Introduction
The tourism industry has seen tremendous growth in recent decades, becoming one of the most fundamental tools in the promotion of greater overall economic health of many countries today. One of the greatest economic impacts has been the creation of vast employment opportunities for nations at a global scale, including both the developing and developed worlds.
From a much broader perspective, employment within tourism as a whole has been advantageous to many economies and communities at all ends of the spectrum. However, from a gendered perspective it’s evident that what has failed to be recognised by many, are the divisions and inequalities that exist within in it. As with society, individuals are continuously subject to segregation
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The tourism sector is flexible in nature (WTTC, 2014), allowing for the employment of individuals with varying levels of skill, from the unskilled to the most highly skilled workers. According to the UNWTO 2014 statistics, tourism currently accounts for 9% of the world’s GDP, with one in every eleven people employed in a tourism related job. Employment in the industry can be divided into two sectors – formal and informal (Opperman, 1993, Sharma, 2004) and further be divided into three subcategories: direct, indirect or induced (Rapaport, 1999). Direct employment referring to employment generated from businesses largely dependent on tourism i.e. hotels, travel agencies, airlines and restaurants. Indirect employment refers to jobs created by businesses that are reliant, in part, on tourism such as taxis and aviation mechanics. Induced employment relating to the extra employment which comes from the tourism multiplier effect whereby money “permeates throughout the economy” and locals begin to re-spend money earned (Mathieson & Wall, 1982, Sharma, 2004). As the world becomes more globalised and countries move towards more “labour intensive service industries”, employment in all areas in tourism are said to rise (WTTC, …show more content…
It wasn’t until the 1990’s that gender began featuring in tourism academic writing. Its introduction to tourism literature began with the works of and Kinnaird et al (1994) and Swain (1995), who identified three issues central to understanding gender in tourism. First, they identified that the tourism process comes from “gendered societies” controlled by “gendered relations”, second, that with time these gendered relations “inform and are informed by” by many different parts of society that are involved in the development of tourism i.e. a society’s culture, its economy and its politics. And third, that “power, control and equality issues” in tourism practices are expressed through race, class and gender relations (Kinnaird et al 1994:5, Swain, 1995:249). And thus, as a result of the gender influenced societies we as individuals come from, men and women are seen to play different roles in constructing and consuming tourism (Swain, 1995:249). Sharpley et al (2002) suggest that it is the acknowledgement of these differences that have likely led to the “reinforcement and transformation of gender divisions” amongst employees in the tourism
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Tourism has been described as a global activity with local implications. We are all aware of the tourism potential to boost economic diversity and growth within their regions. The decentralized nature of t...
“Tourist Point of View” is a piece written by Duke Ellington on the album “The Far East Suite.” The piece features the piano, the drums, the bass, the baritone saxophone, the tenor saxophone, and the trumpet. It is a medium to fast tempo piece with a steady percussion section in the background as the saxophones, trumpets, and other horns play in the foreground. This selection is in swing rhythmic feel. The piece has a rhythm and tempo that make it seem like you are on a journey.
Truong, Thanh -Dan. “Serving the Tourist Market Female Labor in International Tourism.”Femin ism and Sexuality: A Reader. Ed. Stevi Jackson, Sue Scot. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.
Tourism in Singapore is one of the biggest service sectors and attracts millions of the tourists each year. Its cultural attraction reflects its colonial history and Chinese, Malay, Indian and Arab ethnicities. Singapore is environmentally friendly, and maintains natural and heritage conservation programs.
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AMITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL TERM PAPER ON MANAGING DIVERISTY IN TOURISM INDUSTRY SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: RICHA GOEL ABHIMANYU MALIK FACULTY GUIDE BBA-IB 2014-2017 A1833314049. DECLARATION I, Abhimanyu Malik, hereby declare that the term paper report entitled “MANAGING DIVERSITY IN TOURISM INDUSTRY” that I have submitted is original. I was regularly in contact with the nominated guide for the discussion of the project report. DATE OF PROJECT SUBMISSION:.
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This form of tourism differs from past ideologies of travel and tourism relating to escapism or the need to find a foreign authentic experience unlike any before. These new tourists, which consist of a new wave of solo women travelers are looking for experiences that hold meaning on an individual level through the consideration of their own societal relationships along with different life options and perspectives. Tourism is a fundamental “tool for economic, social and political empowerment of women” that is valuable for hosts and the tourism industry, and also to home countries and cultures (Sabina et al 2013). Business, pleasure, education, and adventure are included in some of the most common reasons for female solo travel, but the underlying factors that contribute to the overall reasons for travel include female empowerment, self discovery, identity constructions, to fulfill curiosity, to escape traditional cultural gendered and domestic responsibility roles at home, resistance, and simply traveling for the reason of traveling. It has also been suggested that solo female travel “allows women to break out of their cages where they are shackled by the wants, needs, and demands of other people that keep them within
Tourism and Hospitality has developed rapidly and becoming extremely important to economy in the world. The income that several countries in the world receive from tourism industry can be reached to $1billion per year. In addition, Marketing is one of the most important factors that help and effect to tourism industry in many positive ways. Marketing evolved in the tourism industry since 1980. It promotes tourism industry by encouraging the tourists to travel at their destination with the strategy that made up to the tourist satisfaction. However, a marketing strategy does not have to be complex, in fact it should be a easily understood which ensure the advantage of marketing of the products and services to the tourist business to obtain positive
According to the ‘World Tourism Organization’ (UNWTO), the tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, as it is estimated that by the year 2020, 7.8 billion people (roughly a quarter of the world’s population) will embark on a foreign trip (Bennett & Gebhardt 15). The Caribbean is said to be the most economically dependent on this industry, as the ‘Caribbean Tourism Organisation’ states that the industry forms the “economic backbone of most countries in the Region”(“Caribbean Tourism Industry” 1), implications for what tourism’s affect on the region have arisen and have prompted further research into matter. Since the 1970’s research regarding tourism in the Caribbean has attempted to determine the social, cultural, environmental, and economic impacts of tourism. Much of the research has found that there are in fact many negative adverse affects, and Jackson’s article asserts that, “Governments often commit money and other resources to support the growth and development of tourism and often turn a blind eye to its negative impacts” (574). The reason why tourism looks attractive (and thus turn a blind eye) to these Caribbean countries is because of “its potential to foster GDP growth, to create employment, to increase foreign exchange earnings, and attract capital investment” (Daye, Chambers, and Roberts 2). This paper will overview such impacts by first discussing a case study conducted in Jamaican resort town, Ocho Rios, with Sheere Brooks discussing the observed social, cultural and economical consequences of Jamaica’s reliance on the tourism industry and will finally look at tourism in relation to capitalism, with Robert Fletcher suggesting in his article that the tourism industry (and more specifically...
"…brings into contact people from different nations, socioeconomic classes, and ethnicities." (p. 2) As such, the authors argue that historical studies of tourism reveal human interaction that is "both pleasurable and profitable as well as exploitative and depleting."
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,