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Toronto's Tourism, 2008.
This paper explores the positive and negative visitor perceptions of Toronto.
823 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 29.95
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The paper discusses how the city of Toronto is cosmopolitan, relatively safe, has an under-rated theatre and arts community, offers an attractive waterfront vista and is remarkably affordable for tourists eager to buy souvenirs. The paper then discusses the lingering fears about SARS, the city's unknown arts community and the frigid winter weather. The paper also relates that the general sense that Toronto is "nice" but not dynamic in the same way that New York, London, Paris or Rome are, is keeping Canada's largest urban center from being the tourist magnet it could be.
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"Toronto's tourist industry is at a cross-roads. Since 2000, the total number of US tourists has declined by 15 percent. Among same-day travelers from America, the numbers have, quite literally, fallen through the floor. At the same time, the number of overnight travelers has also dropped, through much more modestly. Happily, emerging tourist markets from overseas and domestic tourism has propped up the tourist sector in the absence of US visitors: in 2006, visitor spending was up 7 percent from the previous year, and it seems overseas travelers are the major reason why this was so (Tourism Toronto, 2006). Without question, the trend is ineluctably moving towards a non-American tourist market in which Canada's largest city will have to find a way to accommodate, more and more, people who are non-white and interested in the cosmopolitan aspects of the metropolis - like Toronto's thriving Chinese or Indian (or Caribbean) communities."
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Hotel Scenarios: Questions for Dramatic Scripts, 2008.
This paper discusses the use of dramatic scripts to train employees in the hospitality industry.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 51.95
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Using the case study "Episode 8: 'We Don't Want any Troublemakers in Our Hotel'" as primary example, this paper sets forth eight questions that present many of the challenges that hotel employees face when confronted by unruly guests. The paper relates that the concept of the workplace as a theatrical stage can enable service employees to be creative in handling difficult situations. The author concludes that there are also situations when a more formal functional script should be implemented.
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"The delivery of excellent and sincere customer service does not require unnecessary servility and acquiescence on the part of employees. While hospitality service employees must of course be especially attentive to the needs and demands of guests and customers, this attentiveness does not and should not be at the expense of basic human dignity because such servility actually encourages the behavior of guests such as Mr. Patel."
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Cultural Tourism and the Day of the Dead, 2008.
Discusses the feelings of the people of Mexico regarding tourism during the holiday, Day of the Dead, based on Lucero Morales Cano and Avis Mysyk's article "Cultural tourism, the State, and the Day of the Dead".
1,336 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 44.95
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The paper is a review of an article entitled "Cultural tourism, the State, and the Day of the Dead", which the writer find particularly relevant to him because of his plans to observe Day of the Dead celebrations during an upcoming visit to Mexico. The paper then relates the emotions of the writer prior to an intended visit to Mexico during the "Day of the Dead " celebrations, noting that there is a conflict between the authorities who welcome tourism on this holiday and the civilians who see tourism as intrusion into a sacred historical ritual and oppose it being promoted as a tourist attraction. The paper also explains that the community is divided on the subject, as many recognize the economic importance of tourism.
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"These dynamics are evident in Mexico, particularly concerning how to mediate the conflict between the state and local residents over the tourist attraction that Day of the Dead festivities have become because of globalization. Cano and Mysyk have studied the problems which have arisen in the village of Huaquechula since 1988, when the one road leading into the village was paved for the benefit of tourists and the village became a part of the tourism circuit. In the process of studying the impact of these developments, Mysyk surveyed the villagers regarding their appreciation of the presence of tourists, their behavior, their feelings about tourists photographing or videotaping altars, and related issues."
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New York City Arboretum, 2008.
This paper presents recommendations to increase revenues of the New York City Arboretum.
1,115 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 38.95
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The paper proposes solutions that will generate revenue and expand operations at the New York City Arboretum. The paper discusses donation fees for admission and parking, fees for the tram transportation service, attracting more visitors by employing additional scientists and staff and aggressive advertising. The paper relates that the Arboretum has to change its scope and mission by expanding botanical research and providing sufficient up-to-date research for college students.
Outline:
Alternative Solutions
Pros and Cons of the Alternative Solution
Overall Recommendations for the New York City Arboretum
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"The New York Arboretum was founded in the mid 1800s and situated across a 250-acre strip of land. The Arboretum was "founded by two French Huguenot brothers named Lorillard" (Soderstrom, 2001, p. 87), it displays botanical and educational research and has the largest botanical library in North America. In the upcoming years, the Arboretum delved into some key issues that needed to be changed in order to keep up its operations. The Arboretum needed to generate additional revenue, find greater initiatives to attract more visitors and employees and change its scope and mission."
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The Ecotourism Bubble and Tourist Enclaves, 2008.
A definition and analysis of the phenomenon of ecotourism bubbles and tourist enclaves in the 21st century.
1,249 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper discusses the 21st century ecotourism bubble and tourist enclaves. The paper discusses the reasons for these phenomenons around the world and how they are affecting tourism worldwide. The paper also looks at some of the fallacies of ecotourism and explains why ecotourism does not really provide what it says it provides.. The paper includes examples of tourist enclaves and ecotourism bubbles to explain its points.
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"Many will consciously avoid known tourist enclaves, aware that their interest in a visited place should be 'deeper' or less hedonistic than simply enjoying themselves in an attractive and affordable locality. On the other hand, one does come to know of other conventions that seem quite similar to the ecotourism criticized just now. For instance, when speaking with students have 'volunteered' in Commonwealth Caribbean countries or graduate students to have embarked on 'fieldwork' one learns that their efforts have very much been organized to form another kind of package-experience. If researching a subject of Barbados, for instance, a safe way has been found to be "in" the local society and observe - always, a certain voyeurism, at hand - and little sense of adventure displayed. If 'studying' poverty or social conditions for the poor, for instance, it seems unimaginable for researchers to stay with the people studied. In dozens of developing and developed countries, anthropologists engage in what seems another variety of tourism in that there can be much attention to reducing risk, not mixing with unsavory elements, not trying to see that they come to fully understand phenomena - not as presented to them by educated counterparts in the society they visit, but by people as opposed to 'subjects'."
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Hotel Recommendation for Coca Cola Conference, 2008.
An analysis of the advantages, costs and services offered by the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta (WPPA) as a location for the 7th Annual Sales Conference for Coca Cola.
1,246 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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This paper reviews the Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta (WPPA) as a location for the 7th Annual Sales Conference for Coca Cola. It analyzes all the advantages of choosing this location. It then provides a competitive analysis that discusses the available options, cost, location, and service offered by WPPA in order to understand why it was the logical choice of venue.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Background
Proposal: Recommendation of Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta
Why Choose Atlanta, Georgia?
Strategic Advantages of Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel: A Critical Review
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"WPPA has the best overall physical capacity for the conference. It has the largest available square footage, and was available on the date of the conference. Similarly, there are adequate accommodations for guests that will need to stay overnight, and or other individuals who prefer to stay at the hotel for the duration of the conference. The facilities are exquisite and offer a particular ambiance that is relevant to the overall Coca Cola image. The conference room at WPPA is also connected to the Hotel (in some cases, like the Sheraton, the executive suites were across the street); the hotel is close to the airport and the Coca Cola headquarter offices, so there are no access issues that are overwhelming or bothersome."
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All-Inclusive Vacations as a Sociological Phenomenon, 2008.
An analysis of the sociological phenomena that are evident with all-inclusive vacations.
1,637 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 53.95
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This paper looks at the all-inclusive vacation as something other than tourism, or travel as it was once known. It shows how these vacations can tell a good deal about what the buyer expects in a culture of consumerism and what capitalists have learned the consumer wants. The paper makes use of critical theory in order to analyze the sociological phenomena that are evident with all-inclusive vacations. The paper maintains that there are things quite wrong with this phenomenon that are explained with the help of critical theory.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Race and Class
Selling Fantasy
Power
Concluding Remarks
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"As mentioned, an all-inclusive vacation should protect the consumer from anything to upset previous notions of a place or what a vacation should be about. The all-inclusive vacation keeps consumers within one kind of consciousness that is the one known at home. There is little to promote interest in the place or places to which they travel. The vacationer is a transplanted person able to afford the location and activities that are laid on. Perhaps there will be a comment on what was served for sinner, a sun burn, or a comment on whether or not it is 'safe' to venture away from a resort of other institution in which the all-inclusive package has placed them."
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The Genre of Travelogues, 2008.
This paper discuses the genre of travelogues by comparing Caryl Phillips' "The European Tribe" and Karen Connolly's "Touch the Dragon - a Thai Journal".
3,470 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 97.95
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This paper states that Caryl Phillips' "The European Tribe" and Karen Connolly's "Touch the Dragon - a Thai Journal" are two very different types of 20th century travelogues. The author points out that Caryl Phillips' book is definitely superior in its attention to history and context because the author kept searching, reflecting and reporting on what he noticed in his travels in Europe. The paper concludes that Connolly's work is immature, has little to report of Thailand as a greater phenomenon but has much to account about the teenage, feminist impressions of Karen Connolly herself. The paper relates that "Touch the Dragon" does serve a growing market for travelogues produced by young people for youths who typically wish to travel as a guaranteed source of self development.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Caryl Phillips and "The European Tribe"
Karen Connolly, "Touch the Dragon - a Thai Journal"
Travel as Source of Identity
Concluding Remarks
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"She is gradually introduced to Thai etiquette, which she confesses to sometimes resenting, as in the need for great politeness or just not pointing with one's foot. The reader does wonder how some Thai people with whom she came in contact thought of their visitor. Again, there is the sense of a book not written by the best caliber of Canadian, but by a person of a certain age used to self-promotion to think that her impressions should be taken seriously or as significant, as a very unattractive feature of this book."
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Domestic Travel in the US, 2008.
An examination of the correlation between disposable income and domestic travel.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 43.95
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This paper's aim is to determine the true nature of the relationship between disposable income and domestic travel. While examining the main hypothesis of whether increases in disposable income cause an increase in domestic travel, the paper also tests the sub-hypothesis whether domestic travel is a normal or luxury good. This paper examines both of these issues concurrently using demand and supply analysis. The paper concludes that the literature survey does suggest that there is a positive relationship between personal disposable income and domestic travel. The paper also notes , however, that it should be understood that a complete and unbiased model of domestic travel entails looking at all determinants of travel as a supposed explanatory variable before the relationship between personal disposable income and domestic travel can be analyzed.
Outline:
Literature Survey
Theory and Hypothesis: Effect of Disposable Income on Domestic Travel
Graph: Domestic Travel and Disposable Income
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"Research that has centered on domestic travel, began as early as the 1960's, especially in wake of the fact that in many developed countries citizens were spending excessively on travel. Empirical studies by Gray found that disposable income was a major determinant of travel. Gray's analysis was an econometric model that included explanatory variables such as the foreign exchange rate, fare payments abroad, and travel spending by local residents. Gray's work also included another element that was absent in other papers, that is, Gray found that the prices of goods and services while traveling were an important determinant of travel. This particular model is important to the testing of the relevant hypotheses since, it gives a clear picture as to what the complete model of domestic travel should entail as explanatory variables. It is therefore less likely to get a biased determinant if all the necessary independent variables are included in the model; Gray's research paper dictates what these variables should be."
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Disposable Income and Domestic Travel, 2008.
An examination of the effects of disposable income on domestic travel.
1,262 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 42.95
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This paper examines the main hypothesis of whether increases in disposable income, cause an increase in domestic travel, and the sub-hypothesis of whether domestic travel is a normal or luxury good. The paper explains that the main aim is to determine the true nature of the relationship between disposable income and domestic travel. The paper further explores the effect of disposable income on domestic travel. In conclusion, the paper shows that a complete model of domestic travel entails looking at all determinants of travel as a supposed explanatory variable before the relationship between personal disposable income and domestic travel can be analyzed and this is necessary so that the relationship coefficients are unbiased.
Outline:
Literature Survey
Theory and Hypothesis: What is the Effect of Disposable Income on Domestic Travel
From the Paper
"Research that has centered on domestic travel, began as early as the 1960's, especially in wake of the fact that in many developed countries citizens were spending excessively on travel. Empirical studies by Gray found that disposable income was a major determinant of travel. Gray's analysis was an econometric model that included explanatory variables such as the foreign exchange rate, fare payments abroad, and travel spending by local residents. Gray's work also included another element that was absent in other papers, that is, Gray found that the prices of goods and services while traveling were an important determinant of travel. This particular model is important to the testing of the relevant hypotheses since, it gives a clear picture as to what the complete model of domestic travel should entail as explanatory variables. It is therefore less likely to get a biased determinant if all the necessary independent variables are included in the model; Gray's research paper dictates what these variables should be."
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Two Travel Essays, 2007.
An analysis of two travel essays - "A Vocabulary for My Senses" by Timothy Bascom and "By the Big Sea Water" by William Least Heat-Moon.
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 2 sources, $ 29.95
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This paper examines the differences between two travel essays - "A Vocabulary for My Senses" by Timothy Bascom and "By the Big Sea Water" by William Least Heat-Moon. The writer explains that in the essay "By the Big Sea Water" Heat-Moon makes it alive, interesting and emotional because of the connections he sets up with the memories and feelings of a little boy. The writer further explains that the travel story told by Timothy Bascom in "A Vocabulary for My Senses" is very different. The writer notes how (in this essay) memories on their own would be interesting, as the physical details are rich and exotic, and vividly remembered, but the emotional side is also very rich, and makes the "travel story" that much more memorable and interesting. The writer then describes a personal travel experience and its lasting impression and effects on the writer.
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"In "By the Big Sea Water," William Least Heat-Moon writes a wonderful story that is part travel story, part nostalgia trip. He brilliantly evokes the nostalgia of a boy traveling with his father, seeing Lake Superior from this perspective. Obviously a lot of the importance of this trip for the boy was connected to the fact that he was with his father. This is clear from the fact that the father is physically present for us. For example, the little boy remembers his father in the wobbly cafe of long ago."
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Tourism in Hong Kong, 2006.
A discussion of the Hong Kong market and its tourism industry from a professional tourism point of view.
895 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 31.95
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This paper discusses the tourism industry in Hong Kong. It examines one of the main tourist industry concerns in Hong Kong - unscrupulous tour operators. The paper explains how the tourism industry in Hong Kong continues to expand at an unprecedented rate. In addition, the paper shows that protecting this tourism market should be one of Southeast Asia's primary tasks over the next 10-15 years.
Outline:
Abstract
Overview
Visitations
Environment
Conclusions
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"The Hong Kong market has long been synonymous with the business and financial set but it has also developed a substantial tourism industry. Hong Kong has become a tourism destination both for its proximity to Mainland China as well as for its own unique sights and sounds. Tourism officials in Hong Kong estimate that the number of overall arrivals into the region increased by over 8% just during the first 10 months of 2006 to a total of 20.76m unique arrivals classified as tourist related travel (HK, 2006)."
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