Essays on Tour

Abstract

United Arabs Emirates countries have frequently acquired airline services from Emirate's airline operators. However, for the last couple of the decades, the services offered have been deteriorating. Research helps in finding out how to solve this problem and favour the quality of the services offered without many results. The purpose of the study is subjected to conduct a survey on the exploration in the basis of the new company named as Emirates Tours that offers to their visitors transport services. It also helps in finding out some of the recommendation that the company can use in the provision of ...

(Instructor Name) Golf is an increasingly popular sport with increasing number of followers and amateurs wanting to play the sport. Until 2007, the entire sport of professional golf was played around a series of unconnected tournaments, with no champion at the end of it, just individual event winners. In 2007, the PGA Tour system was initiated, which consists of 43 events and 4 PGA play-offs. The final playoff winner will be crowned the PGA Champion for the season. To qualify for the PGA playoffs, the players have to compete in the previous 43 events, and points are awarded on ...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Marketing management is one of the most important tools in any business’ industry as it ensures that the enterprise’s sales balance with customers’ satisfaction, and it is one of the best means to use in determining whether or not customers get reward for their money and expenses. Marketing ensures that a customer is well informed about the product he/she wishes/intends to purchase and this way the customer will be fully conversant with the product which he is about to acquire (Campbell, 2007, p. 92). This therefore becomes a very important aspect in tourism, bearing in mind that it is one ...

Introduction:

Come 17th January 2015- Adelaide City, South Australia will pedal off the 17th edition of exciting and fun filled International Cycling race event- Santos Tour Down under 2015. The event is organized by The Union Cyclist International (UCI) is an international body of the Cycling Federation. The Santos Tour Down Under is a mega international cycling race event organized every year, typically in the third week of January. The 2015 Santos Tour Down Under will be held in Adelaide, South Australia, from 17-25 January 2015. The city is gearing itself to play host to this megacycle racing extravaganza. For ...

Introduction

The tourism sector in Turkey has been on a steady growth since 1980 when the country received 1.2 million tourists. This figure has increased almost 25 times as the country received 31.4 million international tourists in 2011. According to the World Tourism Organization branch of the UN (UNWTO) (2011), Turkey is ranked as the sixth most visited country in the world. This growth in the sector shows that there are business opportunities for potential tourism investors. Beach tourism and tours to historical sites are the major products of the Turkish tourism sector. The country, however, offers other products such ...

Travel agencies offers travel information, booking and reservation services including transport and accommodation, as well as, tourist attractions to both business travelers and private individuals.

The main activities of this industry include ticket consolidation, booking service provision, ticket selling, tour retailing, tour guide service provision, tourist bureau service provision, tour wholesaling and travel agency operation. Also, the key products for the industry include conference travel, business travel, tour wholesaling and ticket consolidation, inbound tours and leisure travel. A related industry is X0003 Tourism in Australia, which offers tourism services for both international and domestic tourists.

Industry Performance

The key external drivers ...

Business Plan for Baak Tours Company

Executive Summary The tourism industry has undergone a series of changes over the last decades. This has been mainly due to the advents of ‘borderless’ world and increase in the flow of information on the attractive sceneries found in the world, with Turkey being no exception. We are planning to enter the lucrative market of tourists entering the country which presents an opportunity for Baak Tours Company. an opportunity exists for the company because the rapid growth in national tourism industry over the past few decades. Baak Tours intends to provide airport transportation and car hire services in ...

Before we proceed any further let us first understand what the definition of tourism is. As per Guyer Feuler “Tourism is a collection of activities, services and industries which deliver a travel experience comprising of transportation, accommodation, eating and drinking establishments, retail shops, entertainment businesses and other hospitality services provided for individuals or groups travelling away from home”. As per UNWTO definition “Tourism comprises of the activities of persons travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes”. For tourism to happen people must travel i.e. there ...

Analysis of European Tourism Industry

Analysis of European Tourism Industry

Introduction

As is the case with most countries with tourist attracting features, tourism is one of the major sectors of the European economy. More than 5% of the EU GDP is generated by tourism industry (Costa and Panyik, 2014). Wide variety products comprise the tourism and involve a variety of different stakeholders, both private and public (Mintel, 2013). Tourism industry is in the process of being transformed into information-based industry. Thus, there is a critical role to the ICTs (information and communication technologies) in EU tourism. In addition, European tourism industry may be considered as dynamic and ...

Thumbnail sketches and images

The tour to the historic Milwaukee was filled with a lot of fun since the place had a lot to offer. The historic town of Milwaukee was full with a copious array of historical anecdotes, artifacts and architecture among others. The town is privileged to have both new and historical architectural styles that pepper`s her horizon. The ancient European style town meets the modern charm at numerous intersections of the city (A Walk in the City p12). Walking along the eye catching architecture of the city, Milwaukee’s heritage is a thing of its class. Its legacy lingered with us, regardless of ...

The Tourism industry is growing at a high rate, market competition is changing with the changing market dynamics. Unlike other businesses, which can be categorized in a local market, business in the tourism sector is a global one which has a lot of determinant market forces. Even with the increasing competition, the tourism industry continues to flourish, many tour companies have been able increase their profit margin over the years. Investors have invested in the tourism industry by proving tour safaris to different destinations. They offer tourists a better method of touring different destinations. Many tourists prefer using tour safari services since they ...

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Strategic Issues Facing the Company

After Kanye West withdrawal from the tour, the company had three strategic issues to grapple with as it set to propel Lady Gaga into the next level. First, the company could decide to go on with the arena tour and capitalize on Gaga’s performance at the VMAs. The second option was to organize a smaller theater tour and capitalize on the already existing fan-base. Thirdly, the company could cancel any tour plans and focus on releasing more singles and preparing for the upcoming ...

A Strategic Management Analysis

- Identify and discuss strategic capabilities (resources and competences) of the chosen company using appropriate strategy tools and identify strengths and weaknesses for the firm. Apply the Value Chain and identify and discuss any core competences the organization may have. Thomas Cook is one of the major leisure travel groups in the world. It is also the second major in the United Kingdom. It maintains these top positions across all of its major markets and with well established and trusted tour operator brands. About 23 million customers travelled with the Group in 2012.

Human and Physical Resources

Thomas Cook Group Plc is ...

Executive Summary

Tourism tours business is becoming increasingly competitive. The tour companies must seek to know how they can overcome this wave of high level of competition in order to compete effectively and remain relevant in the tourism market. It is a tour company’s responsibility to ensure that the tourists get unique services and an adventure of a lifetime that will keep them coming for more. As the years go by, the tourism industry will become even more competitive, and the need for offering unique services by the tour companies will increase. The key to a successful tours company is the need to ...

Introduction

Museums are places where we can see different artifacts, collection items and art forms. Museums through its collections present a story about a person, a thing, any living or extinct being or some abstract concept. This basic concept of museum being a “pedia” of knowledge for all of us will continue to remain same in the future but the representation of that will change a lot in coming days because of the advancement in technology. Information exchange has seen a paradigm shift in the last few decades. Advent of computer followed by internet has changed the way we gather information. The Internet boom in the ...

An agreement Contract between Oze Tavern (Company in NY) and the Chile National Team

The parties and their contact details The management of Oze Tavern Sports Agency based in New York is pleased to propose an international friendly match between the United States National Soccer Team and the Chilean National Soccer Team. This is subject to confirmation of receipt and consequent reaction from the Chilean Football Federation whose details are as follows:

Tel: +56 2 810 1800 Fax: +56 2 284 3510

Office Location: Avda. Quilín No. 5635 - Comuna Peñalolén Casilla No. 3733 Central de Santiago Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile ...

With every business or organization, there is a business model. Each individual industry tends to have a standard model in which organizations conduct their business. However, this is not always the case. Take for example the PGA Tour. Rather than follow the patterns of most other sports organizations and teams, this company has created its own model in order to make the best use of its resources. By making the best use of its limited resources, supporting charities and players, and creating a strong business culture, the PGA Tour creates an experience which retains its fans, players, and partnering companies. In this ...

Introduction

The internal and external developments in the tourism sector over the past half-century has brought emergence in the paradigm of sustainable tourism. The notion of sustainable tourism developments has been widely recognized by local and international organizations in the tourism sector. The distinguished properties of alternative tourism are reflected in mass tourism for the organizations working at a small scale comparable to externally occupied large scale organizations. The objective of this essay is to address the issues that are evolving in alternative tourism sector and how these issues can be monitored and controlled by using contemporary models proposed by ...

Introduction

There has been a renewed interest with the indigenous tourism recently. In Australia, it is one of the most thriving tourism sector and attraction at present. This is because Australia is home to one of the world’s historic living cultures and so, it is well placed to develop this global tourism sector (ONT, 1998, p. 2). Indigenous tourism is a general term formerly used to pertain to “all tourism services or products, managed by either the Indigenous or the non-indigenous entities but focuses on an indigenous motif such as cultural tours, festivals, arts and crafts making, interpretation of indigenous heritage, ...

Athletes and Drugs

The author, George Orwell, once said, “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting.” (Tribune, 1945) In the world of sports, many athletes look upon victory as their only possible option, too, resorting to unethical behaviors just to be crowned champion. Lance Armstrong was born on September 18, 1971 in Plano, Texas, near Dallas. He was athletic from an early age, running and swimming at 10 years old, and competing ...

CMPSC 201

National Gallery of Art The homepage of the National Gallery of Art (NGA) is quite simplistic in its outlook. The only thing visible at first glance is the 1510 painting, Alba Madonna, by Raphael. Nevertheless, the website contains all the navigation information required to access any art resource of interest to the visitor. For instance, the left side of the Alba Madonna contains a list of tabs through which the virtual exhibition can be accessed.

Experience

I followed the outlined assignment instructions and when I went to the website, I chose the “Online Tours” tab, which directed me to the ...

Objectives

As earlier mentioned this business idea mainly targets the at Prince Mohammad University students as its main customers before it can open up to the public, since, its strategic plan is to expand to other universities and schools in future, and diversify to embrace the whole Saudi Arabia, then, finally venture internationally. As a Student Travel Business, its main objective is to improve the student’s cultural heritage knowledge about Saudi Arabia, and making them more responsible, aware, and loyal Saudi Arabia community members. But, as we will learn in the subsequent parts of this business plan, this is business ...

Summary

Bilal Haq, a scientist from the National Science Foundation Arlingtion, Virginia encountered foraminifera on his trip to Qingdao in China. Foraminifera are small creatures that grow shells on their bodies. Their shells are varied and very diverse, as if they are created by visionary artists. Haq thought the foraminifera would make beautiful pieces of art and should be put on display. Haq’s fellow colleague from China, Zheng, agreed and put things into action by involving local craft workers. It resulted in a park for foraminifera since the end of 2009 and already a million people have visited (Larkins, 2012).

It is ...

Toxicology

The tour of the toxicology lab at the CSI website changed my perception of toxicology as a facet of forensic science. The tour began by me being introduced to a description of the work that forensic toxicologist do. According the CSI website, forensic toxicologists are served with the responsibility of determining the presence of drugs and other chemical substances in the human body; tissues and fluids. As opposed to drug chemistry, which analyzes evidence prevalent outside the body, forensic toxicology concerns itself with the analysis of evidence found inside human bodies. Multiple fluids are normally analyzed by toxicologist in an attempt ...

Introduction

Tourism industry has been booming since last decade and people from all around the world are seeking for going to the long tours to different destinations of their choice. As a result, we can find several players into this industry that have been providing the best of the packages and services to the customers. The services seem to be modifying since the players want to provide the best services to their customers. They are introducing different schemes and offers so that the customers can buy from them easily. And, it also seems to be a good trend of marketing and ...

Tourism Business Analysis and Planning

Tourism has today become one of the fastest growing industries. The rapid expansion of the industry globally contributes to economic improvement by creating employment opportunities and especially developing foe host countries like Malaysia. Statistics put it that in 2005 there were 806 million tourists worldwide, and the number of tourists is expected to increase to 1 billion tourists annually by 2010 (Bok and Holland, 2007). Malaysia is a South East Asian country that covers an area of 336,700 square kilometers and has two regions, west and east Malaysia. The Western region shares its borders with Thailand to the North ...

Globus families tour operators also known as Globus Travel Group started in 1928 as a small family business by Antonio Mantegazza. It traces its history in Lake Lugano in Switzerland when he started using a rowing boat to transport visitors and commercial goods across the lake. Globus grew tremendously with time even acquiring motorcoaches that transported tourists in the region of Lake Lugano in southern Switzerland. Later in1950, Globus grew steadily operating 33 coaches in Rome, Venice, the Dolomites and French Riviera. Since then it has grown tremendously. Mr Antonio Mantegazza’s core ideals of zeal, innovation and uphill struggle ...

Description of the project:

The project involves a two-month tour to the East African market, which is aimed at creating brand awareness for AGCO products. In particular, the tour is aimed at raising awareness for Massey Ferguson tractors and combine harvesters, which will lead to increased sale of the products in the region. The tour will be undertaken by 10 marketing personnel who will visit the countries where agriculture is widely practiced including Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In addition, the team will try to understand the problems the farmers in the region are facing in the ...

Introduction

There are issues that are seen and evident with the database that are used by the tour operator. One issue is that there is repeating data in the database. This is an issue that should be looked into when proposing a new data structure. There should not be any repeating values in the database. This paper will focus on procedures on how to refine the data structure for the tour operator’s database.

The tables that are there in the database are the following:

1st Normal form

The table has repeating values that should be altered to eradicate redundancy. If one customer chooses ...

Introduction

Music has no boundaries and is listened by all sections of society, globally. Whether it is in English, German, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Arabic, Urdu, or any other language, music is enjoyed by one and all for its sheer power of attraction. It is not necessary that all audiences like the same kind of music, and it is also not true that all artists are liked by all. Tastes differ, and preferences are many. While some would pledge their hardcore support for the songs sung by Madonna, or a Lady Gaga, they need not necessarily have to agree that they are ...

In the United States, the majority of the people believe in Christianity, who make up for 76% of the population. The rest of the population constitutes believers of other religions and non-believers. Christianity is based on the teachings described in the Bible, and is especially based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, who is an integral part of the faith, the prophecies, and is regarded as the Son of God-incarnate. One of the places that represent the way of worshiping the God in Christianity is the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis. It is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church ...

Market segmentation, targeting and positioning, being technically separate elements of strategic marketing plan, are in practice closely interrelated (Fyall&Garrod, 2005, p.99). For the purposes of the following assignment I will consider market segmentation, targeting and positioning with regard to touristic products. The product I am going to concentrate on is a one-week summer bus tour to France from Belgium. In order to create the plan of the tour, it is necessary to understand which categories of clients can be potentially interested in spending one week in France in summer. With regard to tourism-related choices it is recommended to conduct ...

2009 Hudson River Mid-air Collision

Introduction

It was in 2009 on 8th August, one of the worst air accidents in the history of New York took place when a Piper airplane and a sightseeing helicopter collided over the Hudson River, killing all the 9 people on board. Thousands of people witnessed this low-altitude accident as the airplane collided into the helicopter with both of them breaking into parts and falling into the river. Though both the pilots were properly certified and trained as per with federal regulations and the aircrafts properly equipped and maintained, the accident occurred due to insufficient regulations, the ...

Introduction

The ethical issue in sports gains in importance over time, as there are more and more attractive rewards for the athletes, both financial and non-financial, such as fame and pride. As the prize becomes bigger, the competition gets more intense, and the incentive to cheat strengthens. There are different ways to cheat in sports. Some of them are tactical and are aimed to get advantage in particular situation – good example of such behavior is so-called simulation in association football, when a player goes down easily pretending that he has been fouled to win a free kick, penalty kick or to ...

Financial Management

Financial management comprises of the set of activities including planning, organizing, controlling and directing the enterprise’s financial activities like utilization of funds and procurement. The Sydney Opera House is an Australian cultural icon and a heritage asset. It is crucial to Australian tourism infrastructure and by extension to its national income. This is because over 8.2 million domestic and foreign tourists. For example, according to (Opera House Trust., 2012), in 2011-2012, over 1,808 performances were held in the Opera house, attracting more than 1.3 million people. The Trust obtains 85% of operational funding from commercial as well as ...

Electronic Arts: The Success of EA Sports and the Company

According to Henderson (2009), the early beginnings of the gaming giant Electronic Arts began in 1982 when Trip Hawkins and his colleagues left Apple to create “Amazing Software.” The company concentrated in creating software that makes “a personal computer worth owning”. However, the name they first selected did not meet positive impact, thus the name change to Electronic Arts in 1982. Hawkins believed that the new name of the company reflects his belief that computer games are a new artform that must be given respect. Eventually, EA would showcase their passion proving game artistry through their record jackets and box covers. ...

Antarctica Tourism: Still an appropriate market for operators and tourism?

Introduction

Antarctica may not sound like the greatest vacation spot for most people but many tourists ready for a challenge head there during the South Pole’s summer season. Tourism has been increasing since the first visitors to Antarctica despite the difficulties reaching the place. The freezing temperatures are not enough to slow the dedicated traveler away either.

Tourist operators’ infrastructure has grown to meet the needs of Antarctica tourism. The infrastructure includes everything from selling parkas and equipment, to training guides and to offering trips by ships and planes coordinated with travel agencies. Several decades of increasing tourism to ...

The Great Tour

1. Introduction 2. Body a) The tour b) The event c) Experience/Knowledge acquired 3. Conclusion

The summer fall is usually long in this part of the world. After the end of semester exams, I joined my family in the countryside. Then came the long awaited tour: a tour to Mexico.

Mexico to me was the ancestral land of my parents but I had not stepped foot there since I was born. The ever green equatorial climate of Mexico was humid and sultry. The sandy beaches of the costal town made me feel like in a cloud nine. What a ...

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is the reward of the civic, social, and business activities of the Cummer family. The Cummers came from a long line of lumber dealers. They started in Canada before expanding their business to Michigan, Virginia, and Florida. Wellington Willson Cummer (1846-1909) went on to found the Cummer Lumber Company in 1896. After the death of Wellington, Arthur Cummer and Waldo Cummer, along with his son-in-law, John L. Roe, all of them had ranks in the family business inherited the company. Nina May Holden (1875-1958) a young lady from Michigan City, Indiana married Arthur ...

Introduction

Tourism is comparatively recent development in the Far North. In the last 15 years, the numbers of tourists have been increasing to experience the spectacular wildlife, landscapes and pursue the unique settings of Arctic. In the year 2000, the Arctic tourist count has reached above 1.5 million, with the northern Fennoscandia drawing around 70% of them. The Arctic cruise ship traffic has increased from 50 ships in the year 2004 to around 250 in 2007, most of them in Greenland and Nunavut (Canada). Most of the tourists travel to Arctic during the summers, when they can enjoy and pursue ...

Introduction

In the recent periods, Ecotourism has changed to become a bigger type of tourism mostly in developing countries. Ecotourism refers to responsible travel to natural environments with an aim of environmental conservation and improvement as well as improving the well-being of local communities in these regions. In this regard, individuals practice nature-based tourism, which benefits the local communities and destinations, culturally, environmentally and economically. The niche of ecotourism has become bigger over time due to the impact on conservation and communities. Today ecotourism has taken the form of alternative tourism. This paper presents the case for changes in ecotourism. The ...

- NPV= -C0 + C1/ (1+r) + C2 / (1+r)2 + C3/(1+r)3 + Cn/(1+r)n

-Co refers to the amount which was initially invested C refers to the cash flow r refers to the hurdle rate n stands for the time

Depreciation is an expense that is tax deductible

Years Amount Tax effect After- tax cash flows Depreciation 12% factor Present Tax shield value 0 (2140000) - 2140000 1.0 (2140000) 1 (1050000) (1-0.4) (630000) 14099 0.8929 (549938) 2 10250000 (1-0.4) 6150000 14099 0.7972 5015170 3 10250000 (1-0.4) 6150000 14099 0.7118 4477920 4 11250000 (1-0.4) ...

The paper explores, analyzes and probes ways of responding to criticism of a tourism

Company both publically and privately. The paper dwells into the art of handling and

reacting to negative comments and feedback in a very subtle and professional manner. It

examines the thin line of difference between public and private responses.

Public Response

Hello Mr. Eric,

Thanks very much for your valuable and precious feedback. I am sorry to hear that

you were not completely happy with your experience with us. We definitely appreciate

every kind of criticism and suggestions about our services and our company from our

highly valued customers, like you. We endeavor to improve services continuously based on

I ...

Summary

The term global village was a product of the developments that were made in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. The need to communicate and communicate speedily while maintaining the integrity of the information being passed prompted the invention of the Internet and the World Wide Web (Albert, 2006). This is a network built out of wirelessly connecting computers all over the world under one central server.

With the Internet in place, further developments occurred, which included the invention of websites. These are small pages built by individuals and made available to the general Internet public. They provide information about a ...

Travelling salesman problem is a grouped as a NP-hard problem. The problem involves identifying the shortest route that a sales man would follow to visit several cities. The travelling salesman problem model several problems of real life applications. There are approximations algorithms developed to solve the problem. However, an exact feasible solution to the general Travelling salesman problem has not been developed; although, the problem has been under research for more than half a decade. Small traveling salesman problems have been solved using exact algorithms developed through various methods, such as genetic algorithms. It has been proved that the TSP cannot be ...

Menacekeys was born in Fort Worth, Texas. The oldest of two sons, he was raised by his father while his mom served a 12-year prison term for child-abuse for almost killing both his younger brother and him. Consequently, music was always an escape from the reality of his troubled childhood. He discovered a passion for the piano at age five, and learned various other instruments throughout his youth, including drums and saxophone.

At age 15, Menacekeys gained his first taste of the music business with an internship through a House and Electronic based group, Oracale of Dallas, TX (Inertia Records). However, near ...

The History and Revolution of Tourism Sector in the United Kingdom after World War II

Introduction

Undeniably, the end of the Second World War marked one of the most momentous periods in the history of tourism and travel industry. Several factors contributed immensely on the growth of tourism since the World War II. Variations of socio-economic situations such as the increased vehicle ownership, increased leisure time, and availability of more disposable income are some of the factors that promoted the growth of the Tourism industry in the UK. Speaking of innovations and technological advancements, the development of Jet Aircrafts, computerized booking systems, the internet, and extensive use of technology have also played a significant role ...

Summary: “The Loss of the Creature” by Walker Percy

Walker Percy was a proficient and renowned writer who contributed in the development of classical literature. He wrote numerous novels and books, which borrowed from philosophy and semiotics disciplines. His literature work remains relevant until today because it aims at understand human lifestyle from an existential and faith based perspective.

In the article “The Loss of the Creature”, the author provides a clear overview on how a tourist and a student strive to internalize knowledge and experience from an experts/planner point of view. The essay is divided into two parts with each part using a different approach in expounding this subject. The first ...

I am sure that in order to become successful in any professional field it is necessary to identify clear goals and find the best place to realize them. I am happy that I understood this simple truth in time to do everything possible to make my dreams come true. I would like to describe the way my professional goals were formed and how I understood that Georgetown is the best place for me to do it.

Still, when I went to my violin lesson the next day, I noticed that every time I tried to strike a note with the ...

Just as narrative film has evolved, so have documentaries – the changing nature of cultural tastes, historical events, and film technology has allowed documentary films to be given a unique and constantly changing sensibility throughout the years. According to Grierson, documentaries as a film format are typically considered as being “made from natural material,” meaning that the events being filmed are happening organically, without the use of scripts or actors or sets. However, even within that strict definition there are ways to stretch and alter the very fabric of what it means to be a documentary, evoking the cultural and social attributes of a ...

Introduction

The tour operator, Thomson Management, wishes to create a cultural tourism 6 day visit to Denmark, Amsterdam, Lisbon and Porto. By working as the Assistant Marketing Manager for Thomson Holidays, it is my job to explore the sectors, hotels, B&Bs, restaurants, and travel agencies, to make recommendations for Thomson’s Marketing department as appropriate in the Travel and Tourism Industry. In the following outline the core concepts of marketing, the factors that influence marketing in the travel and tourism industry, customer demands and satisfactions, and the ways in which the client market can be segmented, are discussed. 1.1 Discuss ...

- If you were Troy Carter, which of the three touring options would you pursue for Lady Gaga? Why? The investment of efforts has the potential to turn challenges into strengths. The illustrated scenario obligates a shuffle of choice amongst the touring options, just in time. In my view, the most rational an approach is to be developed with a balanced risk of financial benefits, goodwill and time / efforts. Proceeding, to the advertising and marketing efforts already casted over the dissemination of touring details, the third option of complete cancellation of plans is not a viable option for the image ...

Management

For example, I think of the time that we went on an academic tour; you were chosen to be our leader by the dean as she saw your capability in leadership. You shown a character of leadership when after arriving to our destination, you lead us to the various sites that we were supposed to visit before the end of the trip. You also made sure that no single student experienced any problems throughout the tour. During our tour, there is this time in which police officers stopped as for identification and you portrayed a trait of leadership by explaining to ...

Once in a while, it is possible to turn to a television station like PBS and stumble upon a National Geographic documentary featuring the pyramids of ancient Egypt. They are so common it is almost easy to forget that ancient Incas and Aztec civilization also constructed unique pyramids. Three pyramids in particular are directly under a group of celestial stars and thus further complicate the mystery of them all. In Egypt, the archaeologists and forensic scientists have found bones of many people buried right beside the multi-dimensional triangles and other structures. They have questioned the role and status of these people who seemed ...

MGT 3100

Dr. Frank Abstract The United States of America has been led by numerous leaders with varying leadership and management qualities since attaining independence in 1778. The current American President Barrack Hussein Obama goes down in history as the first African American to become the American president since its establishment by the founding fathers. Obama has drawn a lot of controversies especially with his gay rights advocacy as well as snubbing his motherland Kenya during his African tour. George Walker Bush was the 44th president of the United States of America and Obama’s predecessor. Bush is the ...

Introduction

Human activity and natural forces have endangered some of the most resourceful regions in the world. This has a direct impact not only to the communities living in the regions but also to the ecosystem. Campaigns for the conservation of natural resources have exhibited an increasing trend especially in America. The campaigns have been done using different media such as books, magazine and newspaper articles, the internet, television and radio documentaries as well as books emphasize on the need to conserve wildlife especially in the Amazon rainforests, African savannas and the Arctic refuges. Tidwell’s book explores the alarming losses ...

Dear sir/ Madam Ambassador

I am humbly writing this letter to kindly request you to grant me a visa that will enable me to visit EQUITORIAL GUINEA for a touristic trip. My purpose for travel is tourism, to see beautiful sights especially the museums, National parks and architectures. I am also looking forward to experience the foods, learning the culture of the natives and meeting new people. My trip would take 7 days, and my list of activities I am planning to undertake within my trip is as follows. On my first day, I am planning to visit Arena Blanca the only white beach ...

Social Media refers to marketing using media such as online communities, social networks and blogs. The top four social media tools are Facebook, twitter, linkeldn and blogs. There has been an increase in the use of social media as it fulfils certain human needs. People want to connect with others and make friends. They want to know what others are doing and hear their views on what is happening in the world. People also want to express their feelings and even tell people what they are doing right now and what they plan to do in the future.

The Advantages of Social Media Marketing

Social ...

Abstract

In the tourism marketing, the internet plays a very crucial role due to its ability to transcend geographical boundaries and reach the regions that are far beyond the reach of many traditional forms of communication. All this is achieved at an amazingly low cost and the tourism company involved in able to increase sales and awareness without having to force this publicity. The Leopard beach resort in Kenya has employed the use of its website as a gateway to its services, where potential visitors can get information and also make bookings online, prior to visiting. The resort has optimized this site ...

Last summer I visited South Africa. While there I went on a tour of a township. From this experience I gained an insight into the meaning of poverty, and learned about how people in developing countries live. The trip dramatically altered my attitude towards charity and inspired me to fundraise for international projects.

When our van turned off the normal highway and into the township, everything changed. Within seconds, the prestigious houses and business buildings disappeared and all that I could see was row upon row of shacks. These structures were mostly made of wood and corrugated iron. We drove deeper ...