Pier and Adventure Pier. Adventure Pier opens at 4pm on weekdays and 2pm on weekends unless otherwise noted. Adventure Pier opens at 4pm on weekdays and 2pm on weekends unless otherwise noted. MAY MAY JUNE JUNE JULY JULY AUGUST AUGUST SEPT SEPT Morey’s Pier 1972 2015 Water Parks Operating Hours* 2015 Water Parks Operating Hours* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 9:30am-5pm 9:30am-5pm 9:30am-6pm 9:30am-6pm 10am-5pm 10am-5pm 10am-5:30pm 10am-5:30pm 11am-5pm 11am-5pm Raging Waters only Raging Waters only *Closing times and operating hours are subject to change at anytime based on various factors including weather *Closing times...
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...eeper The book I am writing my report on is the Dragon Keeper by Carole Wilkinson. I picked this book because it looks interesting and it’s an adventure book. I love reading adventure books because it feels like I am a part of the adventure. Also the book takes place in China, I like reading books about my culture. This book takes place in a far Western mountain called Huangling Mountain on the edge of the Han Empire in ancient China. A young slave girl with no name lives in one of the Emperor’s palace, looking after the animals and her cruel master. Her parents sold her to Master Lan, an imperial dragon keeper, at a young age. Along the way, the nameless girl found a mouse that she kept for a pet to keep her company. She named the moose Hua. At first Master Lan would do all the work that he was assigned to do, but after a while he started to complain that he is getting older and made the nameless girl do all the work like cooking, feeding the animals including the dragons and etc. The slave was afraid to take care of Master Lan two dragons that lives in a pit, but she puts aside her fears and feeds the dragon every day. But one day the one of the dragons die. The girl felt guilty because the day she had eaten a bowl a fresh food it was meant for the dragons. She made sure to keep the other dragon alive. The girl was afraid when Master Lan decides to get rid of the dead dragon by pickling it. She knows that if you pickling the imperial dragon would mean death if the...
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...Have you ever heard of Captain Benjamin Hornigold? Well, since age thirty-three, Captain Hornigold has been a captain who has went on many adventures, with a famous crew, on his British war ship sized ships. He was an influential pirate with crew members that later became even more famous than him, when he became a pirate hunter. Hornigold was very important. The famous pirate, Benjamin Hornigold was born around 1680, in a small town called Norfolk, in England. His Early life is very unrecorded and unclear, but we do know that his first acts of piracy were around 1713 or 1714. It is also unclear why he decided to become a pirate as well, but many people become pirates because of unemployment or because they are very poor and need some money....
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...Have you ever felt as if you were living the dream? That anything bad in your life just disappeared? That’s exactly how I felt on June 1st 2015 in Troy Missouri. The sun was shining down on me as the wind blew at just the perfect speed, in which made my hair spin as if I was in a tornado. And at this moment I knew my life was perfect, and nothing could change that. But I guess I thought a bit too soon, because before all the paradise came the 13 hour long and painful car ride. The car ride felt like a never ending lecture from your parents. And the worst part about it was that there was no amazing scenery on the way there, so all you could do was stare at long fields of green and brown hills. After 13 long hours of nausea and suffering my...
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...Final Essay California, and Florida are similar in some ways but difference in others, per example The beauty of California if I compared to Florida it is the Mediterranean, tropical weather, its vast ocean front waters, the beauty of its coastlines, the Agricultural land, and the reaches of the Employment opportunities, all in contrast makes California more desirable place to live than Florida. Introduction California is one of the best and desirable places to live in the world. In the winter of 1987, I was living in Florida city, one morning I got up to go to work, the day was very nice from one minute to the next the sky started to get dark, darker clouds cover the sky. People at the trailer park was so fearful, they started to run to shelter places, they were right that day, it rained so hard, and it was lightning and thundering, the winds were so strong that, it could take a tree up from his roots. The people who did not have enough time to run to the shelter place, suffer very big loss, the next day I went to the town to look around, the little city was devastating, windows from business broken, trees were laid on the streets, cars were upside down, and broken homes all destroyed, it was a disaster that I will never like to re-live again, and it was a big experience in my life. I. First main point. California’s tropical weather makes life enjoyable, when the rain is falling it rains so smoothly that it is hardly any lighting...
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...England. He grew up on his family farm. He went to King Edward VI Grammar School. His father died in 1596 when John was 16 years old. This is when he began his travel adventures. After a period as a military adventurer, he joined an English group called The Virginia Company of London. This group was preparing to establish a colony in North America, find gold and discover a water passage to the Pacific Ocean. In December 1606 the Virginia Company of London sailed three ships headed for Virginia. The ships arrived in April 1607 in the Chesapeake Bay to establish the first permanent English settlement in North America at Jamestown. John Smith will escape danger many times and later became the colony’s leader. John Smith and the colonists settled on a marshy peninsula up the James River. The river and the colony are named for England’s King James I. The colonists decide not to build a fort and are attacked by Indians. After this attack the colonists take John Smith’s advice and build a fort for protection. John and a group of colonists explore the James River and travel as far as the waterfall in what is now Richmond, VA. After a difficult summer, the colony is in trouble because they have no food. John Smith travels to Indian tribes to trade for food. Trying to find a shortcut to the Pacific Ocean, John and other colonists explore the Chickahominy River. On this journey they are attacked by Indian warriors. John makes friends with many Indian tribes; they take him...
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...The word Renaissance literally means “Rebirth” or “Revival”. It was a series of events during 15th and 16th century by which Europe passed from Medieval to Modern civilization. The Renaissance means reawakening of human mind, there was a new spirit of inquiry, of criticism and a passion of scientific inventions. Some of the major features that characterized the renaissance play are... Curiosity of knowledge Spirit of adventure Lust of obtaining power either from hooks or crooks Individualism and worldliness Love of beauty Marlowe himself is the spirit of the renaissance. In the conception of his dramas he is impelled by the renaissance spirit of unlimited powers, unlimited knowledge for the sack of power and unlimited materliastics progress. His dramas also show the love of physical beauty and the desire of fulfilled sensual appetite. He was born on 1564; it was the age of renaissance. So his dramas possess all characteristics of renaissance plays. First characteristic of renaissance that is found in Doctor Faustus is thirst of gaining knowledge. Faustus was presented as a scholar. He was the master of different subjects including science, medicines and divinity. Faustus had a wide knowledge but still he had a longing to increase his knowledge. He renounces god and pact his allegiance to Lucifer only because of his hope of earned knowledge of all universe. He wanted to know till the end. His gluttony of acquiring more and more knowledge leads him to his downfall. Doc...
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...this unique style of writing into these novels to help express their themes. Magic Realism is a “chiefly Latin-American narrative strategy that is characterized by the matter-of-fact inclusion of fantastic or mythical elements into seemingly realistic fiction”. It is a unique style of writing most commonly used by Latin American authors. This genre is also being applied to art. The term now can apply to paintings. It was created in the early 1900’s by a German writer but shifted to Latin America where it is still most commonly found today. In Yann Martel’s Life of Pi, magic realism is present throughout Pi’s long journey in the Pacific Ocean. The ship, Tsimtsum, that he and his family are traveling on sank and he was the lone survivor. He was tossed onto a lifeboat with some animals from his family’s zoo. Two and a half days into his adventure, Pi discovered that he was not the only one on it. “How I had failed to notice for two and a half days a 450-pound Bengal tiger in a lifeboat twenty-six feet long was a conundrum I would have to try to crack later, when I had more energy. The feet surely made Richard Parker the largest stowaway, proportionally speaking, in the history of navigation. From the tip of nose to tip of tail, he took up over a third of the length of the ship he was on.”(134). Yann Martel applies magic realism here when Pi discovers Richard Parker. Pi survives 227 days with this beastly tiger on board. He is in a twenty-six foot long lifeboat with an animal triple...
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...My Dream Job (narrative essays) Many years ago, when I was a small child, I admired adventures. I think that since I breathed in for the first time and felt the ground underneath my feet, when for the very first time I looked at the night sky and its many eyes, I wished to live the life of an adventurer. To stride the deserts, to explore the jungles, to wander through the lost cities and to dive into the deep darkness of the ocean I find extremely exciting. My wish is to be an adventurer. To be an adventurer you need some qualities. You need to know how to get out of some risky and dangerous situations. You need to know how to survive. It would also be recommended to know how to sail, because a good sailor a good adventurer. What is more, the most epic adventures are found on the sea. The best thing about going on an adventure is that it is really exciting, filled with thrill and danger. And, I know it is a bit cliche, but danger is my middle name. Another good thing about adventure is the sights you see, the beautiful forests, and the castles... so many wonderful castles that have numerous ancient tales about knights and dragons. But like every human has his disadvantages, going on adventures has its bad sides too. In all the thrill and danger, many have lost their lives. And so 'through the darkness and night a beam of light appears and the Dovahkiin comes,' as the legend says. One day, a man shall appear and repell all the evil, he'll kill all the foes of his...
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