Essays on Attractions

Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce

2133 Bowen Road

Nanaimo, BC

V9S 1H8 Vice Chairman, Executive Director and President China Construction Bank No. 25, Finance Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, 100032 Dear Mr. Zhang Jianguo, It is our pleasure to have you as a noted guest at the annual trading festival held by the Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce. Following our phone conversation, I am glad to confirm that all necessary arrangements for your visit from February 1 to February 2 have been made. Please, find hereunder a detailed schedule of your stay. The lunch devoted to the annual trading festival will be held on February 2 at ...

We have recently come to a time where college education has grown to mean little apart from the increasing concern over high college tuition. Maybe it is only fair given the unreasonably huge cost which the colleges are charging, one which is rising even faster than inflation itself. But it is worth exploring the true benefit which is beyond the monetary cost itself here. College is far beyond its worth in money and people from previous generations are quite likely to be in agreement of what college meant and the benefits that it brought into their lives. With all ...

Introduction

The Happiest Place on Earth - Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Or is it actually Disneyland in Anaheim, California? Both parks have similar attractions and philosophies, but the size and amenities of the two locations create a clear preference of visitors for one park over the other. That preference, however, depends on the personal likes and dislikes of the families who visit the two parks.

Difference: Size

The two parks are different in that they are of vastly different size. Disney World, located near Orlando, Florida on the east coast covers about 43 square miles. (Dayao, 2014) It encompasses four separate ...

California’s “third city” San Diego is oftentimes forgotten between San Francisco’s foggy weather, Golden Gate Bridge and tech industry connections; and Los Angeles’ sports teams, movie stars, and of course, Hollywood. To be sure, what San Diego is popularly known for, namely its beaches, its great weather, and its zoo, are hardly the attractions that provoke excitement and “must go” desire. Rather, the city’s attractions they seem to focus on rest and relaxation. Indeed, that is probably why San Diego is one of the top cities in the nation for conferences and conventions. Indeed, one of ...

North Potomac is an unincorporated and a census-designated city that was created from the peripherals of Rockville and Gaithersburg. The city is located in Maryland in the United States. North Potomac City has a population of about 24,410, 6,867 families, and 8,040 households according to the 2010 census. Additionally, the census data shows that the city has a population density of about 3,552 people in a unit square mile (US Census, 2010). This paper will characterize various aspects of the city.

Social Spaces

A social space entails any virtual or physical space where people come together and ...

Introduction

In fact Chinese have landed to the US already in 1848. The main reason behind their resettlement in American soil was golden mines that have lured thousands of Chinese people to the States. Yet, as soon as the economy in the States declined Chinese workers were seen as a significant issue for the majority of Americas’ working population. As a result, a severe law was adopted to hold back the Chinese and forced them to move to the shelter that later turn into one of the most popular tourist attractions for the visitors of San-Francisco (Chinatown Resource Guide). This ...

Introduction

Tourism has many definitions, which include traveling for pleasure purposes. Tourism, according to World Tourism Organization, is defined visiting and staying places away from our normal environment for a period exceeding one year for leisure or other business purposes. Tourism can be either domestic or international where implications are on both the host and source countries. Today, tourism is among the major sources of revenue for most countries and has a great impact on the economic growth and development of nations. The hospitality services, transport services, entertainment venues, as well as goods bought by tourists are among the sectors ...

Both “Fire” and “The Great Mirror of Great Love” are erotic literature concerning same-sex love. “The Great Mirror of Great Love” is a compilation of forty short stories about love between boys, men, and women. The author Ihara Saikaku was the first eighteenth-century Japanese male writer in the history of Japan to depend entirely on his authorship. Therefore, his works were mostly erotic literature concerning boy streetwalkers and brothels following the age-old belief that sex sells. Alternatively, Deepa Mehta’s “Fire” is about two Indian women who are married in the traditional setting with their male partners but experience ...

Today, the internet is a prime avenue among the youths as well as adults for social interactions. Through internet tools and applications such as chat rooms, email, newsgroups, instant messaging as well as other means, individuals share all sorts of information such as their interests with others, aspects pertaining to their daily lives and keep in touch with their friends and family members. In essence, today, the primary use of mobile phones and personal computers is social interaction. In the process, online social interaction has also brought about people seeking to form relationships with others whom they have met ...

Bergamo is one of the most historic cities in the Lombard region of Italy. The city has been undercapitalizing on the tourist industry, bringing in marginal revenues in part because of the relative location to Milan, a city larger and better suited to massive scale tourism. In fact, Bergamo is usually avoided by tourists, except for those taking guided tours, mainly because Milan has the main airport in the region and because it is believed that the city has little to offer, which simply is not true. Recently, the joint cooperation of Slovenia and Italy to expand upon the ...

The capital of Great Britain appears in works of different writers and poets for centuries. And all these authors created different images of London. Traditionally, people think about the river Thames, Big Ben, red two-storey buses, the Tower and other sightseeing attractions, when they hear about London. This list can be complemented with fog and grey paved streets. Author’s impression of London depended up their own experience and (or) general mood. That is why William Wordsworth and William Blake created totally different images of one city in their poems Composed Upon Westminster Bridge and London. The contrast is ...

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to assess the impact of Airbnb, the company that makes it possible for people from different countries to hand over their property to strangers, on the hotel industry. It is known that Airbnb is the third by cost value private IT-company in the world as its value is $25.5 billion. It is estimated that flow of orders of rooms for the night to Airbnb may increase from 79 million in the current year to 500 million over the next five years (and up to a billion within 10 years). In general, from a ...

Introduction

The city of Belfast has its fair share of world history that spans thousands of years (Phoenix 2001). Additionally, the bursting apprentice on ship building and heritage pride have placed it at the top of favorite tourists’ destination around the globe. Belfast is a true definition of old and new with a deep history and vast thirst to replicate an ultra-modern way of life for its residents and endless streams of visitors. As such, his paper will analyze its past events, facts, and figures surrounding Belfast. Additionally, it will outline strategies that will be adopted to turn around the ...

Abstract

In the novel ‘Black Hole,’ teenagers who engage in sexual behavior contract a decision that leads to genetic mutations which are hard to conceal. The disease is a replica of the Aids Pandemic and the struggles which teenagers have to endure during their adolescent years. The importance of the study is to identify how teenagers in the book the black Hole relate to the youth in the current society. Teenagers experience hormonal imbalances which cause them to lose control and are mostly controlled by their sex drives. Sexual attractions are common during this developmental stage of life, and most ...

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

Introduction

Belfast is one of the world’s most ancient cities, its location at the mouth of the River Lagan having been continuously occupied since about 2,000 years BCE. There are good reasons for this. Courtesy of the Gulf Stream, the site has a mild climate that seldom gets above 65 degrees F. or below 35 degrees F. Its northern latitude gives it one of the world’s shortest winter, and longest summer, days at the biannual solstices. It rarely snows. The city is ringed by low mountains that create a microclimate to ...

Nowadays social groups and individuals are not perceived as a closed and self-sufficient phenomena. They are included in the general relationship and interdependence. Universal interconnection, interdependence and relationships are extremely complicated by contradictory processes of globalization. The role and influence on the formation of national consciousness of the cultural self-identity should be borne in mind that national identity is implemented at two levels: the social (public, community at large) and personal (personal) (Bem, 1967). The need for self-determination has always been an important human need. Erich Fromm believed that this need is rooted in human nature (Fromm, 1939). Social ...

Introduction

At present, tourism is one of the most promising sectors of the world economy, ensuring the satisfaction of one of basic human needs - the need for rest. Many countries are rich in cultural and historical areas, but Italy should be highlighted among all of them, because of its unique architecture, history, culture, and mainly because of the great importance in tourist activity. The “face” of the country has changed dramatically over the last century. The fame of modern Italy is provided not only by producing automobiles, chemical products, fashionable clothes and shoes, popular worldwide films, but also by ...

Visitors’ Perception on Westminster London as a Sustainable, Responsible, and Environmental Friendly Destination

Referencesp.41 List of Figures Figure 1. Findings from the questionnaires Figure 2. Finding for three sections of sustainability, responsibility and environmental friendliness Figure 1.1. Sustainability Figure 1.2. Responsibility Figure 1.3. Environmental friendliness Abstract Sustainable tourism is one of the rising trends in the tourism industry. More and more stakeholder groups are starting to realize the importance of their assets. One of the best ways to preserve tourist destinations (i.e. the assets) is to promote sustainable, responsible, and environmental friendly tourism management. Unfortunately, engaging in those kinds of practices and operations can be costly. Most tourism industry firms are still ...

Marketing and advertising have been used for decades to capture the hearts of society and promote merchandise for sales. Two of the main attractions in advertising are related to younger children. The two main attractions that children are familiar with include McDonalds and Disney. Disney is a booming industry that depends on the younger children for their sales and revenue. The Disney movies and amusement parks are set in a child atmosphere and use their marketing strategies to appeal to the younger generations. Conflict theory is used when marketing Disney because of the competition that involves and the positive ...

Dear Friend, I am deeply interested in an interesting art work “Woman with a hat” by the famous artist Henri Matisse, who is one of my favorites. The canvas was done in the year 1905 and first exhibited at Salon d'Automne in Paris. However, as I intend to see the artwork, I am traveling to San Francesco where the artwork is displayed at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Femme au chapeau 2016). I want to know more about the artist and his work. Fortunately, I live close to San Francesco and drove there on a weekend. I stayed ...

Describe how you think the report results were obtained. The best way to do this is to review the methodology section of the report and summarize the techniques described there. The results were obtained by analyzing data collected from visitors. The surveys were conducted on visitors who lived in lodgings, day-trip visitors who were interviewed randomly in Napa Valley, and telephone interviews were also held with private homeowners who hosted visitors. The data was weighted to create a visitor profile of the Napa Valley, and to estimate the volume of visitors (Destination Analysts, 2012).

Identify and describe the three major visitor segments that the researchers have mentioned in the report.

The three visitor segments include ...

A NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION

Santa Fe resides in a rich blend of various cultures, driven by the indigenous, Latino and Western, and American cultures (Kimmel, 1995, p. 29). It is a city that flourishes in the aspects that attract local and international tourists as it is a picturesque town of the Spanish model. Santa Fe thrives with magical enthusiastic, with an epicenter of restaurants, hotels, and galleries that promote the tourism industry. At the heart of this, is the lack of a theme park to compliment the various tourist attraction sites that exist in the city. With the eager to impact on the ...

Part. 1 Concept introduction and analysis

Introduction This report presents a proposal for a restaurant establishment in Clarke Quay in Singapore. The report provides an overview of the proposed location and the market trends identifying the suitability of the proposed concept. To achieve that, the proposal involves analysis of the target market and the financial prospects of the business deciding on whether the model is viable.

Restaurant concept

Generic strategy The restaurant will have a premium pricing given the target customers it will be serving in Clarke Quay. The customers are mainly professionals and visitors with substantial income to afford the premium price for the food items ...

Introduction

The city of Cambridge, known for its culture, heritage and the numerous institutions of excellence attracts a large number of tourists from across the world. This globally renowned centre of higher education has been the home of great thinkers and scientists for the past 500-600 years and has made immense contribution in shaping up the world that we see as it is today. This is the place where atom was first split, neutrons and electrons were discovered, the renowned theory of evolution was coined by Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton discovered gravity . The University of Cambridge, which has ...

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Market Opportunity Analysis

Market profile Arkadia’s tourist industry is anchored in its historical attractions with a thriving tourist traffic of 5 million a year or 6% of its population per month. Its hospitality sector also serves its formidable business sector by hosting various conferences throughout the year. Assuming that each tourist would be spending US$1,000 per trip, that would amount to US$5 billion annual revenue. There are 20 large companies who at the least will hold 2 conferences per year with an average spend of US$10,000 per event. That would amount to US$ ...

Introduction

Disney World, also known as Walt Disney World Resort or Walt Disney world is a renowned entertainment and destination resort located in Florida near Orlando. This entertainment complex was opened on October 1, 1971, and is ranked as the most visited destination worldwide. The company is owned and managed by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, which is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The Disney World hosts themed resorts hotels, water parks, non-Disney hotels, theme parks, camping resorts, golf courses, shopping malls, and other forms of entertainment. The resort has a rich tradition that brings great characters, ...

Similarities between Bar Louie and Soggy Bottom

In evaluating the busiest days within the week, both BL and SB exhibit being patronized with more customers on week-ends, especially starting on a Friday night until Sunday. The only difference is that SB is closed on Sundays which give a competitive advantage to BL who continues to offer food and services on that day. Concurrently, there are also similarities in designing strategies to attract clientele, especially during lean times. As observed, both BL and SB offer similar attractions such as weekly trivia, gourmet burgers, and large beer as well as cocktail menu. From the observation, it could be ...

I went to the National Museum of Math last Sunday. My objective was to observe a child, preferably a child attending pre-KG. As I visited the museum, I found that the place was somewhat crowded with a lot of tourists and enthusiasts. It was a bright day, and the atmosphere was really good there. Within the first 15 minutes, I spotted a girl child who was just over three years. I decided her as my subject. She was an active Caucasian girl with sparkling eyes. She seemed to be curious about all the sights around. She was occasionally communicating ...

Chapter: Findings

This section includes the findings attained from the responses of participants via questionnaire along with the graphical illustration. The total number of participants selected in this study is 178. Frequency distribution tables along with cross tabulation calculations are done in order to find out the relationship between variables.

Questionnaire Analysis

Frequency Tables/Charts Tourism sector helps any country to boost its economy. Similarly, the participants’ responses to the asked question whether “tourism sector will bring benefit to Singapore” proved that Singapore economy has been observed a growing trend due to an increase in tourism activities. In Singapore, tourists mainly come from neighborhood ...

Theme Park Industry: General Market Overview

A theme park industry is an amusement creative environment, where a single or multiple themes are used to enjoy the consumers with diverse rides, landscapes, entertaining attractions and other amusement services. The idea of mass-entertainment places emerged in the nineteenth century when the first amusement gardens appeared in the US. They offered rides on animals, simple attractions and beautiful natural landscapes. Later the trolley parks have evolved into innovative amusement theme parks known for their sophisticated attractions and services (Abercrombie, et al., 2011). Such parks are usually divided into domestic/national parks or international depending on the target audience or ...

Industry Overview

Senegal is a West African country located along the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Its neighboring countries include Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, guinea, and Gambia. The terrain of Senegal is generally low and flat, with rolling plains that rise to the foothills located in the southeast. Senegal covers an area of about 196,722 square kilometers, with a coastline stretching to about 531 km (Global Edge, 2015). By 2014, the population of the country stood at 14.7 million, with an annual growth rate of 3.126% (Global Edge, 2015). About 43% of this population stays in the urban centers. Senegal is one of ...

Trip to Disneyland

1.0 Tourism Distribution Channels 1.1Introduction Travel business and experience is one of the most dynamic sectors of the tourism industry. Visitors want to travel and have an experience of a lifetime. They have formed-perspectives of how they want their experience to be, putting stakeholders in this industry on the run as they endeavour to better performance and conform to the needs of their customers (Tran, Jeeva&Pourabedin, 2016). Customer perspective and the expectations they have is enough to make travel a reality that anyone can wish to engage in. Service delivery in the travel industry is varied before the final ...

History of Sleepy Hollow Sleepy Hollow, Hudson River village defies the passage of time and has managed to preserve both its history and natural beauty. The village is known for its fabulous legends and great history and has a wide range of outdoor adventures and activities for the locals and tourists.The Village of Sleepy Hollow belonged to the larger province of the Native American tribe, Weckquaesgeck Indians, who are described as a Mohican Tribe or a Delaware Tribe1. The Sleepy Hollow countryside is made famous by the author Washington Irving. The village is located in the lower Hudson River ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the rise of travel and tourism industries has shown a tremendous resilience, which has been among the main contributors to the growth of hotels real estate in various countries. Thailand is among the countries that have been significantly affected by the geopolitical tensions and economic instability. In 2008, Thailand experience violent clashes that resulted in approximately 9 percent decline in average tourist spending. This also resulted in the closure of the international airports, which consequently decreased tourists and investors' confidence. However, over the past few years, the country has experienced tremendous growth in the tourism ...

Urban growth and development can be attributed to all changes that engulf the particular urban setting (Jacobs 78). Moreover, the increase of an urban city should be planned for, lest social evils, as well as uncontrollable urban population and congestion, can ensue. Apparently, Toronto is an urban area that has grown rapidly over time, creating concerns about the future of urban planning, to cater for growing population, pollution, and urban traffic. Since the early 1970’s, Toronto has made the use of subways, buses and streetcars to ease congestion in the city, and also to provide an ambient environment ...

Introduction To The MEEC Industry

The MEEC industry is one of the fastest and most growing industries in the modern world. It is one of the major contributing factors; that is gaining a lot of influence in the hospitality industry in the contemporary world (Fenich 2005). MEEC is a short word that is used to replace the expression Meetings, Expositions, Events, and Conventions. The MEEC industry has been of great impact to the economy of the United States of America, not only in the hospitality industry but also to the tourism sector. Various steps have been undertaken in the effort to create more conventions ...

Comparison between Tourism in Delhi and Beijing

Beijing and Delhi are some of the world's renowned cities, located in some of the worlds, most populated countries. They are also major a tourist attraction sites in those countries contributing a significant amount to the country's GDP. They also have some of the oldest sites that preserve the native culture and the national heritage. India and China have become popular tourist destinations due to the presence of these cities. In essence, in the past decade, tourist volumes have increased following extensive marketing and improved international relations, especially in China. The paper shall compare and contrast tourism for Beijing ...

Tourism is the source of multiple economic benefits to any locality or country that attracts a steady flow of travelers. Foreign visitors can become a valuable source of foreign currency. So, a developing country should use its chance and reach its peak by boosting its revenues and getting its place in the competitive industry. Jamaica is focused on developing sustainable tourism and is ready to cope with difficulties on its way in order to get the tourism benefits and not harm its unique nature. But tourism has not only positive but also negative factors that can endanger the economy ...

Depression can be broadly defined as a mental illness in which the victim experiences the unshakable, strong sadness and a completely diminished interest in most activities. This paper will compare and contrast the evaluation of the validity and credibility of two websites; the PsychCentral and University of Michigan Depression Center (UMDC) sites, which bring out the valuable information about depression as a psychological topic. Firstly, the PsychCentral and UMDC websites are both well-structured and easily navigable. The information layout and formatting on the two websites are firmly consistent, in which any user finds a very humble time to get ...

Tourism's market shares have massively grown in the last few years. People are more into to the world exploration and leisure traveling. The new trends and patterns in tourism are mainly in entertainment and shopping. Tourism became the most profitable market trend after oil industry. The growth of tourism in the last century can arguably be viewed as one of the most groundbreaking economic and social phenomena, increasing the number of tourists from 25 million to 808 million in the last 50 years (Dixit, Belwal & Singh, n.d.). Consequently, the tourism sector has become one of the largest industries in ...