of the STB as the NTO. Singapore Tourism Board (STB), which was formally known as Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB), was formulated to increase Singapore's attractiveness to tourists. It's primary roles were to coordinate activities with tourist enterprises, enhance and develop the infrastructure and superstructure of tourist facilities and attractions, regulate policies and standards within the tourism industry, and continually market Singapore as a tourism destination. Over the years, STB
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALLITY OF TOURISM IN VALKENBBURG RESEARCH QUESTION To what extend the the environmental quality in Valkenburg tourism impact? Name: Leticia Augusta Dos Santos Ferreira School : UWC Maastricht Year : 2013-2015 Chapter 1: Introduction Valkenburg is a small municipality city located in south-eastern of Dutch province of Limburg, the Netherlands. Its population is about 17,778 people with 36, 91 km2 of area. It is also known as municipality
am very excited to see what eco-tourism is really about and if it really “is all that it is made out to be.” 1 . Definition of ecotourism. Ecotourism is the responsible travel to natural environmental areas that have the utmost intentions of conservation of nature and all inhabitants whilst enjoying and appreciating nature and all that it has to offer. Along with
Cruise Terminal opened, cruise tourism has been developed rapidly. In 2017, the number of ship calls attains about 250 while passenger throughput attains 850000 (“Speech by,” 2017). Recently, World Dream launched homeport in Hong Kong. By developing cruise tourism, is there any impacts affect Hong Kong and the region? For economic aspect, Hong Kong and the region can be benefited from cruise tourism. With increasing number of cruise tourists, it brings economic benefit to the host cities. Host cities
Motivational aspects of using gamified mobile applications in cultural tourism This paper is about motivational aspects and the role of gamification in using travel applications. The phenomenon of cultural tourism will be examined in a context of educational activities. An important role will be assigned to determine user’s motivation and how gamification may increase the interest of different groups of tourists. With the growth of the Web it has become possible to find the information about any
Introduction Comprehensively, we are probably aware that Mass Tourism has the accompanying attributes: (a) involvement of a huge number of people in tourism, (b) holidays are being standardized, rigidly packaged and inflexible (Karamustafa 2012), (c) it is being mass produced and mass marketed and (d) consumed by tourists that are unconcerned about the local culture or practices. This goes to say that Mass Tourism requires vast improvement in tourism and the need of the involvement of international travel
The landscape of cultural tourism is becoming more competitive as the world is globalizing and numerous new technology start-ups have been popping out to compete with traditional cultural travel agencies. In addition to that, there is a rapid rise in the number of people traveling leading to the growth of the cultural tourism sector (Katsoni, 2014). There is also an inundating number of companies that offer the same cultural travel experience, hence potential customers have becoming more spoilt
rise of the service sector, especially tourism sector is a reason of some planning, especially transportation issues. So, here the municipality is face to face with an interesting contradiction. At the one side, it benefits largely form its beach location and being an attractive touristic center. Namely, proper location for tourism makes this place attractive, thus bringing with it a flow of tourists. But at the same time, due to rapid development of tourism here, a congestion has become a serious
Excitement for Travel & Tourism – both overall and private – reinforces meander. In 2011, US$650 billion in capital speculation, or 4.5 percent of aggregate, was driven by Travel & Tourism. While a bit of this is identified with individual leisure activities in working environments that especially advantage voyagers, for case, the headway of lodgings and resorts, Travel & Tourism comparatively drives framework redesigns that with everything considered point of interest sightseers, neighborhood inhabitants
www.swaniti.in Developing Rural Tourism Promoting Rural Tourism for Sustainable Development and Livelihood Generation This brief sheds light upon the various aspects related to rural tourism and the great potential that India keeps for emerging as a rural tourism icon. After discussing the key factors responsible for the potential growth of rural tourism, the brief enlists various centrally sponsored schemes for supporting rural tourism in the country. In further section, a few organizations