Essays on Tourism

The relationship between problem definitions and policy measures in the policy document

Context

Tourism is connected to various national and international economic aspects, as well as environmental, governmental and social factors (PKF 34). Discussing about Iceland’s tourism all these factors and others are to be considered when evaluating the development plan described in the “Promote Iceland” document. While the country’s internal macro economy (comprising politic, economic, social, technologic, environmental or legal aspects) is significant in explaining the trends in the tourism industry, Iceland’s strategies for developing its tourism hold into account also the macroeconomic aspects of other countries, which constitute potential tourism source for Iceland, and “Promote Iceland” ...

Statistics has it that the cruise line industry is the fastest growing in the sector of leisure in the tourism, travel and hospitality industries (Jr Brent et al 240). There has been a growth rate of 2100% between 1970 and 2006. Moreover, 68% of the cruises that have been taken have existed for a decade (Jr Brent et al 241). The industry undergoes a 7% growth rate annually. I choose the Norwegian cruise lines ; I feel that it will attract more people because billing itself a ‘freestyle’ cruise line, with regard to dining and was the pioneer to swerve ...

- Discuss the similarities and differences between travel today and travel during Roman times. Travel today has many similarities and differences with the travel during the Roman times. Starting with the similarities, Romans tourists visit famous temples, the Egypt monuments, game activities, and coast baths. Today tourism composes of similar activities only that the modern settings have made communication and travelling more superior with the availability of guidebooks, efficient transport, and technology. In addition, the ancient

Roman had tour planners and travel guides the same way today tourists have. Secondly, during the Roman times people travelled for leisure in ...

The risk and crisis management for the tourist involves preparing and managing the effect of the crisis on tourists. There should be adequate measures to mitigate effects of risks in all tourist destination centres. Prevention or mitigation is a major risk and crisis management strategy which may be adopted to reduce the effects of risk. Use of SWOT analysis may help to prevent the risk from occurring. SWOT is an acronym which stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Preparedness is another strategy which may be used in risk and crisis management of tourists. This may involve having a ...

Introduction

Today, international trade is a major force that has a great role in driving the economy. Businesses from different parts of the world are linking with each other with an aim of expanding their operations and increase their profitability. Florida is among the best performing states in international trade. It’s a major tourist attraction and business hub with state-of-the-art infrastructure (Harrington 2010). Many local and international firms have their headquarters in Florida since it’s easier to trade with the rest of the world from here. Among the best performing firms that are actually contributing to Florida’s ...

Deborah Root’s excerpt, Conquest, Appropriation, and Cultural Difference, and Olive Senior’s Mediation on Yellow poem present the same message about the plight of native nations in Canada. Canada, formerly a British colony, is home to many native nations that have over the years been conquered, displaced, and suffered in the hands of immigrants who came into the country. Despite the feudal past that characterizes the history of these tribes, it is apparent from both the poem and the excerpt that native nations of Canada continue to be discriminated against and being taken advantage of. Both Root’s ...

- What opportunities and barriers exist for group tourism in developing Asian nations?

Opportunities for group tourism in Asia include modification of cumbersome immigration procedures and visa controls to allow for ease of movement of tourists. Countries such as Cambodia, Cambodia, India, Vietnam, and Laos among others have opened up for group tourism through reduced visa fees from their embassies abroad. These countries also provides for a variety of attraction sites and features such as beaches, rainforests, wildlife, museums, varied night life, world heritage sites all suitable for group visits at reduced rates (Singh, 14). Improved communication and transport ...

Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey” tells the story of Bilbo Baggins, a young hobbit who enjoys a peaceful living in his quiet home, far away from any danger or unexpected events, until the sorcerer Gandalf pays him a visit, inviting twelve dwarves at Bilbo’s home, for dining, and proposes him to join their adventure: reclaiming the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the Dragon Smaug. The adventures of Bilbo in the company of the warriors who are searching for their land indicates the hobbit’s journey to maturity, to finding his true identity, his adventurous ...

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 ...

Tourism sector is important in all countries since it has contributed a lot to economic growth. This sector does this by generating income from the various tourist activities undertaken in tourist attraction areas. There are many tourist attraction sites in the world. In order to maximize the revenue received from tourism, the tourism industry of a country usually looks at the various market segments involved. It is important to understand the meaning of market segment. This term is used to describe a group of buyers having the same characteristics and having the same needs (Martin 2011). The tourism industry ...

Question 1

Tourism can be defined as travel for fun, business purposes, and leisure or entertainment purposes. Likewise, the World Tourism Organization (WTO) defines travelers or tourists as folks traveling to and residing in residences outside their normal setting for long periods of time but not lasting one sequential year for vacation, business and other purpose.

The music and art in the China and India, for example, has been well known to attract various travelers. The classical Chinese dancing style were performed in the opening of the great Olympic stadia during the Olympic sports in China. The dragon dancers also offer ...

Sometimes it seems that traveling over the roads can be as bumpy as traveling through the Old West in a the covered wagon. Local, city and interstate highways are worn down and need repair. Unfortunately the financial crisis and other priorities have slowed down both new and repair projects across the nation. Many of the problems with the condition of our highways are important safety issues. For example, cities have grown ouside their boundaries and are surpassing the ciruclar highways used to organize traffic in and out of places like Atlanta, Georgia. Many of the ramps cars use to ...

This paper is about a road trip through various interesting areas, from Salt Lake City to the state of Lowa. The trip took ten days and cost an estimate of $650 as expenses. This road marks a memorable vocation as we were able to explore different fascinating tourist attractions and we were able to enjoy excellent facilities. Among these tourist attraction sites the most interesting ones includes Salt Lake City, Denver, Kansas, New York City, Chicago and the State of Lowa. Two of my friends, who like distant travelling, accompanied me on the trip.

The Salt Lake City was ...

The general purpose of this essay is to try to persuade people to start learning foreign languages. I am specifically going to focus on scenarios where the knowledge of foreign language is required an also on the benefits of studying a foreign language. The central idea here is to show how people can gain from the knowledge of a foreign language and the situations in which that knowledge might come in handy.

Introduction

Learning a foreign language opens unimaginable opportunities for an individual in terms of economic, career and social and even political aspects. Remaining monolingual hinders one’s educational ...

Geographical information systems (GIS) can be defined as the integration of computer hardware and software to capture, manage, analyze and disseminate any kind of geo-referenced information.GIS provide comprehensive data for accessibility analysis since accessibility connect activities at one point of origin to the other point of destination through any mode of travelling to effectively manage demand and supply of goods and services.

While considering production and attraction of travelling between activity areas, transportation planning agencies can use travel demand modeling to produce data needed to make planning decision with trip distribution models used to establish travel characteristics of the ...

“BA First Year”

Everybody loves the works of nature, but when these works all found in one place then there is a scramble towards this place. This place is unique and one of the most decorated Nature has to offer. This information sheet will offer all the information about Arran Isle. From its location, information on accommodation, travel, natural resources, activities and food found in restaurants and cafes. This will help in understanding various aspects of the isle when touring and get to visit the best sites and sample the most thrilling adventures in Arran.

Arran Isle

Also referred to as The Scotland miniature, ...

Part I

This dedication to the act of harvesting lumber itself is condoned in the book through the main dramatic tension: the work of the Limberlost harvesters to make sure that no timber thieves illegally cut down trees and cut into their profits. Because the conflict focuses so closely on the legality of who should harvest the Limberlost, and not whether the harvesting itself is a good idea, there is no abject environmentalism to speak of in the text - just ownership of land and nature's resources. McLean even just primarily objects to them not taking lumber efficiently enough - "McLean ...

Tourism is one of the most fast developing sectors in the world. Many countries that have good beaches have found the need to develop tourism destinations that will assist in marketing their attraction sites. The research below shows the development of New Brighton tourism destination. It offers an introduction to tourism followed by the background information on New Brighton. A review on different researches conducted on the same topic is analyzed in order to come up with the research gaps. Moreover, the proposal gives the recommended method of data collection. Primary data collection method is preferred for this research.

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Virtual teams rarely meet face-to-face and must rely on technology to communicate effectively (Roebuck & McKenney, 2006). Team members must communicate completely with each other for the virtual team to succeed. The following communication mediums are suggested to improve communication among virtual teams: e-mailing, teleconferencing, and videoconferencing. E-mail (electronic mail) is the most widely used form of written communication that is replacing the traditional paper memo. E-mail allows employees to communicate globally at virtually any time and any place. Teleconferencing is the simplest infrastructure for supporting a virtual team that allows tow or more people at different locations to have ...

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 ...

Westcost Air Co. leases a single jet aircraft and operates between San Francisco and the Fiji. Flights leave San Francisco on Mondays and Thursdays and depart from Fiji on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Westcost Air Co. cannot offer any more flights between San Francisco and Fiji. Only tourist-class seats are available on its planes. An analyst has collected the following information:

Seating capacity per plane 380 passengers

Average number of passengers per flight 175 passengers

Flights per week 4 flights

Flights per year 208 flights

Average one-way fare $325

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The paper has outlined Hannibal's tactical manner of combating its enemy the Romans during the second Punic War (Gabriel, 2008). Punic war was one of its kinds. Enmity and grudges Hannibal and Scipio were the main reasons for antagonism between the two rivals. Hannibal was the commander of the Carthagena while Scipion headed the Romans military. Hannibal was an exemplary military commander and regarded as the most intelligent in history of the Carthaginian military. “Barca” was a title earned by the Carthaginian troop and general which meant lightning (Gabriel, 2008). Scipion as well was an outstanding military commander with ...

<El nombre del estudiante> <El nombre del professor> <El clase> <La fecha> Colombia es un país grande y está ubicado en la zona noroeste de América del Sur. La capital de Colombia es Bogotá, y está localizada en el centro del país. Con una población de 8.776.009 habitantes, la capital de Colombia es la ciudad más grande y poblada del país, y es el centro económico, cultural, industrial y turístico de Colombia. El español es la idioma oficial de Colombia, y es hablada por unos 43 ...

Introduction

All over the worlds, people, travel for either business or pleasure. For an individual to be a tourist, on has to travel away from home and spend a period of not less than 24 hours in the destination. In general, tourism has both benefits and impacts that may be affecting both the environment and the general population of the destination areas. Sustainable tourism is a concept of tourism that is supposed to meet the needs of the people travelling to a destination and the host people in the destination areas while protecting and enhancing the opportunities for the future. ...

Introduction

This year marks the fifty sixth anniversary of NASA and a series of other half-century commemorations of some of the first milestones of the organization in terms of space flight. The fiftieth anniversary of the first landing on the moon, marked in 2009, was a reminder of the strides taken by man, particularly by the United States in terms of space travel. What was once only a fantasy, human travel into space and other worlds, is part of man’s proud history. The question now is: what lies in the future? In spite of the exciting accomplishments made by ...

One lucky elephant is an American film that was directed by Lisa Leeman. This film is about the human-animal relationship and focuses on the story of the founder of Flora animal circus Mr. David Balding- and an endangered young elephant from Africa. David names this elephant Flora, and the story unfolds about their journey to find a good ad nurturing home for Flora the elephant. David had rescued the animal when it was very young and decided to keep it in his circus where he used it as the star attraction. He had brought up that animal that he ...

Expressed in Macbeth

Myths and legends are part of our common collective unconscious; they provide us with ways to process the feelings and aspirations we have as individuals to better ourselves and be rewarded for our hard work and moral goodness. There is also a psychoanalytical portrait to this sense of myth as well, as Freudian concepts of dreams and human fantasies of the unconscious combine with Jungian archetypes to create models of human behavior that we wish to emulate and look up to. No matter the story, be it Jesus or Holden Caulfield or Luke Skywalker, myths often operate on a ...

Introduction:

Despite the devastating effects of the 2008 global financial crisis and the subsequent Euro zone crisis, the tourism industry has continued to flourish. Initially, the industry was referred to as a cottage industry but the international travel and tourism industry has evolved becoming a major contributor to economic growth and development in almost every economy in the world. Research has shown that the global increase in worldwide tourist arrivals outperform gross domestic product growth in one out of every two years in the past three decades. Many countries regard tourism as the most significant primary export industry especially the ...

Twelfth night is a luminous piece of literary work by William Shakespeare. This comedy and romantic play is believed to be prepared around the year 1600. Love has been explicated as one of the most inspiring emotions and the same idea has been profoundly portrayed by the author in a very pragmatic manner. Shakespeare also portrays different facets of relationship and love in the play and describes how passionate love can cause agony and violence. The Gender is also portrayed significantly by the author in the play. This play is known as some of transvestite comedies of Shakespeare. Viola, ...

Abstract

Hospitality and Tourism entrepreneurship is a multidisciplinary field of study that involves preparation of persons to become innovative entrepreneurs, consultants, managers and even community and offer exemplary services to the tourist community at large. Tourism and hospitality entrepreneurship involves the general industry that seeks to offer food, accommodations, and tourism services to the holiday-maker. Hospitality and Tourism entrepreneurship as a field of study, draws a lot from other basic disciplines to provide the fundamental and relevant knowledge and skills that are necessary to fulfill the diverse demands placed upon individuals in managerial positions within the tourism and hospitality industry. ...

LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Laser is a powerful source of light with properties that are not found in normal light sources. Laser sensors offer long ranges of detections and high resolutions. They are good at accuracy, speed and reliability. They work at temperatures irrespective of variations. Lasers occur in various mediums such as solid, liquid, gas and semiconductor. Laser is an electronic diode that converts an energy source into a thin and concentrated beam of light, which is used to detect very small objects or to reach very high distances. The ...

In life, we have to pass through challenges and obstacles that lead us to our destiny. Appearance is not based on reality all the time, what we see on the outside does not necessarily have to portray what is inside of someone. Also, sometimes illusions and acting in an unconscious way can make us not reach our destiny or may delay it. In the case of Gulliver, he tries to chase his destiny when he quits his job, and sets a journey to the sea. He comes with many experiences that change his life and also, in the end ...

O’Hare airport is a busy international airport located in Chicago, Illinois. The airport serves about 65 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo every year. It handles about 2,400 aircrafts per day. The airport is the second busiest in US after Hartsfield Jackson International Airport Atlanta (Lewis, 2014). In the world, O' Hare airpot is at the fifth rank in terms of passenger traffic and operations. From 2004 to 2007, the airport was voted the best in North America by Global Traveler Magazine. It is operated and managed by Chicago Department of Aviation. Majority of international ...

Introduction

Travelling has been one of my greatest hobbies. Travelling can however have some ups and downs and it is vital to ensure that one is prepared to face all the difficulties that can arise as a result of travelling. While travelling to big cities it is possible to get lost. The experience of a traveler is one laced with different experiences and in most cases the traveler gets lost. One asserts that getting lost in a city, such as New York, is due to the lack of Global Positioning System (GPS) or map, meeting unexpected turn of events, not ...

Virgin America

Abstract This paper is on the topic of Virgin America and its organizational analysis. The first section of this paper will discuss the overview of Virgin America with its brief history. In addition, this section will cover organizational life cycle, products and services and Virgin America’s geographical market. The second section of this paper will discuss the external environment of Virgin America and the level of environmental uncertainty the organization faces. The following section will cover the organizational structure of Virgin America and the implications of their structure. The next section will discuss the organizational culture of the ...

My Little Pony is a story as told by Christine Alvarado. It depicts the journey walked by a small girl. This journey saw her develop a system of braiding that turned out mathematical, something that made her love mathematics in the long run. She learned mathematical concepts that lay a strong foundation in her, and it is all thanks to these concepts that she devised her ways of playing with the numbers that aided her learn subdivisions and recursion. This exercise split over to everything including while on the dinner table while eating her cauliflower. She never gave up, ...

Marketing at A.R.I

Introduction

Hospitality is one such industry that depends largely upon the marketing initiatives. Since most of the companies in this sector provide more or less the same kind of services, the marketing and promotional efforts a particular company can go a long way in ensuring that it has a competitive advantage over others. It is vital for any hospitality company to create a comprehensive and detailed marketing plan based on its target markets and long term objectives. This marketing plan is necessary to create a win-win situation for the company as well its customers. This case deals ...

The preferred vacation spot is California State in the United States of America. This state has a large variety of tourist attraction sites which would be intriguing to watch. California boasts of diverse simulated attractions, spectacular landscapes and natural playgrounds that have a universal reputation. As a result, California continues to create a center of attraction to the majority of visitors drawn from all parts of the world. To begin with, the Redwood National Park of California that provides tourists with a range of open-air activities to undertake while in the state. The park presents vast woodlands with rivers ...

Problem approach

Destination images in Melbourne play a vital role in the tourism sector taking the perspective of the international tourist. According to Tucker and Hall, (2004), tourism can be considered as an industry where imagery is a critical element; “its overriding concern is to construct, through multiple representations of paradise and imagery.” When the foreign tourist observes the images, they are able to learn different elements regarding the destination. However, the result of these images to an international tourist can be explained by some developed ideas and theories (Aramberri and Butler, 2005). According to these ideas and theories, the impact ...

Introduction

Charles Bridge of Prague in Czech Republic and the Golden Gate Bridge in United States are two of the most renowned bridges of the world. Both of these bridges exhibit few similarities and few differences in its physical form, location, types of users, frequency and purpose of use, and materials. This paper will elucidates and compare these similarities and differences. Not only these bridges have a sheer economic significance but they have great cultural impact, as well. Both were made for the same notion of connecting communities (Brook & Cornish, 1992). Charles Bridge was made a century ago, while Golden ...

Every poem develops its value based on the message that the author wants to send out along with it. Relatively, every author approaches the presentation of the message they want to present in a manner that specifically invokes the presentation of their creativity. Being born in Trinidad in 1960, Lelawatee Manoo-Rahming has been gifted with a rich background that identifies well with her being and her capacity to develop perfect visual presentations of her messages in most of her poems. In the poem Passing Places, Manoo-Rahming does more than just narrate here experiences about a life that is rich ...

Executive Summary

Planning is known as the foremost provision of a Plan and it has specification in its utilization. Planning has some effective provision in it and it has its own recognition in the companies which are new in the market. Planning has numerous types like business planning, market planning and financial planning and each of the planning process should be undergone with extensive research and analysis. Business Planning is a rigorous process which has numerous things lies under its jurisdiction and each and every aspect is important for the company in particular (School, 2007). It requires having a perfect research ...

In her book The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History Linda Colley’s attempts to piece together the life of Elizabeth Marsh, especially her travels in various continents. Before delving into Marsh’s journeys, Colley traces Marsh’s origin including her mother and father. Colley acknowledges that not very many details exist as to Marsh’s life, with the consequence that it is not possible to know much about Elizabeth Marsh. Nevertheless, Colley writes about the life of Marsh with the little information or details she gathers. Colley gathers details of Marsh’s life primarily from ...

Part 1: Background information

Honduras is approximately 1000 miles from Miami. It is located in the north- central part of Central America. It borders El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua. Honduras is a mountainous country, with river valleys and coastal plains. It is a small country with an area of 48, 200 square miles. The capital city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa. The main language is Spanish. In 2012, statistics showed that the population of Honduras was 8,296,693. Honduras is a democratic constitutional republic. As of 2014, the president of Honduras is Juan Orlando Hernández and he won with a National Party ...

This novel is written by Graham Greene in the year 1969. Greene was an English playwright, literacy critic and a writer. His writings usually highlighted ambivalent political and moral issues and problems of the world. He was widely renowned for his ability to amalgamate widespread popularity with literary acclaim. Many of his writings reflect his Roman Catholic background, although he strongly objected to the idea of being called as a Catholic writer rather than a writer with a catholic background. However, he never received a Nobel Prize in the literature category but he was runner-up in the year 1962 ...

Compare The Hobbit to The Natural, in terms of a main character’s journey from the start of the novel to the end. Both Roy Hobbs and Bilbo Baggins have their “heroic” moments, and both experience quite a different end to their respective journeys. Analyse the two characters in a comparison/contrast, argumentative discussion of where their respective paths diverge.

Introduction

The Hobbit and The Natural are both excellent novels in their own right, and that treat broadly similar themes. Both characters are on a life journey of sorts, Bilbo Baggins is in search of a share of the treasure while ...

International Tourism and Hospitality Management

Abstract Hospitality and Tourism Management in an international sense in a multidisciplinary field of study that involves preparation of people with the relevant know-how, determination, and skills for managerial, marketing, and operations positions. It involves the general industry that offers accommodation, food, accommodations, and tourism services to the holiday-maker. Hospitality and Tourism Management as a field of study, draws a lot from other basic disciplines to provide the fundamental and relevant knowledge and skills that are necessary to fulfill the diverse demands placed upon individuals in managerial positions within the hospitality industry. It focuses on the contents of business ...

Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries which is continuously developing year by year. It has turned out to be a very significant industry in our modern society. As today is the century of well-developed technologies, tourism is getting promoted rapidly. Tourism is an important pillar of almost every country’s economy. Nowadays, all people tend to spend their free time travelling, and all of them have a great opportunity to do it without any effort. Some people consider tourism as a hobby, for some people it is a job. However, many of us travel just to ...

Introduction

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Question 1

My totem animal is the Wisaka that is affiliated to the Kickapoo people. The animal is given other variations in other tribes such as Anishinabe among the Nanabojo and Wabanaki among the Glooscap. The animal is considered a hero among the Algonquian tribes and he is a trickster character who has humorous adventures. He is often portrayed as a very good friend of humans. He is also not destructive or dangerous. I have chosen him to represent me because I feel his characteristics are rather funny. He is also regarded as a savior. He may be a trickster but ...

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Impact of Culture on Consumer Behavior Holiday market is one of the most dynamic and, at the same time, restricted by its maturity in any given country. The impact of the cultural element on consumer behavior is specifically intense as the preferences of individuals in terms of geographical location, length of the vacation and a type of planning are determined by a set of norms, values and beliefs. These dimensions differ not only on national level, but on sub-social and individual layers, which makes the marketing analysis of consumer behavior especially complex. Given the complexity of the issues that ...

Reflections drawn upon the reading of the play ‘Everyman’ as far as the issue of Death is concerned– Analysis and Presentation in detail of the author’s perception of Death and the treatment of the issue of Death on his behalf in the play ‘Everyman’ [The author’s name]

This research paper is to present you with the reflections drawn upon the reading of the play ‘Everyman’ in terms of the way Death is treated in this play on behalf of his author. The mentality of the author concerning the issue of Death as depicted in this particular play ...

Question 1: Telepresence Benefits

Based on Cisco’s claims, there are a number of reasons why TelePresence should already be used in companies and other organizations. First, it has the capability to increasing employee productivity and collaboration because it reduces the need for employees to travel to places where they need to attend meetings. This eventually results in less wasted time travelling and recovering from fatigue caused by the travels. Another benefit realized through the utilization of TelePresence is that it enables business process transformation making a company closer to its clients. This is done by conducting meetings with their customers regarding products ...

Consumption of foods with high calories leads to increase in weight. This means that consumption of calories is a function of the increase in weight. For each extra calorie consumed, there is an extra weight to be gained. It is important for people to know how to balance their calorie intake. It is important for people to have the proper body weight to ensure overall good health and improved quality of life. The calories taken in should be equal to the calories lost so as to ensure maintenance of body weight. If the calories consumed do not equal the ...

The study has pushed into obscurity any external change in other available alternatives. Presence of other means of transport could also pose a challenge to the consistency of results; other available means may have been made better and hence attracted more people who used to travel by rail. Also, they could have worsened, making more people opt to travel by rail. These factors compounded together make it challenging to determine the external validity. The timing could as well have influenced the results. The research does not leave out the chances of presence of unusual activities during the period. There ...

Introduction

A lot of things can happen to a ship after it has departed from a seaport and left to travel against the waves of the ocean on its own. This is where the purpose of maritime safety and risk management comes in. Its purpose is to educate officers and crew members of a ship on how to react to certain risks, or in the worst case scenario a certain crisis. In general, the objective of a maritime safety and risk management is to ensure that the current maritime risk does not escalate into a crisis, and if it already ...

Description of a place

The city of Las Vegas exists both as an entertainment brand and a city. As a city, Las Vegas shapes the economic status of the state of Nevada. The city is robust with entertainment activities such as shopping and gambling. More so, Las Vegas forms an integral part in the development of financial and cultural aspects in the State of Nevada. In the line of entertainment, Las Vegas is the international hub for around the clock entertainment activities such as casinos and hotel management. One of the major resorts in the world is also located in Las Vegas. The ...

Dear Elizabeth Pineda,

The essay you have written entitled “Student Travel” was expected to contain crucial information that would support your contention that students would benefit from travelling to other countries. Specifically, you asserted that the two major advantages to be gained from travelling abroad would be to increase world relations and to see a decrease in adults’ reliance on technology in their pursuit for professional growth . It is, therefore, the aim of this letter to present a critical analysis of your arguments with the end goal of noting strengths and weaknesses; as well as suggesting ways for improvement. The body of ...

The video Globe trekker showcases two cities located near the pacific. The similarities between the starts with their geographical location in that they are both islands surrounded by a huge water body. Another similarity is that they have numerous tourist attraction sites. The two islands also has several differences such as; Iceland is portrayed as more technologically developed compared with Greenland which is portrayed as being technologically backward. Iceland is also portrayed as more lively and entertaining compared to Greenland which looks dull and boring. Greenland is portrayed as very puzzling and mysterious while Iceland is depicted in a ...

Introduction

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Young Goodman Brown, like all good stories, has all the ingredients that keep the reader interested. The Story starts off when an innocent young man goes on a journey across the forest. He is a married man from the village of Salem who takes pride in the community and its leaders. His illusions regarding his society are refuted when he realizes that many of the people in his town, including his wife and the religious leaders are going to attend a Black Mass. Although one is not able to tell whether the story is a nightmare ...