Bring tourism economy, with 20 years ago, has been recognized in the academic community, will not be unfamiliar. But talking about “marine tourism economy (Marine tourism economy)”, there may be a kind of strangeness. This is not surprising, because “Marine tourism economy” is a new concept, it is narrowly based on the extension of tourism economy out of a new economy. As the early 20th century 70 “high seas” This new view has been moved, very quickly in many countries by the world politicians, economists, scientists agree, like, “Marine tourism economy,” this concept will soon for human acceptance.

Today, tourism has become the backbone industries of the world economy, as an economic industry involved in the operation of the entire socio-economic activities has become an integral part of the national economy. Indispensable in the tourism economy of tourism supply resources, coastal scenery, blue sea, island scenery, Underwater World and other ocean-related natural resources account for a large part. However, the number of tourist resources are marine resources, tourism revenues in the number of travel from the ocean is currently not possible to strictly separate the region.

For example, a coastal city of tourism development may largely depend on coastal scenery, seaside landscape, aquarium, sea and other marine resources to carry out the world. Logically speaking tourists in the coastal city of tourism should belong to the scope of the marine tourism, tourist spending should belong to the marine tourism revenue, coastal cities have access to economic benefits should also be attributed to marine tourist economy. However, due to the concept of marine tourism economy is still in the cradle, in economic statistics, it is usually travel as a tourist economy, income statistics, but it did not separate the economy as a marine tourism income statistics. This is because the tourism economy with elements of the marine tourism economy, marine tourism economy in the tourism economy of subsidiary needs to mature in the tourism economy based on the further expansion of marine tourism economy can be said that a branch of the tourist economy, are part of the tourism economy .

As we all know, tourism is an economic industry. Then the use of marine resources and the development of marine tourism should also be an economic industry. To promote marine-based tourism and economic development of marine economy, marine tourism economy can be formed. See marine tourism economy is to the marine natural resources for tourism carried out an economic activity.
As the marine tourism economy is a branch of tourism economy, marine tourism economy should be in the tourism economy on the basis of further development. But China’s tourism economy is an economy came near, only 20 years of history, not very mature, coupled with the statistical limitations of the data and related information, can be said that a branch of tourism economy – marine tourism economy also belongs to a previous area of research is not involved. A new concept of the recognized need time to study the new concept of information content, data need to accumulate. In the absence of detailed information and specific data on the situation, this can not be a detailed analysis and verification of data to the marine nature tourism economy and its economic benefits, just the view from the use of marine resources, marine economy and tourism to explain the relationship between the economy and its commonality of the economic development of marine tourism ideas.

History has proved that all the countries to develop marine economy may apply national power strong, otherwise declining national power. All times, no exceptions. With the acceleration of globalization, the world economy is increasingly to the coastal layout together, China’s economy has never been dependent on the sea, has never been on the ocean have great expectations. According to the plan, by 2010, China will gradually become a maritime power, marine industrial power, sea salt producing countries, power and marine tourism development of offshore oil and gas resources, power, and eventually become a maritime power. Thus, to develop marine tourism industry, not only of our own industrial and economic development needs, but also the general trend of China’s integration into the world economy.

As we all know, the Mediterranean coast, Hawaii, Bali, Iceland is the world-famous ocean resort, a large number of tourists every year for the local government to provide substantial revenue. In recent years, as China’s rapid economic growth, rising living standards, more and more people joined the ranks of outbound tourism. Relevant data show that China has become the largest tourist source countries in Europe and America. The marine tourism routes become residents travel abroad the most important choice, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, France, Britain, Italy, the United States, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Australia, New Zealand marine tourist destination or region, is the Chinese residents of the most important tourist destination.
When people watch Scenes competing exit when the rich tourism resources in China are also favored by foreigners, including colorful ocean scenery. China’s 18,000 kilometers of coastline, more than 6,500 islands and 300 million square kilometers of maritime territory, rich in marine tourism resources. Which, for the development of many coastal attractions of 1500, now part of the development of coastal development or human attractions, coastal attractions, attractions and odd objects hill only 350 spots, which accounts for all the attractions of 23.5% can be developed . China’s vast Central China Sea, the north Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, East China Sea, east, south China Sea, coastal and island scenery varies. Well-known seaside resort, the South China Sea with the beautiful Hainan Island (Sanya’s most prestigious to be a few), Hong Kong, Macao and Guangxi Beihai, the East China Sea Taiwan and Taiwan, and Xiamen, Zhoushan Islands, Bohai Bay, there were Dalian, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao and Weihai. There are many more, are “kept in purdah who did not know,” the marine landscape.

Recently, South Korea implemented a number of policies to encourage the development of marine tourism, and with sports and cultural exchanges together. For example: 5 work week system of gradual implementation of the comprehensive development of the West Coast, “POST World Cup” of specific policy options. Learn from foreign experience, China is also in the development of island tourism projects can add sports and cultural elements, thereby to improve the cultural content of marine tourism, so tourists can feel “sports health island” charm.

The origin of the word “tourist” date back to 1292 AD. It has come from the word ‘tour’. A number of experts have defined the term:
“Tourists are the voluntary temporary travelers, traveling in the expectations of pleasure from the novelty and change experienced on a relatively and non-current round-trip”.
“Tourist is a person who makes a journey for the sake of curiosity for the fun of traveling”.

Tourists are:

-Persons traveling for pleasure, health and domestic reason.
-Persons arriving in the sea of sea cruise.
-Persons traveling for convention.

Tourism – the first commercial venture.

A religious Englishman called Thomas Cook in 1841 arranged, for a fee, a one –day rail excursion from Leicester to Loughborough for 540 members of a temperance league. Thus the first bona fide travel agent was Thomas Cook.

While Cook himself did not make a profit on this first venture, he was a man of vision and was convinced that there was a need for a skilled “travel arranger”. So by 1845 he had become the first full-time travel agent, operating train excursions from Leicester. The next year he chartered a train and steamer for an excursion to Scotland for 330 people. In 1851 Cook arranged ocean steamship travel and accommodations for more than 1,50,000 visitors to the World Exposition in London and in 1856 he operated the first escorted “grand tour” of Europe. Tours to Europe and Middle East were also conducted and, in 1872, the first around the world tour was conducted.

Tourism as a Service Industry

Tourism as a service industry comprises of several allied activities which together produce the tourism product. Involved in the tourism product are three major sub-industries. They are: -
1. Tour operators and travel agents.
2. Accommodation sector (hoteling and catering) and
3. Passenger accommodation.

According to international estimates, a tourist spends 35% of his total expenditure on transportation, about 40% on lodging and food and the balance 25% on entertainment, shopping and incidentals.
The product in this case is not confirmed to travel and accommodation but includes a large array of auxiliary services ranging from insurance and entertainment and shopping, demand generation, in addition to the consumer motivation, is also heavily dependent upon powerful persuasive communication both at the macro (country) level and the micro (enterprise) level. The participants in the process of this service business can be illustrated by the figure below.

Some of the pointers to nature of tourism as a Service Industry

1. Tourism accounts for nearly 6% of world trade.
2. Bulk of tourism business is located in Europe and North America., with 1/8 of the market being shared between the other regions.
3. The highest growth rate in tourism in recent years has been in the third world.
4. Tourism, like most pure services, because of the character of inseparability, exemplifies a product, which cannot be sampled before purchase; the prospective consumers have to travel to a foreign destination in order to consume the product.
5. The major players in the tourism market include a number of intermediary companies. Some of them transnational in character, some of them exhibit
vertical integration, both backward and forward, acquiring interests in all major sectors of this service industry.

The Tourism Product- Factors Governing Demand.

Because of the unique nature of the nature of tourism product- it being an amalgam of the characteristics of a destination and the infrastructural as well as managerial efforts of the promoter, the determinants of tourists demand emanate from both individual tourist motivations and the economic, social, technological factors. Some of these are:

• Income Levels

In the last 30 years, disposable incomes around the world have shown upward trends, thus allowing more money for activities like leisure travel. Smaller families have meant higher allocations per person in the family. More and more women are entering the workforce and in real terms the cost of travel has fallen. The dramatic rise of tourism in the last 50 years can be attributed in a large measure to the combined effect of more leisure time and rise in both real and disposable incomes.

• More Leisure time:

Increasing unionization of labour right from 1930 onwards has reduced the number of working hours per week. Changing managerial orientations towards human resources have increased the levels of pay and paid vacation time in most developed countries. Now people have longer periods of leisure, which could be allocated to travel.

• Mobility

Better transportation and communication services have made the world a smaller place, and have brought both exposure and awareness of distant lands to larger sections of potential tourists across the world. Faster modes of transport have cut down on travel time, making it easier for people to economically plan and execute trips abroad.

• Growth in Government Security Programmes and Employment Benefits:

The growth in government security programmes and well entrenched policies of employee benefits mean that quite a large number of families may have long term financial security and may be more willing to spend money for vacations.

Tourist Classification:-

Tourists can be classified into the following seven demand categories:-
1. Explorer: – Very limited in number, these tourists are looking for discovery and involvement with local people.
2. Elite: – People who favour special, individually trips to exotic places.
3. Offbeat: – These are filled with a desire to get away from the usual humdrum life.
4. Unusual: – Visitors who are looking forward to trips with peculiar objectives such as physical danger or isolation.
5. Incipient mass: – A steady flow, traveling alone or in small-organized groups using some shared services.
6. Mass: – The general packaged tour market, leading to tourist enclaves abroad.
7. Charter: – Mass travel to relaxation destinations, which incorporate as many as standardized, developed world facilities as possible.

The Travel Decision:-

The average tourist is faced with considerable uncertainty regarding the decision and may have only scanty ideas about distant destinations. His evaluation of alternatives is also limited to the extent of this awareness about possible destinations. The stages of travel decision can be described as: -

1. Travel Desire:-
The first step where the need to travel is felt and the pros and cons are thought about.
2. Information Collection and Evaluation:-
This stage involves the process of finding out the trip from travel agents, books and acquaintances .information so collected is evaluated against criteria of cost and time constraints, alternative possibilities, relative attractiveness of destinations, perceived ‘safety’ o the alternative destinations etc.
3. Travel Decision:-
This is the decision phase involving selection of destination, travel, mode of accommodation and activities to be undertaken.
4. Travel Preparation and Experience:-
This involves tickets, bookings, travel, money and documents arrangement, clothing and undertaking of the travel.
5. Travel Satisfaction Evaluation:-
The whole tourism expenditure is constantly evaluated before, during and after the experience is used to influence future decisions.

The marketing concept for the travel and tourism industry is profit driven and customer centric (unlike sales which are volume driven and target centric).

Service Marketing Triangle

Service marketing is unique in many ways in the travel and tourism industry. There are 3 players in the transaction process:-

- Company: A travel and tourism company listens to the customers and evolves/develops the travel/tour package and it communicates the attractiveness and the utility of that very tour package directly to the customers. Here it (the company) performs external marketing. The company makes promises to the customers.

- Providers: They are a travel company’s internal customers constituting employees and agents. The company does internal marketing with the providers educating and motivating them about the idea of the particular tour package which they can offer to their customers. This is done to enable the providers to effectively carry out the service transaction process. The providers make provisions for office space, accessibility and connectivity. The company enables promises to be kept by this infrastructural association.

- Customers (Travelers): The customers are the reasons that the travel company exists and for whom the company has designed the traveling and touring package as well as set up the infrastructural facilities and spent money on employee development programmes. Here the providers are the only ones who interact with the customers, like the travel agents interact with the customers and not the company. The agents perform interactive marketing which is on-time, all-time, every-time. This is the most crucial aspect of service marketing in the travel and tourism sector. Those agents have the responsibility of ‘keeping promises’ made and enabled by the company. The providers (agents) are responsible for the perceived quality level of the service transaction. This underlines the uniqueness of service marketing.

Tourism Products:

1. Accommodation
• Hotels
• Motels
• Boatels
• Flotels

2. Destination

• Natural Scenes
• Historic Excellence
• Artificial Beauties
• Social Cultural Excellence

3. Transportation

• Infrastructural
i. Airways
ii. Railways
iii. Roadways
iv. Waterways

• Local

i. Local transport

4. Tour operators

• Travel companies
• Travel agents
• Guides

5. Shopping

• Handicrafts
• Handloom
• Books

Marketing mix for tourism product:

The designing of the marketing mix variables in case of tourism is significant as it helps the marketer in conceiving the right ideas, particularly to raise the acceptability of the tourist product by stimulating and penetrating the demand. Framing of a proper marketing mix is significant because it helps the tourist organization in accomplishing the objective and projecting a fair image.

Product Mix:

Tourism is a composite product with components like attraction facilities and transportation. Attraction deserves an intensive care. It includes natural site, places of historic interest, events and cultural attraction.

The facilities compliment attraction. The facilities include accommodation, food, transportation and recreational facilities. The transportation component includes the vehicles and infrastructure. Innovation in the tourism product helps raising the sensitivity. The users of the service are looking forward to better and improved product.

The provider of the tourist is a travel agent or the package tour. A well conceived and designed package tour, covering a wide range of tourist attraction at an economic price, helps in attracting the potential tourist.

The travel agent performs numerous activities such as hotel arrangement and accommodation, site seeing arrangement, domestic transport arrangement, air travel arrangement etc.
In a true sense the tour agents and the travel agents are the vehicles who can give a fillip to the tourism industry, provided they are well trained.

Pricing:

Pricing of the tourist product is complex. Geographical location of the destination, seasonality and varying demand affects the pricing decision.
In India the pricing strategies become important for promoting or contracting the tourism industry, since more than 40% of the total population are below the poverty line. In order to develop the tourism industry more and more potential users are to be transformed into actual users.

When a tourist proposes to visit a particular place, the total cost of his traveling also include the expenses incurred on transportation, accommodation and communication.
Liberal pricing strategy is found to be a productive pricing decision, particularly in case of tourism industry. The pricing strategy which includes low income group people, student and retired persons can be more effective. This is possible if the government concessional and subsidized infrastructural facilities to the potential tourist below the average income.

The different pricing methods generally used are cost based pricing, demand based pricing and competition based pricing.

Promotions:

The promotion mix includes advertising, publicity, sales support and public relations.
The purpose of promotion is to make available the information to the user. Advertising the sales promotion can be effective when supplemented by publicity and personal selling.
Radio, TV, newspapers, cinema and printings are some of the important vehicles for traveling of messages. Effective slogans raises the effectiveness of advertisement.

Another important component of the promotion mix is public relation. It helps in projecting the image of an organization. Public relation and publicity include regular articles and photographs of tour attraction, use of TV and travel journalists to promote editorial comment.
Public relation officer plays an important role. He should be efficient, active, impressive, intelligent and well-behaved.

Good image projection can be made if the PRO manages the affair like a professional. It is said that word of mouth is the best form of publicity. The word of mouth promotion is an important tool in tourism marketing.

Place:

The tourist centers should be located at suitable points if the tourists spots are natural there is no question of selection. In a vast country like India with a divergent socioeconomic and cultural patterns, the promotion of domestic tourism encourages unity in diversity.
Infrastructural facilities, transport and communication are important for development of tourist centres. The site selected should have natural surroundings, increased accessibility and improved amenities. At the same time it is also important that the ecological balance is not disturbed. Since growing ecological imbalances leads to pollution, some important steps like promoting afforestation, promotion and beautification may be undertaken in countering the side effects of atmospheric pollution and maintaining ecological balance.

Whether the matters of health are pressing or not, one requires quality care in either of the situation. And, that quality needs to delivered fast so as to save the person from more frustration and possibly impending threat to life. Every living soul on planet earth is entitled to receiving the medical care that they might need without delays and having to shell out heavily for the treatment in question. But, many have and continue to go through these circumstances thus making it a rather disappointing affair. There’s a solution to everything and a definite one to this situation. The phenomenon of medical tourism has rescued millions of people from the hands of long standing illnesses, equally prolonging waiting times and the most important factor, huge medical bills. You might have traveled to various vacation destinations around the world. This time, travel for your health’s sake. The act of undertaking an overseas journey for medical purposes has been termed as health tourism Not a novel trend, the phenomenon has seen a gradual rise in the past few years as more and more are coming to terms with its advantages.

Staying in the US or UK, you would be paying ten times the cost for a medical procedure, but availing the same at a medical tourism hub saves you loads of money, literally. Powered by growing economies, technological advancements, scientific breakthrough and an overall improved standards of hygiene, various private hospitals are catering to the global medical tourist. It is not uncommon to find world-class infrastructure, state-of-the-art medical equipment, internationally-qualified and highly experienced professionals, well-trained nursing staff, luxury accommodation facilities, and an efficient administration. If you are contemplating undertaking international travel for medical purposes, it shouldn’t be a daunting task for you. Helping the same cause, there are many agencies and companies that bridge the gap between you and the hospital by providing necessary information, and even offering medical tourism packages The best way to go about medical tourism, speak to the local agency, get to know about the various possibilities, do a thorough research, make a background check for the medical center you intend to choose and satisfy yourself before you embark on the journey. Doing this exercise helps even the terribly skeptical people find satisfaction about their ultimate destination. Hospitals that are in the field of medical tourism are duly certified and have accreditation from Joint Commission International. Be it a simple consultation or complete treatment including hospitalization, surgery, rehabilitation, you may choose and pay for only what you have availed.

The medically uninsured or underinsured also find medical tourism to be a big boon. Imagine having to bear out-of-pocket expenses despite a decent insurance cover. There are many treatments that are not only super-expensive but are not covered by your insurance provider. For instance, anything related to the field of cosmetic services is never really covered by an insurance policy. Medical tourism lets you avail any medical service, be it elective or urgent, through afford able means. Here, you don’t need to specially set aside big savings for a treatment.

]]> http://www.czechsquash.com/medical-tourism-packages/feed/ 0 http://www.czechsquash.com/medical-tourism-is-for-one-and-all/ http://www.czechsquash.com/medical-tourism-is-for-one-and-all/#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:37:40 +0000 toniayis http://www.czechsquash.com/?p=32 When the call of ill-health comes calling, you ought to sit up and take serious notice. Why? The sole reason being the fact that health is the most precious wealth you’ve got, no matter how affluent or poor you otherwise are. One of the chief needs of human beings happens to be healthcare and a quality one at that. But, unfortunately, quality medical care is not available everywhere. Many places and people in this world still have yet to see basic health services, let alone advanced ones. Secondly, even if quality healthcare is present somewhere, the exorbitant cost acts as a deterrent for many wanting to avail them. Keeping these two essential propellants in mind, many private hospitals in various developing countries have furthered the cause of making healthcare affordable to one and all. India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Costa Rica and Turkey being some of the major medical tourism hubs. World-class facilities replete with state-of-the-art equipment, qualified and well trained medical practitioners and supporting teams are some of the characteristics of a global healthcare center.

Catering to millions of patients from the world over, medical tourism is the best way to seek affordable elective and urgent procedures. A comprehensive and exhaustive list of medical facilities and services are offered by medical tourism hubs, including consultation, diagnostics, long-term treatments, and after-care services. Cardiac care, organ transplant, orthopedics, gynecology, oncology, neurology, urology, diabetes management, ophthalmology, stem cell therapies, and general surgery, no matter which the urgent requirement, you are bound to find them here. Coming to the non-urgent or elective ones, you can seek cosmetic treatments, weight-loss management, alternative therapies like ayurveda, naturopathy, oriental medicine, or general wellness and spa therapies, you name it and it is here.

It really can turn out to be quite frustrating when you are made to wait for long periods of time. What if you don’t have that time or just no patience to wait that long before you saw a specialist? This is exactly what people in countries like USA, UK and Canada go through. Adding to the woes is the insufficient insurance covers. Imagine having to bear out-of-pocket expenses for a treatment just because your insurance policy doesn’t pay for it? These conditions, too, prove to be straining, not only financially, but mentally as well. Millions have reaped benefits of being a global medical tourist, it’s time you did, too. The best way to go about traveling overseas for treatment is to search for a medical tourism facilitator. Doing a thorough research will make sure of certain things, you’ll get a true picture of the actual cost involved, seek total transparency, know about the authenticity of the chosen hospital, and guaranteed satisfaction. There are many medical tourism facilitators that use modern technologies like telemedicine, e-health and web conferencing that make the entire process, seamless, secure and extremely efficient.

]]> http://www.czechsquash.com/medical-tourism-is-for-one-and-all/feed/ 0 http://www.czechsquash.com/analysis-of-the-tourism-industry-in-vietnam-one-of-the-fastest-growing-tourism-destinations/ http://www.czechsquash.com/analysis-of-the-tourism-industry-in-vietnam-one-of-the-fastest-growing-tourism-destinations/#comments Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:13:49 +0000 toniayis http://www.czechsquash.com/?p=91 Vietnam Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012 Report ( http://www.bharatbook.com/Market-Research-Reports/Vietnam-Tourism-Industry-Forecast-to-2012.html )  provides information about the growth of Vietnam’s tourism industry.

Since the opening of its economy to the world markets in the 1990s, Vietnam’s travel and tourism sector has experienced unprecedented growth. In 2008, the tourism industry generated more than US$ 4 Billion in tourism receipts, indicating the importance of tourism industry in Vietnam’s economy, says our report “Vietnam Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012″. Being a source as well as destination market, the Vietnamese tourism industry has grown nearly twice as fast as GDP in recent years.

Vietnam is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Asia-Pacific region. Recently, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) named Vietnam as the world’s fourth fastest-growing tourist destination. In 2008, the country recorded around 4.25 Million foreign visitor arrivals, an increase of around 2% from 2007. However, this growth was comparatively slower than over 16% recorded in 2007 due to global economic slowdown. Total outbound tourists from Vietnam also achieved an all-time record high in 2008.

Our report provides an exhaustive information on the Vietnamese tourism industry and studies its past, present and future scenario. It offers a detailed study on the forces driving the industry and discusses key factors making Vietnam a potential tourism destination.

With focus on various parameters, including inbound tourism, outbound tourism, expenditure by inbound tourists, medical tourism, and hotel industry, the report gives a thorough analysis on the tourism industry in Vietnam.

“Vietnam Tourism Industry Forecast to 2012″ also provides an overview on the global, Asia-Pacific and ASEAN tourism industry, helping the client to evaluate and analyze the present and future position of Vietnamese tourism industry in relation to the world and other regions.

The report also provides forecast on various segments of tourism industry based on feasible tourism industry environment in Vietnam. These include:

§ ASEAN Tourism
§ Tourists Arrivals
§ Tourism Receipts
§ Outbound Tourism
§ Domestic Tourist Arrivals
§ Hotel Rooms
§ Outbound Tourists from China
§ Personal Disposable Income

The report provides an insight into key players in the tourism industry, including Vietnam Airlines, Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., Air France-KLM, Aeroflot OAO, Furama Resort Danang, Sol Melia and Accor.

Sustainable tourism is one of the pre-requisites of achieving sustainable development. the concept of tourism with sustainability and development gets its historical inclusion from mass tourism that got flourished in 1960s due to advent of jet aircraft and the passions for tourism got tremendous following and it also reached Third World countries (Dann, 2002). It was also argued that this boost pushed organizations like World Bank and UN to examine the cost benefit analysis of tourism and it was acknowledged that potential costs of tourism are far lower than financial benefits in shape of balance pf payment surpluses, infrastructure development, and employment and foreign exchange gains. So that gave rise to the concept of sustainable tourism as one of the source of bringing sustainable development. According to the World’s Summit on Sustainable Development (2002), it is claimed that Tourism is the world’s largest industry where in 2000, 698 million people travelled internationally which 7.3 % more than 1999. Similarly the economic worth of international tourism was US$477.9 billion in 2000 (Papers4you.com, 2006).

In terms of one concrete definition, literature suggests that it is not fixed and is ever evolving. However Coccossis (1996) asserts that sustainable tourism can be taken in four different interpretations that include” economic sustainability of tourism”, the “ecologically sustainable tourism”,” sustainable tourism development” with both focus of environment as well as long term feasibility of the industry and finally “tourism as a part of a strategy for sustainable development”.

As mentioned above, sustainable tourism should be taken in consideration to environmental and resources effects. It was argued that Mediterranean tourism is the main source of economic gain for the reason however short term growth was overlooked with long term adverse effect and deterioration of their ecosystem and resources (Farsari, 2000)

Effects of ignorant tourism on its sustainability include: ‘over consumption of natural resources ,environmental degradation, exploitation of cultures and labour, displacement of people from their land, lack of consultation with local communities, poorly thought out tourism planning and high foreign exchange leakage which reduces local economic benefits’ in long run (World’s Summit on Sustainable Development, 2002),

Where such effects are there to pose a threat on sustainable tourism there are guiding principles that can lead to ensure sustainability (Papers4you.com, 2006). Those principles include sustainable use of resources, waste and over-consumption reduction, diversity maintenance, tourism-planning integration, local economy support as well as local community involvement, consultation, training, research and responsible marketing (Farsari, 2000)

So the discussion suggest that tourism industry has potential to be a prerequisite for sustainable development, however it is imperative to realize that focus on mass tourism only can pose danger to environment so in order to ensure sustainability in tourism, guiding principles should be followed

References

Coccossis, H. (1996) ‘Tourism and Sustainability: Perspectives and Implications’ in Priestley, G. et al. (eds), Sustainable Tourism? European Experiences, U.K.: Cab International
Dann, G, M, S, (2002), “Tourism & Development”, in Desai V and Potter, R. (eds) (2002), The Companion to Development Studies, London: Arnold,

Farsari, Y, (2000), ‘Sustainable Tourism Indicators for Mediterranean Established Destinations’, Heraklion: IACM & FORTH

Papers For You (2006) “C/T/32. Sustainable travel & tourism”, Available from http://www.coursework4you.co.uk/sprttrav4.htm [22/06/2006]

Papers For You (2006) “C/T/27. Sustainable Tourism Development”, Available from Papers4you.com [21/06/2006]

World Summit on Sustainable Development, (2002), ‘Sustainable Tourism and the Earth Summit’, Briefing Paper, Aug 26-Sep 06, 2002, London: Tourism Concern. Also available on

http://www.tourismconcern.org.uk/media/2002/WSSD%20sustainable%20tourism%20briefing.htm

Singapore is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Asia-Pacific region. Tourism industry in Singapore is growing very rapidly for the past several years. Tourism industry is strengthening by the infrastructure developments, various events and the countries strategic location in the heart of region.

This report provides an insight into Singapore’s tourism industry and studies its past, present and future scenario. It offers a detailed study on the forces driving the industry and discusses the key factors which are making Singapore a potential tourism destination. It provides strategic insight into the market to analyze the opportunities critical for the success of clients in Singapore tourism industry.

With focus on different parameters, including inbound tourism, outbound tourism, expenditure by inbound tourists, medical tourism, and hotel industry, the report gives a thorough analysis on the tourism industry of Singapore.

“Opportunities in Singapore Tourism Industry (2007-2009)” also provides an overview on the global, Asia-pacific and ASEAN tourism industry, helping the clients to evaluate and analyze the present and future position of Singapore’s tourism industry with respect to world and other regions.

The report provides industry forecast on various segments of tourism industry based on feasible tourism industry environment in Singapore. These include:

- Tourists arrivals
- Tourism receipts
- Outbound tourism
- Outbound tourism expenditure
- Medical tourism industry
- MICE industry

The report provides an insight on key players in the tourism industry of Singapore, including Singapore Airlines Ltd., Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, PT Garuda Indonesia, Qantas Airways Limited, Thai Airways International PCL, Shangri-la Hotel, Chan Brothers Travel Pte Ltd, Prime Travel & Tour Pte Ltd and WTS Travel & Tours Pte. Ltd.

India is the land of amazing diversity. The country with its amazing diversity deserves the attentions of tourists from all over the world. It is one of the most preferred travel & tourism destinations in Asia. Every year tourists in quite large number visit this country and experience the charm of India travel and tourism. There are lots of tourism options in this fascinating country such as heritage tourism, nature tourism, medical tourism, eco tourism, monument tourism, beach tourism, nature tourism, backwater tourism etc. Holiday ideas in this country are numerous. Tourists from all over the world visit this country for numerous reasons or holidays ideas.

In this article I provide useful information about several holidays ideas in this country. Some of popular holiday & tourism ideas are adventure sports, wildlife expedition, desert expedition, wildlife safari, eco tourism, pilgrim & spirituality tours, luxury train tours, cultural heritage tours, health tourism, monsoon tourism, beach holidays, backwater tours, hill stations, houseboat stay, etc. Definitely all these holidays and tourism ideas of this fascinating country will allure you on your tours to this fascinating country. You will have wonderful opportunity to see lots of attractions during your tours and travel in this fascinating country.

The vivid landscapes of vast Thar Desert, lush green landscapes of Kerala, scenic beauty of Kerala backwaters, exotic sun kissed beaches of Goa & Kerala, invincible forts & palatial palaces of Rajasthan, awesome sight of world famous Taj Mahal, aroma of fresh tea cup and bustle of local bazaars, charm of colorful fairs & festivals, etc never fails to grab the heart of tourists from all around the world on their India visit. In whatever part of country tourists move, they find amazing and diverse charm of India tourism. In fact, the country has lots of opportunity to do and see for all kinds of tourists. The country is able to grab the heart of even the most negative tourist.

There are several fascinating and worth visiting destinations in this fascinating country. Some of most preferred destinations for enjoying amazing India tourism are Rajasthan, Agra, Goa, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir, Delhi, etc. Important worth visiting cities of this country are Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mysore, Srinagar, Leh, Ladakh, Shimla, Manali, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Cochin, Trivandrum, etc. All these destinations and cities are full of amazing attractions of tourist interest. There are several beautiful hill stations in this country which are very popular among tourists like families, honeymooners, and nature lovers. For couple hill destinations of the country are like paradise. Some of popular hill destinations of this country are Shimla, Kashmir, Munnar, Manali, Dalhousie, Mussoorie, Dehradun, Ooty, Darjeeling, etc. All these are hill destinations of this country enjoys favorable climate for amazing India tours and travel.

India is also known for cultural and spiritual tourism. There are several destinations in this country which fulfill desires of tourists looking for cultural and spiritual tourism in this country. Such destinations are Haridwar, Jammu, Rishikesh, Pushkar, Ajmer, Amritsar, Varanasi, Badrinath, Deoghar, Khajuraho, etc. For beach lover tourists Goa and Kerala are perfect destinations offering amazing tourism options and lots of holiday ideas. Medical tourism and monsoon tourism are now becoming more and more popular in this country. Tourists from all over the world are coming to this country for medical and monsoon tourism.

If you too want to experience unique charm of tourism and holidays in this fascinating country, book your India tour package from any of reliable tour operators or travel agencies and get ready to treasure delightful experience of India travel and tourism. Be sure, your tours and travel in this fascinating country will be an experience of lifetime.

Tourism is creating peace when tourism works for (a’) postponement or abolishment of war, (b’) abolition of structural violence, and (c’) alertness and action for the improvement of global and environmental issues.

Dissertation idea on tourism can be through various ways. For example, the student can think of a time when tourism initiatives have gained momentum in U.K, the circumstances are ready for popularizing the concept of “Peace through Tourism” in a big way through strong advocacy and practical action.

Another dissertation idea on tourism can b by thinking tourism as a strategy to promote peace by solving the problems of poverty, unemployment, etc. can succeed if effective inter-connections are created among “tourism initiatives” and “peace”, and appropriate action plans are devised accordingly. Few students who make tourism dissertations have strong community and democratic ethos. Community-based initiatives based on people’s participation have been quite effective in U.K in solving the socio-economic problems of the people. Through the http://www.dissertation-writing-online.com/subject/tourism-dissertations.asp”>tourism dissertations, students are able to be successful in building up strong collaborations based on people’s efforts which have led to creation of a peaceful and cordial atmosphere. Limitations of the centralized form of decision making have obligated the policy-makers to pin their faiths on such people-based ventures.

Therefore, to put it in a few words, eco tourism means environmentally conscious tourism. It involves understanding the ecology of a destination. Eco tourism is mainly nature based, where awareness about the natural resources is an important part and ecosystem has to be maintained besides benefiting the local people. All these conditions should be met to call any tour a successful eco tourism endeavor.

Beaches, backwaters, hill stations, wildlife sanctuaries and culture including festivals mainly comprise the eco tourism products. The main issue is to improve the environmental settings. Kerala has a bounty of all eco tourism products. The Western Ghats, on which Kerala is located, is blessed with a tropical forest ecosystem providing a natural advantage for development of its section of tourism. Enhancement in quality and diversification of tourism is a must to further develop eco tourism in Kerala.

Tourism that is too vigorous disturbs the natural habitat of an area to an irreversible extent. So to prevent this, there must be a well-planned strategy and proper programs. Though tourism cannot be averted and neglected, as this is a major economic activity for locals also, eco tourism is a good way to let make people aware of their surroundings and conscious towards their region’s ecology.

Kerala has many places that can be put under eco tourism category. It has 12 wildlife sanctuaries and 2 national parks, creating a base for planning eco tourism activities. There is large scope for eco tourism activities in Kerala like mountaineering, trekking, bird watching and more. Many water bodies formed within the forest due to construction of hydel projects provide ample space for recreational activities. Moreover, Kerala is well connected and has a long coastline. The forest staff is also well trained for conserving wildlife and ecological balance. Major eco tourism avenues in Kerala are Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary, Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary, Shenduruny Wildlife Sanctuary, Periyar Tiger Reserve, Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary, Eravikulam National Park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Thattekkad Bird Sanctuary, Chimmini Wildlife Sanctuary, and many more.