Throughout history, people have traveled for many different reasons. Tourism as an industry, however, began to flourish after the Second World War, with per capita incomes in the developed countries increasing significantly and the development of efficient mass air transport, The tourism industry is the largest in the world and is a complex one. The demands of international tourists, the consumers and of international destinations, the producers-are bridged by the tourism industry. The industry consists of a wide range of enterprises supporting the mass movement of people across varied areas within a country and across international boundaries, including a variety of wholesale and retail outlets for hotels, airlines, tour operators, etc. The tourism industry sells a unique product, often called an invisible export. The product may be sold and consumed locally, but foreigners, i.e., the external market, consume it. Nepal is one such popular destination for tourists from all over the world (ICIMOD, 1995:6)
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Community based tourism are a part of ecotourism. It offers unique opportunity for comfortable cultural immersion. “Khilung village” is a model village that introduces the concept of community based tourism in Nepal and the Gurung indigenous people are main inhabitant of the village. Rural tourism is one of the immense areas of entire tourism industry and one of the flourishing areas in the recent years. It is my assumption that when the world becomes increasingly homogenous, indigenous culture will become increasing important for tourist to provide differentiation and authenticity. Furthermore, village tourism provides the stronger driver to restore, protect and promote traditional culture. Its is necessary to examine village tourism as a new institution, how it will change and perhaps destroy traditional culture in an effort to run into a commercial
Private house owners shall be encouraged to provide home stay facilities for the use of the tourist which may expose the visitors to the local food habit and traditional lifestyle in a cost-effective manner. 5. The District administration should identify model villages which are rich from the point of view of handicraft and handloom, rural life, social habits & culture. These villages shall be developed to model villages to provide unique experience of rural tourism to the tourist. 6.
The process of livelihood transformation in Komodo Village indicated that the difficult period of bagan fishing and the rapid increase of tourist visit were the significant driving force of the transformation. The livelihood transformation was initiated with the intention of seeking a way around the challenging conditions of bagan fishing. The opportunity to have a much lighter job and easy money has become the main attraction for these fishermen to shift their livelihood to the souvenir business. Although this transformation enabled local people to generate sufficient income, it is premature to conclude that tourism is an appropriate strategy to provide sustainable livelihoods for local communities.
Festivals are connected to cultures and to places, giving each identity and helping bind people to their communities (Getz, 2010: 3), and provides an opportunity for community cultural development, which, like a sense of place, is nearly an invisible phenomenon (Derrett, 2003: 40). Ap and Crompton (1998) suggested that tourism is perceived to contribute changes in value systems, individual behavior, family relations, collective lifestyle, moral conduct and community organizations. These kind of social impacts maybe positive or negative. With the development of tourism, there might be changes in the social structure of the community.
Tourism is one of the biggest and fastest growing industries in the world but it is characterised by seasonality. Tourism is highly dependent on seasonal changes, economic activities and the culture in general. Season is the most important period within the year, in which some certain things are abounding.
For the introduction, brief information regarding my purchase and the travel and tourism industry is presented. It was then followed by the explanation of the 2 chosen theories from two different chapters.
Bhutan removed its self-imposed isolation policy in the 1970s. Since then, Bhutan has been drawing a lot of international attention and interest. Besides this, Bhutan has become one of the main tourist destinations in the world. This is because of the diverse biodiversity, unique culture and traditions. Given these unique features, Bhutan has the opportunity to commercialize the tourism industry. Therefore, instead of banning tourism, it should be regulated as it helps to generate revenues and foreign currency for development, to preserve and renovate the cultural sites, to create job opportunities, and to improve the living standards of local communities.
“Visitor exports,” or sales of tourism goods and services to foreign visitors, averaged US$ 10.2 billion (bn) (12% of total exports) in 1998–2005 on more than 10 million annual visitor arrivals. The next largest category of exports, computers and parts, averaged US$ 8.5 bn in the same period.3 On average during 1998–2005, Thai tourism directly and indirectly accounted for 13% of GDP, 10% of employment (3 million jobs), and 12% of investment. Using the industry’s GDP share as a measure, Thailand is ranked 60 of 174 countries in the World Tourism and Travel Council’s global tourism satellite accounts (TSA). (s tourism-based development good for the poor?: A general equilibrium analysis for Thailand (6th ed., Vol. 30, p. 2). (2008).
Today’s global competition, demands a country to keep the true identity., culture becomes the basic aspects that must be maintained, because of the existence of culture effects how closely humans in general act, and be friendly. Cultural or often we refer to as the culture has its own uniqueness, while others interest by the culture then this could make the place tourism.
Nowadays in the rea of globalization, according to the World Tourism Organization, “seven hundred million people travelled abroad in 2003”, and the number is estimated to increase to 1.6 billion by 2020. (International Labour Organization, 2005). Tourism is spreading in unusual places. A lot of people want to be in the midst of adventure. It is a vital source of revenues for the GDP of many countries. I partially agree that tourism hugely benefits the local community. This essay will discuss some of the economic, social and environment effect of tourism on the host community.
Tourism focuses much more on attractions, helping the tourist experience a change, and is a huge economic business. They each have different rules and guidelines, anthropology being more strict then tourism. However, there are several anthropologists who see tourism as a spiritual journey for newcomers and how it can be a very successful anthropological method. While most people see tourism as an obtrusive version of a vacation, several anthropologists view tourism as a “sacred journey” and helps the tourist experience a sense of solidarity or togetherness (Selwyn, 1990). This form of tourism, known as ethnic tourism, relates the most to anthropology.
Rural tourism is not a new type of industry . Desire to escape bustling city centers and discover new areas, stress factors, in the 19th century caused tourist interest in rural life. 1970’s, 80’s and 90’s were new period for rual tourism.This period is observed with a lot of tourists ( OECD, 1994, p.7 ).
Tourism is an important and intricate element to society. It affects economical, social, cultural and environmental elements. Tourism can be argued to have a negative impact on the environment and decrease our already depleting resources, but tourism can also be argued to be a major contributor to strengthening economies, spread cultural traditions and improve people’s lives. Tourism
Tourism is a typical activity of fashion that the public participate widely and it has grown in importance over recorded human history. Innumerable articles refer tourism as “the world’s largest industry”; policy-makers, analysts, and scholars often speak of the size of the tourism compared to that of other industries (Smith 2004: 26). These series of misleading statement, together with the mass media’s reports (out of context), make the idea that tourism is a single large industry branded into many people’s minds. However, in this essay I will demonstrate that it is a simplistic and misleading idea, which should be replaced by the plural term, “tourism industries”. Moreover, tourism is not the world’s largest industry, but largest service sector.
Tourism is the one of economic and social activities that increasingly vital. Number of travellers domestic and international is increasing. In fact, several countries in present world develop tourism sectors as primary sector which generate national income. According to Salah Wahab and Cooper (2003). Tourism is also sector which involves role that mutually link between government, private sector and also public.
At the present time, one of the inseparable parts of the economic growth is considered as tourism industry. Commonly, tourism is the movement of people to other places for business or leisure purposes as well as covers their activities. Holloway and Humphreys defines that the places where tourists come and spend their money are called as “tourist destinations” in other words “receiving areas”. Many countries have been improving tourism to overcome economic difficulties since it is growing fast. The industry activities have been demonstrated a general positive trend in the economy and it has already become the inherent part of economic development. In host countries, tourism has led to such positive consequences as the improved infrastructure,