Essays on Tourism Literature Reviews

Over time, a number of literature have explored different aspects relating to tourism in Asia.... literature Review: Tourism ... This review "Significant Insights on Factors that Drive tourism in Asia" seeks to critically review how Hudson & Ritchie and Collins-Kreiner & Sagi have explored issues relating to the driving forces of tourism particularly in Asia.... Factors motivating tourism in Asia include educational, spiritual, and socio-cultural aspects (Hudson & Ritchie 2006; Collins-Kraner & Sagi 2011)....

This literature review "Dark Tourism" focuses on a form of culture that involves people visiting places of death, human tragedy, and other forms of atrocities done to people in the world.... This paper recaps various literature on the motivation, shades and the attraction of this kind of tourism.... literature review (Dark Tourism) literature review Dark tourism is a form of culture that has taken form recently.... In this literature review, there will be a recap on various literatures on the motivation, shades and the attraction of this kind of tourism....

"United States Tourism - United States Vacation reviews - United States Vacations - TripAdvisor.... reviews of vacations, hotels, resorts, vacation and travel packages - TripAdvisor.... The aim of this literature review "Destination Marketing and Sydney" is to outline the main researches conducted to understand the concept of tourism.... To date a lot of interpretations of this word have been seen but there could not been accurate definition of the word in literature....

This paper therefore provides a literature review on public transport in cities like Parramatta in relation to tourism industry.... However, after the development of the children rights by several member states of the United Nations, a considerable literature from various parts of the globe has worked on children rights to be consulted in the course of urban planning issues and development of suitable mechanisms for doing so.... There exists a couple of recognition within the literature of tourism concerning the significance of public transport to tourist experience of a city setting and its supposed attractiveness....

This literature review "Does Event Tourism Influence Travelers Purchasing Decisions" focuses on the travel industry that has emerged as a main source of revenue for many countries with locational advantages and the industry is an important influencer of the economies.... The tourism industry is a dynamic industry that constantly evolves with time.... as preferred tourism destinations has changed the landscape of the global travel industry to a certain extent....

Urban Tourism and Globalisation – literature review Tourism has been described as one of the most important concept of developing cultural, social and economic aspects of any country.... This paper is aimed at describing a literature review of the aspect of urban tourism and globalisation of this particular form of tourism.... From the paper "Urban tourism and Globalisation" it is clear that the notion of urban tourism has been the most important source of spreading various cultural, social and economic aspects of countries across the globe....

This literature review "The Impact of Terrorism on Tourism" is about terrorist attacks on tourism which helps in jeopardizing the trade and economic operations of a region making it poor.... tourism as a sector is of immense importance to some countries that might solely rely on the sector as a source of inflow of important foreign funds.... However, of late terrorism activities have gained further dominance owing to its growing linkage to the tourism industry....

This literature review "Local Communities' Perceptions of Tourism Development in the National Park" focuses on one of the most important economic and financial developments.... Critical review of literature: Local communities' perceptions on tourism development in the national park Introduction of the chapter Tourism development is one of the most important economic and financial developments which can be observed in any community.... tourism is a fast growing large-scale industry (McAreavey and McDonagh, 2011)....

This literature review "Relevance and Significance of Festivals in Contextualising Arts" discusses arts that depend on festivals in the modern regimes to promote tourism, cultural consideration, economic development, and social development.... From a survey of literature, substantial and well-established literature exist that attest to the significance of the roles and benefits of festivals in exemplifying the roles of arts and culture across socio-cultural, political and economic domains (Quinn 2009)....

ike, SJ & Page, R 2014, Destination marketing organizations and destination marketing: a narrative analysis of the literature, Tourism Management, vol.... The paper "Infrastructure and Material Resources for tourism" explores the tourist activities at Hamilton Island.... he aim of this essay is to explore Hamilton Island as tourist destination region and relate with key tourism concepts and theories.... Perceived reef quality and the perception of reef condition affect tourism demand (Biggs, 2011)....

literature review, Tourism Hilton Hotel.... Strengths of existing literature.... The above literature offer convincing evidence that company must engage in social networking sites.... Weaknesses of existing literature.... Strengths of existing literature.... There are many strengths of the above literature.... The literature shows that advertising increases the demand for the Cuba's Sol Melia Hotel services....

literature review ... This review "The tourism to India and Film tourism" covers the analysis and comparison of the two articles tourism to India and Film tourism, basing on the views of different authors on issues like culture, education, and religion.... he tourism to India and Film tourism ... This paper covers the analysis and comparison of the two articles tourism to India and Film tourism, basing on the views of different authors on issues like culture, education, and religion....

The paper "The Effect of Insecurity on Economic Growth in Mexico" is an outstanding example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... The effect of insecurity on economic growth in Mexico Task: The effect of insecurity on economic growth in Mexico literature Review ... asey and Berzon, 2011, address the effect of violence and insecurity to the economy of Mexico, with reference to the declining revenues from its tourism industry.... Investors in diverse sub-sectors in the Mexican tourism industry, according to Casey and Berzon, 2011, have had a declining trend in their investment patterns....

Here it seems he has made an hasty assumption, as the he had merely examined the definition of the term and has never alluded to any WCED's literature on the feasibility of the programme and its application in developing countries.... The paper 'Sustainable tourism Development in Turkey' considers the tourism industry as a rescue for the developing economy.... The article, 'Challenges to sustainable tourism development in the developing world: the case of Turkey,' written by Cevat Tosun, centers on the problem that Turkey now has of balancing the revenue-generating industry of tourism with interests of the ecosystems that exist in the main tourist cities....

The literature on tourism has also been dominated by ethnographic descriptions of niche variants of tourism and the effects of tourism on local communities.... "The Development and Changing Nature of tourism" paper examines the range of concepts relating to the development and changing nature of tourism.... It also demonstrates an understanding of the domestic and international nature and the dimension of tourism, the awareness of the dynamic nature of tourism....

The literature used supports these requirements in a wholesome way through an addressal of various issues that are met.... This has been studied in context of the literature above with an eye on legislation and various other factors that play up on sustainable tourism development within a particular region.... Sustainable Tourism in Benidorm, Spain literature Review The ment of the dissertation is sustainable tourism management in Spain, Benidrom....

literature Review.... Structure The first part of this paper is the literature review which intends to provide a brief description of existing work in festivals as well as providing the appropriate theories that relates to the research question.... literature Review 2.... The research will collect data, feed them into SPSS in order to correlate and draw conclusion and finally analysis of the results against literature.... The literature so collected was categorized into two main themes: festival motivation and the theories affecting the festival attendees....

tourism is one of the most important industries in many places.... The tourism industry brings money into an area and creates jobs.... There may be many reasons why a destination wants to hold events, but the economic benefits derived from increased tourism serves as a prime motivation.... There may be many reasons why a destination wants to hold events, but the economic benefits derived from increased tourism serves as a prime motivation....

penceley, Anna 2001, Development of National Responsible Tourism Guidelines and Indicators for South Africa - literature review: Principles, Codes, Guidelines, Indicators and Accreditation for Responsible & Sustainable Tourism, South Africa Institute for Natural Resources, retrieved: November 26, 2010, from: http://www.... It is clear from the review "The Sustainable Commodity Chain and Responsible tourism Businesses" that all actors associated with a commodity chain can promote tourism to a destination only if they have a sustainable commodity chain for tourism because promoting tourism and emphasizing responsible tourism requires certain guarantees of income....

Event management tourism: Interim Report – The motivation to attend music festivals – Notting Hill Carnival Introduction Festivals and special events have increased worldwide because they provide significant economic, socio-cultural, and political impacts on their destination.... icholson and Pearce (2001) reiterates that the study of motivation is one of the most complex areas of tourism research, as it continues to offer many challenges derived from the intangible nature of the phenomenon, issues of multiple motivation, and questions of measurement and interpretations....

4) literature Review ... In hospitality industry and tourism, the safety of the destination is one of the major motivations for encouraging and attracting visitors.... errorism is a growing threat that affects all sectors of economy especially tourism industry.... In hospitality industry and tourism in particular, the safety of the destination is one of the major motivations for encouraging and attracting visitors.... vents such as sports and music are increasingly becoming an important segment of tourism market (Yuan and McDonald, 1990)....

Relevance of the authors' view backed by other literature ... aser, N, (2003), Planning for Urban Heritage Places: Reconciling Conservation, Tourism, and Sustainable Development, Journal of Planning literature, 17 (4), Retrieved on October 4,2012 from: ... The device through which the author has depicted the theme of his research is Malaysian tourism industry.... The device through which the author has depicted the theme of his research is Malaysian tourism industry....

The researchers drew on the cases of Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand, through a review of published literature.... Due to medical tourism, the UAE population can access quality low-cost healthcare since its health care providers become exposed to competitive pressures from abroad.... Basing on this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to assess the contributing issues to medical tourism, and how it contributes to meeting the population health needs and health service delivery in the UAE. ...

his literature review critically evaluates and analyses elements and aspects of tourism development and how it can be applied to an African country – Mozambique.... tourism development is an important aspect of national policies around the world because it helps to integrate various forms of foreign exchange into a given economy.... Therefore, most nations have moved towards a plan of strategically developing tourism in their local contexts to attain the best and optimal results (Nelson, 2013). ...

Market segmentation would help the hotel tap into the local market tourism expenditures that would boost its revenue.... Services are intangible and perishable as they are consumed by consumers in the tourism industry.... hepherd, N 2002, How Ecotourism can go wrong: The Cases of SeaCanoe and Siam Safar, Thailand, Current Issues in tourism, vol....

This literature review "Do Arts in General Needs Festivals: Who are Festivals for" presents arts and festivals that play a major role in the promotion and communication of community culture, norms, and their cherished values.... However, much of the existing literature by scholars tends to focus on the economic impacts while negating other dimensions (Hilary 2010, 415). ... For many communities the value of festivals is measured on the ability to promote tourism....

Dissertation- literature review (Do s percept boutique hotels as a unique product.... How is the perspective of the boutique hotels Table of Contents Dissertation- literature review (Do customer's percept boutique hotels as a unique product.... 1 Table of Contents 2 Introduction 3 Research Objectives (can put my aim and objective) 4 literature Review 5 Market Overview of Boutique Hotels 5 Segmentation 7 The next section would focus on the aspects of targeting the market segments....

There are other people that contributed to its acquisition but after the purchase by the BBC, they are only allowed to contribute on the book reviews and editing (Finkelstein and Alistair, 2005).... The literature review surrounding this book is not well established, as critics from various scholars seem to outweigh the research efforts in the evaluation of the impacts and influence of this book to the entire society.... The paper is a significant source of literature that can be adapted now by the public as well by the future generations. ...

is an intriguing example of the literature review on tourism.... is an intriguing example of the literature review on tourism.... The development of the industry is evident from the obvious debates in literature related to the actual definition of tourism.... This paper examines weather travel agents whose operations rely solely on the tourism are able to withstand the revolution of the Internet by looking at the various aspects of tourism and the internet revolution before making a conclusion. ...

In the paper 'RyanAir and Its Dominance in the European Low-Cost Airline Market' the author reviews discourse on RyanAir strategy and how it has positioned itself within the market.... dditionally, from the UK perspective, a study by YouGov in online travel trends demonstrates that online bookers often come though family or friend referrals or online reviews then travel agents when seeking advice regarding travel (www.... The author states that with regard to RyanAir's ability to develop and sustain its position as a leader in the European airline industry, the literature demonstrates that a central element of RyanAir's success has been its ability to address a gap in consumer demand that wasn't being supplied by pre-existing airlines operating in Europe....

The paper 'The Impact of a Major Sports Event on the Host Country' is a brilliant example of a macro & microeconomics literature review.... This literature review focuses on the objectives of the study in an attempt to examine previous research related to the positive impact of a major sports event on the host country.... The paper 'The Impact of a Major Sports Event on the Host Country' is a brilliant example of a macro & microeconomics literature review....

The hospitality and tourism industry have faced a big challenge while targeting this portion of the customer profile as they enter new markets (Truong, McColl & Kitchen, 2009).... he purpose of this review is to establish cultural influence within the luxury market and how this may impact a tourism and hospitality industry....

The segment illustrates and talks about pertinent literature and study concerning social media centering on the social media's trade incorporation as a tourism marketing instrument.... Hanna, Rohm & Crittenden (2011), founders in administration literature, too proposes that ‘the objective of the marketing is to build up selling excessive.... Equally, the data required for the execution of the qualitative study got assembled via scrutiny of present scholarly literature and assumptions in the field....

The literature also reveals that hallmark events play a crucial role in sharing the cultural and social values as well as beliefs within economies which in turn can act as a beneficial tool to enhance harmonisation in the global stature.... From an in-depth point of view, the economic impact on corporate events can be observed as quite significant with reference to the literature reviewed in this discussion revealing that organisations which are facing a fiercely competitive environment and are in need for substantial competitive advantages through image enhancement tend to be more focused on event management....

In this regard, in the future research work, different interviews and reviews of mangers of different hotels which are published in various magazines and news papers will also be taken into consideration.... This paper ''The Target Market Change for Holiday Inn Hotels and Hotels in England and Bosnia'' tells us that the literature review section of the research work is directed to explore and investigate some crucial secondary sources including books, journal articles, research papers, and different authentic online articles....

The paper 'Arts Organization Analysis' will and use available literature and documentation to determine how it funds its operations, and to identify factors that pose challenges and/or offer opportunities for future economic sustainability in the context of the arts sector as a whole.... Therefore, this essay will and use available literature and documentation to determine how it funds its operations, and to identify factors that pose challenges and/or offer opportunities for future economic sustainability in the context of the arts sector as a whole. ...

tourism industry in Britain is booming as tourists flock in to visit these sites, watch guards changing and the queen in the royal places.... Cronin(2001) states that, other countries like France who adopted the republican system and scrapped monarchy do not do well in tourism compared to Britain, despite the fact that it is offering art collections that used to belong to the royal family and palaces which are inhabited by unfortunate gentry.... Revenue generated from tourism promoted by monarchy benefits taxpayers and genera economic growth....

This review of literature ''The Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Hotel Industry Effectiveness in UK'' tells that in the wake of recent economic recession that has had negative implications for nations across the world, the UK hotel and hospitality industry also has witnessed a setback.... eview of literature: In the wake of recent economic recession that has had negative implications for nations across the world, the UK hotel and hospitality industry also has witnessed a setback....

This literature review "Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Csec" presents a modern-day phenomenon as it was from the tradition although with increase evolution to match up with the changing times.... n an empirical study, Estes in 2001 sought to understand CSEC with a special attention to literature.... According to the literature reviewed, CSEC has been fueled by such factors as need for survival where children would be used in survival sex to provide for subsistence needs and social influence where the society embraces prostitutions especially as involves the minors (Anon, 2013)....

The literature indicates that there is a positive correlation between the percentage of income spent on trips and total household expenditure.... The tourism sector in USA was not spared and hence organization involved in marketing needs to understand the most vital segment of the sector which can generate.... The tourism sector in USA was not spared and hence organization involved in marketing needs to understand the most vital segment of the sector which can generate good revenues....

literature REVIEW 3.... For example, from the development of a model of delivering the information to the intended consumers of such information, a number of sectors across the Thailand economy and state are boosted, including tourism, tour and travel, and strategic policy making and planning (Nelson, Lain and Dillenburg 1993).... In pursuing the strategy, the country and the tourism sector ventured in tourism campaigns, intended at increasing the number of tourists visiting the country in the year 2004 (Wallace 2000; Queiros 1984)....

This literature review "Human Resources Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries" focuses on the tourism and hospitality industries that are among the fastest-growing industries in the world.... Human Resources Management for the Hospitality and Tourism Industries literature Review The tourism and hospitality industries are among the fastest growing industries in the world (Nickson, 2012).... The human resource practices in the tourism and hospitality industries have evolved, just like those of other industries....

eview of Academic literature Risk management and project management in the events industry Risk is an element that is present in all human endeavour.... This chapter shall review the available literature on the subject.... Event tourism and its attendant risks Travel is by its nature more risk prone than activities that are located in a single place.... Event tourism that requires travel of groups of people is particularly exposed to more risk hazards, given that logistics and safety allocations for a good number of people tend to be more difficult to predict and control than for a single person....

This literature review focuses on the evaluation of cultural events in terms of economic, cultural and social impact in relation to the empirical case of ICIF.... It is important to look at what other literature says about evaluation of cultural events.... 121-137) agree that cultural events have in them a lot of cultural and social values and they occasionally, they have been used as instruments of promoting tourism, expanding tourism seasonality and improving image of a city, region or country and all this in a bid to boost, grow and develop local, regional and national economies....

Information technology is a competitive tool in an evolving hospitality industry: A literature Review By Author Date In this information technology (IT) based era business organizations (especially hotels and hospitality industry) are always struggling to investigate and create every ways promising and beneficial to improve business performance and minimize expenditures....

Singapore airline Contents 3 Chapter Introduction 3 Chapter 2: literature Review 4 SWOT Analysis 4 VMOST Analysis 5 Strategic Alliances7 Chapter 3: Analysis and Finding 8 Analysis made through the 7Ps of Service Marketing of Singapore Airlines 8 Financial Analysis of Singapore Airlines 11 Chapter 4: Conclusion 12 References 14 Abstract Singapore Airlines holds a place of pride in being the national flying carrier in Singapore catering to both the international and local consumer base....

Marketing literature Review Investigation to Establish Consumer Perceptions towards Medical Spas UK Defining Medical Spas In the modern world where there is fashion, glamour and style people desire to have the brightest look and appearance.... literature Review According to the modern literature, the global spa tourism is recorded on the highest stimulation.... As per the literature, the preferences are more of the domestic medical spas which are convenient and easy to access than international spas respectively (Hall, 2011)....

The paper "Managing a Diverse Workforce in Tourism and Hospitality Industry" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Managing a Diverse Workforce in Tourism and Hospitality Industry" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... Managing a Diverse Workforce in tourism and Hospitality industry With the increasing levels of globalization resulting mainly from liberalization of markets, efficient flow of information, and integration of economies, the level of movement by people from one part of the world has increased tremendously....

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The paper "Emotional Labour in the Hotel Industry" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... The paper "Emotional Labour in the Hotel Industry" is an outstanding example of a management literature review.... literature Review 4 ... literature Review ... his paper seeks to answer some crucial question concerning the validity of the employment of emotional labour in international tourism, particularly the hotel industry....